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Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., is one of the bill's sponsors. Drew Angerer/Getty Images House lawmakers on Tuesday introduced bipartisan legislation that would codify into law several recent changes to the federal hiring process to stress applicants’ job experience and skills over educational attainment. Reps. Jody Hice, R-Ga., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced the Chance to Compete Act (H.R. 6967)...

Standing in front of the flags of New Jersey, and Ukraine, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during his budget address in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) On Wednesday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new law that would prohibit state government dealings with businesses associated with Belarus and Russia’s governments amid the latter’s ongoing invasion of Ukr...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state senators are rejecting a plan that would let drivers use cellphones mounted to their windshield or dashboard while at traffic lights and stop signs, voting 35-14 against the proposal on Wednesday. Sen. Frank Ginn, a Danielsville Republican, pushed Senate Bill 203, saying that it's time to recognize that the state's current hands-free law has “made criminals out of...

Gov Phil Murphy at the ceremony nominating Attorney General-designate Matt Platkin on February 3, 2022. (Photo: Office of the Governor). A bill first proposed by State Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge) just under two weeks ago that will ban state entities from conducting businesses with Russia or Russian-tied companies was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy today, capping off a heavily accelera...

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: On the wrong side of history on transgender rights. (Associated Press) You have to hand it to Idaho lawmakers. In a season in which red-state politicians are battling each other in the competition for who can produce the most extreme anti-transgender policies, the Boise Legislature is poised to take home the trophy. The Idaho House on Tuesday passed a measure that crim...

Rep. Laura Supica, D-Bangor, sits at her desk at the Augusta Civic Center on Dec. 2, 2020. AUGUSTA, Maine — Democrats in the Maine House of Representatives pushed through two bills on Tuesday aiming to safeguard elections against tampering and making local campaign spending more transparent ahead of a high-stakes state election. National efforts by some conservatives to cast doubt upon Presid...

SALT LAKE CITY – Colin Andrew Shapard, 21, of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been charged in federal court by the United States Attorney’s Office in Utah with six counts related to the distribution of fentanyl in Utah. The complaint charges Shapard with one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and five counts of distribution of fentanyl. United States Attorney Andrea T...

Loveland Police Department arrests Sunday 6:35 p.m. In the 1300 block of Sculptor Drive, a 29-year-old Greeley man for investigation of shoplifting, obstructing a peace officer and unlawful possession of meth as well as on a misdemeanor failure-to-appear warrant and a felony failure-to-comply warrant. Tuesday 12:29 p.m. At the Loveland Police Department, a 19-year-old Fort Collins man on a...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Continuing a decade-long effort to rewrite the state’s alimony laws, the Florida House on Wednesday approved a contentious measure that would do away with permanent alimony and set up maximum payments based on the duration of marriage. The measure, now set for action by Gov. Ron DeSantis, drew emotional debate from people on both sides of the issue during committee meeting...