Governors - Page 226

May 10, 2020

Global coronavirus infections top 4 million, US death toll passes 78,000

State leaders across the U.S. moved to expand testing for the new coronavirus, while lifting some restrictions on travel and business that have crippled the nation’s economy.

May 10, 2020

South Dakota Gov. Noem clashes with Sioux tribes over coronavirus checkpoints

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has warned two tribal leaders she will take “necessary” legal action if the tribes don’t remove coronavirus checkpoints on their reservations.

May 8, 2020

Victor Davis Hanson: 'Blue state' governors' lockdowns put America in 'untenable situation'

Historian and Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson told "The Story" Friday that Democratic governors of states like New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Illinois are creating an "untenable situation" by being slow to lift lockdowns instituted to counter coronavirus.

May 8, 2020

Coronavirus lockdowns: Unrest growing in few remaining states that won't give firm reopening date

Unrest is growing Friday in the American states that have become the last holdouts in terms of announcing dates when their economies will start reopening during the coronavirus outbreak

May 8, 2020

Oklahoma Gov. Stitt signs bill reinstating absentee voting be notarized, except during coronavirus

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill Thursday to reinstate a law that requires all absentee voting be notarized, except during the coronavirus pandemic.

May 8, 2020

Murder of Ahmaud Arbery, claims of racism, cronyism thrusts Georgia town into national spotlight

A small segregated town in Southeast Georgia is divided - and at the center of a national conversation about race - after a white father and son with ties to local police and the prosecutor were arrested two months after allegedly gunning down an unarmed 25-year-old black man jogging less than three miles from his mother's home. 

May 8, 2020

Christie lashes out at 'Bridgegate' prosecutor after convictions reversed: 'The politics of this reek'

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie slammed the Obama-appointed federal prosecutor who oversaw the 2013 "Bridgegate" case Thursday after the Supreme Court unanimously threw out the convictions of two of his political allies.

May 7, 2020

Ben Shapiro takes aim at critics of states reopening: 'I'm sorry, lockdown is not an alternative'

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro defended Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Thursday after he faced backlash for acknowledging that reopening businesses in the state will lead to an increase in the raw number of coronavirus infections.

May 7, 2020

Texas Supreme Court orders Dallas salon owner released as Abbott bans jailing citizens for lockdown violations

The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of salon owner Shelley Luther, who was jailed for opening in violation of the state's rules, as Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order retroactively eliminating jail time as a consequence for violating the state's coronavirus restrictions.

May 7, 2020

Virginia governor says some areas may impose stricter restrictions as state moves toward reopening

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that the guidelines for a phased reopening of the commonwealth would serve as a "floor" for localities around the state.