PRIVATE LOBBYISTS GET PUBLIC PENSIONS IN 20 STATES
By MICHAEL GORMLEY FILE – In this May 9, 2013 file photo, Stephen Acquario, executive director of the New York State Association of Counties, attends a news conference in the…
State legislature
FATHER KILLS SON, HIMSELF AT YWCA OFFICES IN NH
Police assemble outside the YWCA Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013 in Manchester, N.H. The state attorney general’s office said Muni Savyon, 54, of Manchester used a handgun to fatally shoot his…
JEB BUSH BACKS NEW SCHOOL STANDARDS, CHOICES
By DAVID A. LIEB Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 40th annual meeting, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in Chicago. Bush defended new achievement standards…
MASS. VOTERS TO DECIDE US SENATE PRIMARY WINNERS
By BOB SALSBERG and STEVE LeBLANC Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., addresses an audience during a campaign rally in Boston’s South Boston neighborhood, Monday,…
IN ALA., GOP DICTATES NEW LANDSCAPE FOR EDUCATION
By BILL BARROW FILE – In this April 11, 2013 file photo, Alabama Education Association Executive Director Dr. Henry Mabry addresses members of the Alabama Education Retirees Association at a…
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…
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,…