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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes in girls sports  Yahoo News Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]New Mexico governor issues order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque  Yahoo News Source link

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis broadcast his national ambitions this week by taking credit for a flight that sent undocumented immigrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, making him the latest conservative lawmaker to protest the rise in illegal immigration by shipping border crossers to a liberal state. The governor’s stunt may have broken the law, and spurred locals to assist the migrants. It’s nonetheless likely to strengthen his position as former president Donald Trump’s most formidable… Source link

Russian forces have lost ground in Severodonetsk, a key city in eastern Ukraine that has been the scene of ferocious fighting as Moscow seeks to gain control of Donbas, a regional governor said Sunday. “The Russians were in control of about 70 percent of the city, but have been forced back over the past two days,” Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday wrote on Telegram.  “The city is divided in two. They are afraid to move freely around the city.” The region of Lugansk has been… Source link

Gas prices in the U.S. keep going up and up, and Washington’s Democrats have found a convenient scapegoat for the pain inflicted on American drivers — Big Oil. President Joe Biden says oil companies “shouldn’t pad their profits” while crude oil prices fall. Meanwhile, Democrats are pushing for a windfall tax on oil profits, and industry CEOs may face a grilling in Congress next month. But halfway around the U.S., the Democratic governor of an important oil-producing state has a… Source link

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday that a tornado outbreak in his state has led to 80 reported casualties with that number expected to rise as authorities continue to sift through the wreckage. “I can tell you from reports that I’ve received, I know we’ve lost more than 80 Kentuckians. That number is going to exceed more than 100,” Beshear said on CNN. Satellite imagery of Mayfield, Ky., after a tornado hit the town. (Satellite image (c) 2021 Maxar Technologies, via Getty Images) He… Source link

Press Releases 10/29/2021 Governor Lamont, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, and Google Announce Google Career Certificates Are Now Available Across the Entire CSCU System Connecticut Is the First State in the U.S. to Offer the Full Suite of Google Career Certificates to Their Entire Community College and State University System (MIDDLETOWN, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut State Colleges and… Source link

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller joined Yahoo Finance on the virtual sidelines of the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium to discuss the impact of the Delta variant on the U.S. economy and how the Federal Reserve is responding. Below is a transcript of his appearance on Yahoo Finance Live on August 27. – BRIAN CHEUNG: Thanks Seana. Well, obviously all eyes on the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium which is wrapping up today, but we’ve got a very special guest here in an exclusive… Source link

New confirmed cases of COVID-19 and resulting hospitalizations are skyrocketing in Florida, and the mayor of Fort Lauderdale would like Governor Ron DeSantis to rethink some of the policies contributing to elevated transmission. “If there’s an ultimate political agenda trying to appeal to some sort of outlier group thinking that’s going to advance a person politically, I just think they’re misjudging what people really want,” Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis said on Yahoo… Source link

Officials are continuing to raise concerns over the recent rise in COVID case numbers across the country. Not helping matters is the still large number of people who remain unvaccinated. “It is a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “It is literally 99.99% likely that the folks who are in the hospital are unvaccinated.” Some states have reached a point in which their elected officials are imposing vaccine mandates for state… Source link