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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' conservative Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday allowing faith-based groups at college campuses to restrict membership to like-minded people, likely putting the state on a collision course with civil liberties groups. The GOP-dominated Legislature approved the legislation earlier this month, even though the U.S. Supreme
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Charter school expansion foes mobilized to announce organized opposition to a ballot question that would lift the cap on the number of the publicly funded institutions in Massachusetts, gathering outside the State House Wednesday to rally support. The head of the group, Juan Cofield, who is also a regional
Massachusetts
BOSTON – A compromise measure to rein in the opioid abuse crisis passed unanimously in the state House of Representatives Wednesday and is expected to face a final vote in the Senate Thursday. The measure would put limits on first-time prescriptions of synthetic opiate painkillers like oxycodone and use additional screening
Massachusetts
BOSTON – A group of state lawmakers outlined an approach to marijuana legalization Tuesday that would involve the Legislature tinkering with a voter-approved ballot initiative to a far greater degree than has been customary in order to address "serious concerns" it has with the prospect of full legalization. In
Massachusetts
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's governor vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have made the state the first in the U.S. to approve a law requiring transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex at birth. Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard, who initially
Massachusetts
BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, both Massachusetts Democrats, introduced a bill in Congress on Wednesday that would allow for the partial filling of opioid prescriptions, a strategy being explored by state lawmakers to reduce the number addictive painkillers in circulation. The legislation would
Massachusetts legislature
BOSTON – A lawmaker from the Berkshires wants Massachusetts cities and towns to be able to decide for themselves whether to tack a surtax on to motor fuel sales to pay for improving the poor state of roads and bridges in their communities. On Tuesday, his proposal will take center stage
Abortion
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker picked a perfect setting to sign his state's legislation defunding Planned Parenthood and redirecting $3.5 million to community health providers Thursday morning in Waukesha. Just 400 feet away from one of the Planned Parenthood sites that will no longer rely on state taxpayers&
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