BOY SCOUTS PROPOSING TO LIFT GAY BAN FOR YOUTH
By DAVID CRARY FILE – In this Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, James Oliver, left, hugs his brother and fellow Eagle Scout, Will Oliver, who is gay, as Will and…
State governments
NH LEGISLATOR SORRY FOR CALLING WOMEN ‘VAGINAS’
By MORGAN TRUE FILE- In this photo taken Wednesday March 21, 2012, State Rep. Peter Hansen yells out from his seat during debate on a bill to repeal gay marriage…
LAWSUIT FILED TO BLOCK NEW ARKANSAS ABORTION LAW
By JEANNIE NUSS Rita Sklar, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, speaks during a news conference at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday,…
LIBERAL PAC HAS LITTLE CASH, INFLUENCE IN KENTUCKY
By BEN FINLEY FILE – In this Aug. 13, 2007 file photo, Senate Republican Mitch McConnell talks with his wife, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, during the Fraternal…
TEXAS RETHINKING ITS TESTING, CURRICULUM STANDARDS
By WILL WEISSERT Socar Chatmon-Thomas, center, stands with her daughters Isabella, left, and Guinevere, right, outside their school in Austin, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2013. Texas has been a…
AUSTIN NEXT CITY FOR ULTRA-FAST GOOGLE FIBER
By PAUL J. WEBER FILE – In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, the Google logo is displayed outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google executives and Texas Gov.…
SWEEPING ANTI-ABORTION BILL GOES TO KANSAS GOV.
By JOHN HANNA Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick, right, a Stilwell Republican, watches the chamber’s electronic tally board as it approves a sweeping anti-abortion bill, Friday, April 5, 2013, at…
FORMER MASS. US SENATOR NOT RULING OUT RUN IN NH
By STEVE PEOPLES Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts sits at a table during the 11th Annual “Keeping the Dream Alive” dinner commemorating the anniversary of Martin Luther King…