Georgia Power plan to leave coal ash in groundwater could be upended by new...
(Georgia Recorder) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday the final adoption of rules aimed at significantly reducing fossil fuel power plant...
U.S. Supreme Court floats return to trial court for Trump in presidential immunity case
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Thursday of former President Donald Trump’s argument he is immune from criminal charges that...
Supporters of paid family leave for state workers applaud new Georgia law
(Georgia Recorder) — Parents working in state government and public schools will be able to take up to six weeks of paid parental leave...
Supreme Court to consider Trump’s presidential immunity claims Thursday
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s pursuit of absolute immunity from criminal...
U.S. House speaker confronts anti-war protesters at Columbia University
(States Newsroom) — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson decried antisemitism and raised the possibility of calling in the National Guard to disperse student protesters...
Supreme Court appears split over abortion care during emergencies
(States Newsroom) — U.S. Supreme Court justices spent two hours Wednesday debating whether a federal law about emergency treatment encompasses abortion care even in...
Biden signs $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan into law
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan emergency spending law Wednesday to provide an additional $95 billion in aid for Ukraine,...
Millions of salaried workers to become eligible for overtime under new Biden rule
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday announced a final rule that means millions of salaried workers who are employed in...
Georgia governor signs school voucher bill to provide $6,500 toward private tuition
(GA Recorder) — Gov. Brian Kemp signed a suite of education-related bills into law Tuesday, including a controversial measure that will allow parents of...
U.S. Senate sends foreign aid bill to Biden as McConnell chides GOP ‘isolationist movement’
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — An additional $95 billion in military and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan cleared the U.S. Senate after a...
Bill to regulate hemp products in Georgia awaits governor’s signature
(Georgia Recorder) — A bill regulating hemp products, licensing, and restricting their purchase to customers 21 and older awaits its fate on Gov. Brian...
NY prosecutor ties Trump hush money payments to campaign as criminal trial kicks off
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Oral arguments in former President Donald Trump’s historic case in New York began Monday in a Manhattan courtroom where jurors...