political debates

By MARGERY A. BECK and JOSH FUNK - Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill Monday that bans abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy and restricts…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House gave preliminary approval Thursday to making the state’s expanded Medicaid program permanent, rejecting attempts to set another expiration date or otherwise change it.The lengthy…

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A bill that would have required school officials to disclose to inquiring parents that their child is using a different name or being referred to…

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The national discussion around transgender students and what parents should be told about them returns to the New Hampshire Statehouse on…

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The national debate surrounding transgender students and parental rights returns to the New Hampshire Statehouse on Thursday.The House is set to…

By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Conservatives in the Nebraska Legislature got just enough votes Tuesday to fold a proposed 12-week abortion ban into a bill that would ban…

By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are taking what could be an all-or-nothing bet by proposing to merge two of the legislative session’s most…

By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An effort to advance a bill that would ban abortion around the sixth week of pregnancy fell one vote short of breaking a filibuster in the…

By AMY BETH HANSON and SAM METZ - Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican leaders will vote Wednesday on censuring or expelling lawmaker Zooey Zephyr, a transgender state representative…

By AMY BETH HANSON and SAM METZ - Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s House speaker canceled a Tuesday floor session a day after seven protesters were arrested for disrupting proceedings…