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Justices, U.S. Supreme Court. (File/Photo by Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.) By David Pendered Georgia has major interests at stake in the abortion lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court is to hear Wednesday. The verdict is to impact Georgia’s “heartbeat bill” and is likely to resonate through the state’s 2022 campaigns. Justices are to hear arguments in Mississ...

DeSantis proposes bonus to recruit officersGovernor Ron DeSantis wants police officers from northern cities to fill vacancies in Florida departments and says their vaccination status doesn’t matter.CONNECTING... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Promoting Florida as "greener pastures" for law-enforcement officers, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday teased a plan for salary increases and bonuses as part of his upc...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Phil Bryant, the former governor of Mississippi who signed a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks. The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments over the law. Popular on NPR.org NPR Editors' Picks

During a sit-down interview on Monday with PEOPLE (the TV show!) host Kay Adams, Hamlin opened up about how Lois' death has affected their family. "Well, you know, it's a tough moment," the Hot Zone: Anthrax actor, 70, said. "Lois was so great and we loved her so much. I loved her like my own mother." Hamlin added, "She was dancing just two weeks before she passed." On Nov. 11, Hamlin's wife ...

Syringe with vaccine and vaccination certificate over a protective face mask on white table. The syringe could represent various healthcare and medicine concepts. Los Angeles on Monday began enforcing its law requiring Angelenos patronizing indoor restaurants, gyms, entertainment and recreational facilities, personal care establishments and some city buildings to show proof of full vaccinatio...

Happy Monday, OnPolitics readers! As the year winds down, Congress still has a list of things it needs to do before 2021 ends. Most notably, Congress has until Friday to avoid a government shutdown. In late September, President Joe Biden and Congress averted a shutdown hours before a midnight deadline by funding the government until the beginning of December. What does a shutdown mean? A sh...

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the National Congress of American Indians’ 78th Annual Convention, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WNCN) – Vice President Kamala Harris will be back in North Carolina later this week where she will discuss the bipartisan infrastructure law. Harr...

What You Need to Know California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 979 into law last year, but key deadlines are only now approaching. Under the law, boards of publicly held companies need to meet quotas for directors from underrepresented communities. In 2018, Newsom signed another bill into law that creates similar quotas for female board directors. The National Center for Public Pol...

Update (4:15 PM)- **This afternoon, Pitt extended an offer to 2023 4-star tight end Riley Williams from Central Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon. Williams is rated as one of the Top 200 juniors in the country and one of the Top 10 tight ends. Currently, he holds offers from Arizona State, California, Colorado, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oregon, Tennessee...

A police cruiser near Mall 205 in Southeast Portland. (Sam Gehrke) The Oregon Secretary of State’s Elections Division has proposed a $225 civil penalty for Portland Police Bureau Commander Erica Hurley after its investigation determined that Hurley violated state elections law with comments she made on two separate occasions about Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt. In a Nov. 22 ...