Massachusetts Republicans are denouncing Gov. Maura Healey’s call to defund ICE as the governor has ramped up her criticism of the federal agency since launching her reelection campaign in January.

Appearing on Sunday’s edition of WCVB’s “On the Record” program, Healey was asked about her recent executive order and legislation she ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD — One day before Gov. JB Pritzker’s scheduled budget address, Illinois’ four top legislative leaders briefed on the plan Tuesday agreed it will have to hew to the line in a tight fiscal year, with one Democratic leader saying he doesn’t expect the governor to embrace calls by some progressive lawmakers to more aggressively ...Read more

When Assemblymember Mia Bonta, D-Alameda, came to the Legislature after a long tenure at educational nonprofits, she realized she could no longer say she works with children.

“I work with adults who work with adults who work with adults who work with children,” she said Tuesday.

The mother of three said the state’s ballooning child ...Read more

Illinois residents have seen more than $1.1 billion in medical debt erased, with the help of a state program that launched less than a year-and-a-half ago.

More than 500,000 Illinois residents have so far benefited from the program, with average debt relief of about $1,200 per person, according to the governor’s office. In some cases, the ...Read more

Hundreds, and possibly thousands, of juvenile Chinook salmon were found dead in the lower Yuba River after a large water pipe burst at the New Colgate Powerhouse on Friday, according to a local conservation group.

Aaron Zettler-Mann, executive director of South Yuba River Citizens League, explained that flows on the lower Yuba River briefly ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE — After intense pushback from Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies, Florida House Republicans backed off a proposal to stop him from using an emergency fund to carry out his immigration efforts.

House Republicans plan to pass an amendment Thursday that would allow the administration to continue to pay for the Alligator Alcatraz ...Read more

The Trump administration has appealed a federal judge’s order requiring that the National Park Service restore all the slavery-related exhibits it abruptly removed last month from the President’s House Site in Philadelphia.

The U.S. attorneys representing the federal government argued previously that the White House has full discretion over...Read more

Washington's record-setting December floods caused $182.3 million in damage to roads and other public infrastructure, Gov. Bob Ferguson said Tuesday as the state submitted a formal application for federal disaster aid.

At a news conference, Ferguson said the state is asking President Donald Trump for a major disaster declaration that would ...Read more

Disaster preparedness funds that were destined for Washington communities are still being held up by the Trump administration, despite a court ordering their release, Attorney General Nick Brown said Tuesday.

Brown and a coalition of states on Tuesday asked a federal court in Massachusetts to enforce its December order requiring the Federal ...Read more

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a coalition of fellow Democratic attorneys general on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of ignoring a court order requiring it to restore a federal disaster preparedness program.

They called on the court to enforce an order from December requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency to...Read more

After the federal and state observance of Presidents Day delayed the start of the Colorado legislature’s week, a pair of Democrat-backed gun control bills are set to pass through key steps in the process this week.

The first scheduled to be heard is Senate Bill 43, a measure that would restrict the sale of gun barrels to in-person ...Read more

Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday named Larimer County Chief Judge Susan Blanco as the newest Colorado Supreme Court justice.

The appointment fills an empty spot on the seven-member court left by the departure of Justice Melissa Hart, who retired Jan. 5 after taking a months-long personal leave that began in late October.

Blanco, chief judge of ...Read more

Government officials are warning customers to check their meat after they found contaminated beef from an Idaho meat processing facility.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Feb. 11 that CS Beef Packers, located on South Cole Road in Kuna, was recalling nearly 23,000 pounds of raw ground beef ...Read more

The U.S. Air Force said it intends to complete by the end of the year a restructuring plan for the new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system from Northrop Grumman Corp., after the projected $141 billion program was plagued by skyrocketing costs and fielding delays.

“Leveraging considerable progress over the last 12-18 months, ...Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is coming to Kentucky.

According to a press release from the Kentucky House Republican Caucus, DeSantis will join House Appropriations & Revenue Chair Jason Petrie, R-Elkton, Wednesday morning at a meeting of the House Standing Committee on State Government and House Standing Committee on Elections, Constitutional ...Read more

Police identified the two victims killed at an ice rink in Pawtucket, R.I., Monday as the ex-wife and adult son of the shooter, as divorce records shed light on the father’s past.

Rhonda Dorgan was pronounced dead at the scene and her son Aidan succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said at a ...Read more

An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Columbia University graduate student Mohsen Mahdawi, a pro-Palestinian activist detained last year at his U.S. citizenship test, his attorneys wrote in court documents filed Tuesday.

Mahdawi, a lawful permanent resident, was arrested last April after his naturalization ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday gave Gov. Kathy Hochul an ultimatum, saying that if the governor doesn’t raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and corporations, despite her continued resistance to the idea, he’d be forced to implement a steep property tax hike.

That proposed 9.5% hike, which Mamdani framed as the city’s ...Read more

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has been on-board with federal immigration tactics. In June, he signed an agreement to allow Idaho State Police to transport undocumented people convicted of certain crimes into federal custody. After an October immigration raid at a horse-racing track in Wilder, he expressed support.

“Illegal gambling operations ...Read more