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Two students dead, one injured after shooting at Nashville high school
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Two students dead, one injured after shooting at Nashville high school

Jan 22, 2025
This story has been updated with additional details. Two teenage students are dead and one is injured following a Wednesday shooting at Antioch High School in South Nashville, Metro Nashville police confirmed. The shooter, who was identified as Solomon Henderson...
Kansas House bill would use driver’s license records to look for voters who are not citizens
Kansas

Kansas House bill would use driver’s license records to look for voters who are not citizens

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Campaign finance reforms ‘Rohl’ through SD legislative panel
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Campaign finance reforms ‘Rohl’ through SD legislative panel

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Committee rejects bill to allow nonprofit Arkansas hospitals to hold retail pharmacy permits

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State plans to address tax proposal ‘oversight’ that would cut funding for Registers of Wills

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Maryland

Governor’s education bill slows growth of per pupil funding, worrying advocates

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State officials tout progress on electric cars — but acknowledge the Trump ‘elephant in this room’
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State officials tout progress on electric cars — but acknowledge the Trump ‘elephant in this room’

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Lawmakers propose regulations to implement Nebraska’s new medical cannabis laws
Nebraska

Lawmakers propose regulations to implement Nebraska’s new medical cannabis laws

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Can Pennsylvania craft the perfect cannabis law?
Pennsylvania

Can Pennsylvania craft the perfect cannabis law?

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Alaska

Gov. Dunleavy and administration officials applaud Trump’s Alaska policies

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Montana

Homeowners, farmers, businesses weigh in on property tax proposals

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Nebraska lawmakers will have options when revamping ‘good life’ law
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Nebraska lawmakers will have options when revamping ‘good life’ law

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‘High likelihood’ of radioactive waste in smoldering landfill, Missouri officials say

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The case for diversifying municipal revenues and demystifying state revenue sources
Maryland
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The case for diversifying municipal revenues and demystifying state revenue sources

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Bookman: Stacey Abrams’s political aspirations bookended by bad timing
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Bookman: Stacey Abrams’s political aspirations bookended by bad timing

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A directive in the federal infrastructure law could prevent DUI deaths
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A directive in the federal infrastructure law could prevent DUI deaths

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Georgia
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John Cole’s Georgia: Moore pardons

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Jamie Jackson selected to replace Iman Jodeh in Colorado House

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Idaho

Idaho maternal mortality review panel recommends approval for report

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Transplants to N.J. would get temporary tax break under Rep. Gottheimer plan

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New Mexico

NM Legislature Day 2 recap: ‘Un día a la vez’

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Georgia chicken farmers on alert after bird flu found in second commercial flock

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North Carolina

Joe John, longtime North Carolina lawmaker and judge, dies

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Judge weighing dismissal of charges against Dem power broker George Norcross
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Judge weighing dismissal of charges against Dem power broker George Norcross

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Oregon hospitals seeks more funding to close reimbursement gap 

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Should Washington’s Fish and Wildlife Commission be dissolved?

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House committee presenter says universities push students into ‘accepting progressive views’

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Second Nebraska bill focused on transgender athletes is based on NSAA participation policy

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Bill raising penalties for assaulting sports referees moves forward

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‘Black ice’ remains a lingering threat of harsh Louisiana winter weather

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North Dakota bill takes aim at crypto fraud with new consumer protections

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Democrats push to scrap Arizona abortion limits despite GOP majority

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Court decision pending, Arkansas lawmaker brings bill related to child sexual abuse

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FTC sues Deere & Co. over right to repair 

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Benson says she’s focused on ‘efficiency and transparency’ in Michigan governor campaign

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Lawmakers consider expanded wolf hunting to cut population in half

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President Trump’s executive order halts Lava Ridge Wind Project in Idaho

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Washington Bridge case lands in court. Contractors argue for swift dismissal.

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Kansas broadband developers complain to Senate about allocation of state, federal grants

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Colorado lawmakers rally against Trump’s mass deportation plans at Capitol
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Colorado lawmakers rally against Trump’s mass deportation plans at Capitol

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Rat poison, drain cleaner and Diet Pepsi: Some lawmakers concerned about lethal injection proposal

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Texas

Bill to detain undocumented immigrants accused of even minor crimes passes with some Texas Democratic help

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