It’s an election year. Can Gov. Katie Hobbs make history again? We’re not talking about the Democrat’s reelection chances, though those prospects will hang over her every action this legislative ...

JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature narrowly voted to sustain Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a sweeping elections reform bill its supporters say was a decade in the making. In a 38-22 vote Monday morning, ...

SAO PAULO, April 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's veto on a bill sharply reducing former President ‌Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison ...

SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Congress voted Thursday to override a presidential veto and adopt a bill to reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup, in a blow to his ...

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Mamdani’s objections to the legislation are absurd. That he even sees this bill as problematic reflects his roots not as a principled defender of free speech but as a campus radical-turned-politician.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued his first veto Friday, halting City Council bill Int. 175-B that would have forced the NYPD to publicize plans for handling protests near schools and other ...

Gov. Janet Mills sits for an interview at Northern Maine Community College on Feb. 27. Credit: Cameron Levasseur / The County PORTLAND, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills on Monday defended her veto of a ...

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised Friday to veto a bill creating a “buffer zone” around schools for protests because he worries it’ll stifle demonstrations against ICE or in support of Palestinian rights.