Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) announced a $163 million investment to expand broadband high-speed internet access, using federal money from the American Rescue Plan that he opposed in 2021, WCPT
https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/03/tennessee-governor-takes-credit-for-funds-he-opposed/
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) will not speak as planned in Golden, Colorado this week after the national outrage over her killing of a puppy created “safety concerns,” KUSA
https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/03/kristi-noem-event-cancelled-in-colorado/
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a ban on the manufacture and distribution of lab-grown meat, while noting: “Global elites want to control our behavior and push a diet of
https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/02/desantis-bans-lab-grown-meat-in-florida/
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) went on Fox News to defend her decision to kill a family dog, saying it was a “working dog” and “not a puppy.”
https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/02/noem-still-defends-decision-to-kill-her-dog/
Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D), who was arrested in an alleged burglary this month, will be relieved of her committee work and removed from DFL caucus meetings while her
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/29/democratic-lawmaker-removed-from-committees-after-arrest/
“Amid waves of backlash from both sides of the aisle, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Sunday defended her decision to shoot and kill her 14-month-old puppy named Cricket years
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/28/kristi-noem-again-defends-killing-her-dog/
“Post a picture with your dog that doesn’t involve shooting them and throwing them in a gravel pit.” — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), on X last night.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/27/bonus-quote-of-the-day-1986/
“Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to criminalize marital rape in all situations, ending a years-long fight over a law that critics cast as archaic and harmful to survivors,” USA Today reports.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/24/ohio-lawmakers-vote-to-end-marital-rape-loophole/
Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) “told police that she broke into her stepmother’s home because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father,
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/23/democratic-lawmaker-broke-into-home-for-her-fathers-ashes/
“Lawmakers on a Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to slash unemployment benefits — part of a Republican-backe...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/18/louisiana-gop-moves-to-cut-lunch-breaks-for-child-workers/
“Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies — a move supporters said was unrelated to recent scrutiny about ...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/15/kentucky-governor-loses-power-to-fill-senate-vacancies/
“Four of South Dakota’s federally recognized Native American tribes have barred the state’s governor, Kristi Noem — a Republican whose name has been floated as a potential running mate fo...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/14/kristi-noem-is-now-barred-from-much-of-her-state/
“Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial bill Friday stripping citizen oversight boards of their power to investigate police misconduct,” the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. “The bill,...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/13/desantis-stops-citizens-from-probing-police-misconduct/
The Tennessee House passed a bill on Thursday that would make it illegal to marry your first cousin in Tennessee, WSMV reports. But it only did so after state Rep.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/11/gop-lawmaker-wanted-to-allow-first-cousins-to-marry/
“State prosecutor Pete Skandalakis said Thursday that he will lead the investigation into Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’ (R) alleged role in trying to help former President Donald Trump overturn the
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/11/georgia-lt-governor-under-investigation-in-fake-elector-scheme/
Brian Ormes (R), a candidate for Kentucky’s state House of Representatives, was arrested and booked for strangulation Monday night, the Lexington Herald Leader reports.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/10/gop-candidate-arrested-for-strangulation/
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a teenager’s death at Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s (R) farm, KETV reports.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/10/teenager-died-at-nebraska-governors-farm/
Arizona state Sen. Anthony Kern (R) “invited a prayer group to the Senate floor on Monday,” the Arizona Republic reports. “Seen in a video filmed by an anonymous attendee, Kern
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/10/arizona-gop-lawmaker-leads-prayer-in-tongues/
“Let’s talk about the Nazis… I would like to know what they did that was illegal.” — Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby (R), on the House floor.
New Hampshire Rep. Jon Stone’s (R) law enforcement career ended “when he threatened to kill fellow police officers in a shooting spree, and murder his chief after raping the chief’s
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/05/gop-lawmaker-threatened-mass-shooting-and-rape/