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LINCOLN — Nebraska is poised to create its own registry of authorized vapes in the state instead of relying on a federal list maintained by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. State Sen. Jana…

by John Solomon   If House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer’s sleuthing turns out to be right, the FBI harbored a deep, dark secret through the first Trump impeachment, the Hunter Biden laptop saga and the 2020 election fury.…

An Ohio Republican Senator has reintroduced a bill that aims to allow teenagers to work until 9:00 p.m. on a school night if it becomes law. Senate Bill (SB) 30 sponsored by State Senator Tim Schaffer (R-Lancaster) aims to allow kids…

by Ben Whedon   With the nation stuck at its $31.38 trillion debt limit and the Department of the Treasury imposing “extraordinary measures” to keep the government running, one GOP lawmaker is floating a new proposal to default federal…

Vernon Jones, a former Georgia state senator, was ordered to pay damages and legal fees to a man he blocked on Facebook, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Vernon Jones, a former Democratic state…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers plans to appoint a former Democratic legislator to lead Wisconsin’s parole commission.The governor's office said Friday that he plans to pick former state Sen. Jon Erpenbach to serve as chairman of…

by RaeLynn Ricarte   A Washington legislator who served time behind bars contends it is time for the state to stop saving millions on the backs of inmates who are paid pennies for work in prison jobs. “This is an evolution of slavery,”…

Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu of California deleted a tweet falsely claiming that COVID-19 was a leading cause of death for children after the Twitter CEO ripped him for publishing “misleading data.” Lieu was responding to a tweet by…

Republican state Rep. David Eastman could be removed from office through the state’s “disqualifying clause” due to his affiliation with the Oath Keepers, whose members have been convicted for participating in the Jan. 6 capitol…

Lawmakers introduced a Republican-sponsored bill into the House Higher Education and Career Readiness Committee that would ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Ohio colleges and universities. House Bill (HB) 747 sponsored by state…