Gov. Andy Beshear vetoes bill replacing leadership of KY’s broadband network
Beshear’s first veto of this legislative session takes aim at a bill he called an “unconstitutional partisan power grab.” ...
New Hampshire Public Radio
State Senate votes down bill to protect medical providers offering abortions
The shield law would have protected doctors from out-of-state litigation if they provided reproductive health services to people from outside New Hampshire.
Virginia Mercury
Lawsuit claims violation of constitutional amendment process, but new law invalidates that charge
At the core of a new Bedford County-based lawsuit challenging Virginia's pending reproductive rights amendment is an allegation that House of Delegates Clerk Paul Nardo failed to send copies of the ...
Human Rights WatchOpinion
US Abortion Restrictions Causing Preventable Deaths
State restrictions on abortion, since the Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that the US constitution does not confer a right to ...
Virginia Mercury
After past vetoes, bias training bill for medical licenses could become law
The proposal has always been carried by Locke and other Democratic Black lawmakers, and Sen. Chris Head, R-Botetourt, a white male Republican, lent his bipartisan support. As a key part of the ...
Beshear criticizes constitutional amendments backed by top GOP lawmakers
Senate President Robert Stivers and House Speaker David Osborne — have filed bills for two constitutional amendments that ...
Union-Bulletin
GOP says Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear supports surgery for trans kids. What does his record show?
When Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear ran for reelection in 2023, a reoccurring Republican line of attack was that he’d allow minors to undergo gender-affirming surgeries.