UPDATE: Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses after ship strikes it
BALTIMORE, Md. (Maryland Matters) — President Biden promised the federal government would fully pay for a replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Biden, in...
Birmingham-Southern College plans to close after 168 years
BIRMINGHAM, Al. (Alabama Reflector) — Birmingham-Southern College will close on May 31 after a nearly 18-month fight to keep the liberal arts school open.
BSC’s...
U.S. Supreme Court justices seem skeptical of limits on access to abortion medication
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The future of medication abortion access in the United States went in front of the U.S. Supreme Court justices on...
Anglers and paddlers watch Georgia bill limiting access to streambeds
(Georgia Recorder) — Conservationists and environmental groups are sounding the alarm over a measure that they say will unravel the protections for fishing and...
House panel to vote whether to advance online sports betting bill
(Georgia Recorder) — A Georgia House committee is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to advance online sports betting legislation to the House Rules...
Election rule changes still possible in final days of legislative session
(Georgia Recorder) — Georgia’s lawmakers head into the final week of the 2024 legislative session with pending legislation designed to add a new security...
House bill bans agents of hostile countries from buying Georgia farmland
(Georgia Recorder) — A bill aiming to prevent agents of foreign countries deemed hostile to the United States from buying farmland in Georgia is...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The same U.S. Supreme Court that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion will hear oral arguments Tuesday over access...
Georgia Senate passes bill to punish local governments with loose immigration policies
(Georgia Recorder) — The Georgia Senate passed a bill Thursday that could result in law enforcement agencies and local governments losing federal and state...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files resolution to oust Mike Johnson as U.S. House speaker
(Georgia Recorder) — Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a resolution Friday to remove U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson from his position,...
U.S. Senate sends $1.2 trillion government spending package to Biden
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The U.S. Senate took a broadly bipartisan vote early Saturday to approve a $1.2 trillion spending package, sending the measure...
Congress rushes to approve $1.2 trillion spending package ahead of midnight deadline
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The U.S. House approved a broadly bipartisan $1.2 trillion spending package Friday, sending the legislation to the Senate ahead of...