April 28, 2016 Paychecks for Illinois elected officials delayed, amid budget stalemate The latest budget impasse in Illinois is about to hit elected officials in their wallets, with the state comptroller planning to delay their paychecks amid nearly $6.5 billion in past-due bills.
April 28, 2016 GOP Kentucky governor to investigate Democratic predecessor Kentucky's Republican governor said Tuesday he is hiring a private law firm to help investigate his Democratic predecessor for what he said were potentially illegal procurement practices.
April 28, 2016 Utah governor to sign measure calling porn 'public health hazard' Utah Gov. Gary Herbert reportedly plans to sign a measure on Tuesday that labels pornography as a “public health hazard.”
April 28, 2016 Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf bars LGBT discrimination in contracts Pennsylvania's governor on Thursday barred state contractors and grant recipients from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity as he awaits action on stalled legislation that would ban such bias in employment, housing and public services.
April 28, 2016 Mississippi governor signs law allowing service denial to gay people Mississippi's governor has signed a law that allows public and private businesses to refuse service to gay couples based on the employers' religious beliefs.
April 28, 2016 California, New York enact $15 minimum wages California and New York acted Monday to gradually push their statewide minimum wages to $15 an hour -- the highest in the nation -- as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders again seized on wage disparity and the plight of the working poor as a defining issue in the presidential race.
April 28, 2016 Indiana governor faces deadline to act on abortion measure Republican Gov. Mike Pence is facing a deadline Thursday to take action on a measure that would make Indiana the second state to ban abortions because of fetal genetic abnormalities such as Down syndrome.
April 28, 2016 Todd Palin hospitalized after snowmobile accident Todd Palin, the husband of Sarah Palin, was hospitalized after a serious snowmobile accident Sunday night, temporarily taking the former Alaska governor off the campaign trail for Donald Trump.
April 28, 2016 Utah governor signs bill requiring abortion anesthesia beginning at 20 weeks The governor signed a bill Monday that makes Utah the first state to require doctors to give anesthesia to women having an abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later.
April 28, 2016 Cuomo hit for visiting Cuba, but banning North Carolina travel New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will go to Cuba … but North Carolina is off-limits. That’s the charge being leveled against the Democratic governor by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s office after Cuomo banned certain official travel to the Tar Heel State over a law critics say discriminates against transgender people.
