WASHINGTON — As mayor of South Bend, Ind., Pete Buttigieg grew to view asphalt as his enemy. As governor of Michigan, Jennifer M. Granholm faced…
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Tag: State Legislatures
Asa Hutchinson on Arkansas’s Anti-Trans Law and the G.O.P. Culture Wars
In recent weeks, a number of Republican state legislatures have introduced bills placing new restrictions on transgender rights and medical care. One of the farthest-reaching…
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Why Kentucky Just Became the Only Red State to Expand Voting Rights
Jennifer Decker has solid conservative credentials. A first-term Republican state lawmaker in Kentucky who used to work for Senator Rand Paul, she represents a county…
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Republicans Have Declared War on Coca-Cola and Baseball
Are you a Republican voter irked by the state of American politics? If so, party leaders have some exciting marching orders for you: Dump your…
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NY Reaches Deal on $212 Billion Budget to Jump-Start Economic Recovery
New York State leaders announced they had reached an agreement on Tuesday on a $212 billion state budget that includes tax increases on the wealthy…
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New York Reaches Deal on $212 Billion Budget to Jump-Start Recovery
The fund prompted some infighting among Democrats, including some who fear that it could be used as a political wedge issue among moderate suburban voters…
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Transgender Childhood Is Not a ‘Trend’
As a 17-year-old girl, Lane, who grew up in a small town in Missouri in the early 1940s, went to see her family doctor for…
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Inside Corporate America’s Frantic Response to the Georgia Voting Law
On March 11, Delta Air Lines dedicated a building at its Atlanta headquarters to Andrew Young, the civil rights leader and former mayor. At the…
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Virginia, the Old Confederacy’s Heart, Becomes a Voting Rights Bastion
The state’s voting rights act is being signed into law by a governor whose career was nearly derailed by a blackface scandal in 2019. Since…
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What Will Legal Cannabis Look Like in New York?
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