In their latest version of the state executive branch budget bill, House Republicans put more money into education and fixed an issue that could have hurt state employees’ health insurance, according to a copy reviewed by the Herald-Leader.

House Appropriations and Revenue Chair Jason Petrie, R-Elkton, unveiled a committee substitute on House...Read more

Denver — Gov. Jared Polis has moved to drop his nine-month effort to comply with a federal immigration subpoena, arguing that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials apparently no longer need the employment records the governor had sought to turn over.

Attorneys representing Polis informed a Denver judge Friday that the governor ...Read more

Kentucky House Republicans are fast-tracking a bill that would incentivize donations to school scholarship programs in exchange for tax credits.

House Bill 1, which would allow the state to enroll in the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit Scholarship program, passed the House on a 79-17-1 vote. All 17 “no” votes were from Democrats, and ...Read more

Since mid-February, the planes Nick Benson watches on the frosty tarmac of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are mostly empty, with federal agents on average loading less than a dozen immigration detainees on board. It’s a far cry from last month, where he looked on, stunned, as they boarded as many as 127 detainees — the ...Read more

A rare and threatened species of red fox has been spotted in the Tahoe Basin for the first time since the mid-1900s, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced.

The Sierra Nevada red fox strolled through the Blackwood Canyon area in Placer County, sniffing at some downed tree branches before heading off into the night — his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A handful of House Republicans have flooded social media and brought a MAGA influencer to Capitol Hill in a pressure campaign for Senate Majority Leader John Thune to move forward on passing their voter ID bill with a simple majority.

President Donald Trump even pressed Thune specifically to get the bill passed during the State ...Read more

BOSTON — A Taunton mother and her toddler suffered life-threatening burns during a house explosion, as the woman went inside the engulfed structure to rescue her 2-year-old child, according to authorities.

The mother and child were being treated at local hospitals for burn injuries that Taunton Fire Chief Steven Lavigne described at the scene...Read more

One of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s guests at the State of the Union was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday evening after she stood up in the gallery in protest during President Donald Trump’s speech.

Omar’s office said Aliya Rahman, a south Minneapolis resident, was removed from the House chamber after she stood up silently following ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Three Minnesotans accused of assaulting federal law enforcement officers during Operation Metro Surge had their charges dismissed this month.

The new dismissals are in addition to at least three other instances of protesters who had charges dismissed in January and February.

Madeline Tschida, a 24-year-old from Becker, was ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado lawmakers who are concerned about rising gambling addiction and betting scandals in professional sports filed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit sports betting apps from offering proposition bets on individual athletes’ performances.

The bipartisan responsible gaming bill — SB26-131 — would also attempt to slow down ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It is a simple, sleek storefront in the Gayborhood. And it is now a welcoming spot.

On Wednesday, Gov. Josh Shapiro, city tourism and marketing leaders, and LGBTQ+ advocates officially opened the Philadelphia Pride Visitor Center, one of the country’s first LGBTQ+ visitor centers.

“We need happy things in the world,” ...Read more

Pennsylvania joined 14 other states in suing the federal government over recent changes to childhood vaccine recommendations.

“I’m going to court to ensure doctors and qualified experts are making vaccine recommendations; not conspiracy theorists,” said Gov. Josh Shapiro in a Wednesday news release. The suit, filed Tuesday by Mr. Shapiro ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — D4vd is the “target” of a Los Angeles County criminal jury investigation into the death of a teenage girl. The singer’s star was on the rise, with a global tour in his future, before the discovery of the girl’s remains in the front trunk of his Tesla.

The singer, whose real name is David Burke, has been the subject of ...Read more

Venezuela’s National Assembly said Wednesday it had received the resignation of Attorney General Tarek William Saab, setting in motion a process to appoint a temporary replacement for the controversial prosecutor who has long faced accusations from critics of helping turn the country’s justice system into a tool of political repression.

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DENVER — Two wolves roamed separately into the southern end of Colorado’s Front Range mountains in February, passing through watersheds west of Pueblo and Colorado Springs, a map released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows.

The wolves wandered farther southeast than tracking previously had recorded, but no wolves have spent time...Read more

NEW YORK — The 75,000-plus families that have signed up for New York City’s free 3-K and pre-K programs are still thousands short of last year’s final count with only two days to go until the deadline, the Daily News has learned.

The city received 95,000 total applications last year, a figure that has held relatively steady over the last ...Read more

Capitalizing on a grand stage Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered a State of the Union speech laced with political broadsides blaming Democrats for the nation’s problems, including on immigration and the economy, and heaping praise on himself and his administration for ushering in “a turnaround for the ages.”

He did not ...Read more