Новости за 20.02.2018

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s Legislature has opened a special session called by the governor to replace $1 billion in expiring taxes.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he’ll call a special legislative session to address reimbursement rates for pharmacies and to amend the state’s open container law if there is consensus among lawmakers on the proposals. Legislative leaders have asked for a special session and Hutchinson said Monday he believes there is […]

PHOENIX (AP) — A Las Vegas pastor says he was shaken by his experience in witnessing a sightseeing helicopter crash that killed three British tourists at the Grand Canyon. The Arizona Republic reports that Pastor Lionel Douglass, who had traveled to the location in a separate helicopter, had just finished performing a wedding ceremony on […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is set to make an address to Alaska Legislature on Alaska issues in Congress. The Juneau Empire reports Murkowski, Alaska’s senior U.S. Senator, will speak at 11 a.m. Thursday in a joint session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau. Murkowski is expected to speak on Congressional […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho lawmaker told students affiliated with Planned Parenthood he would call law enforcement officials if they attempted to visit his office at the Capitol. Students and officials with Planned Parenthood on Monday recorded a heated exchange with Sen. Dan Foreman, a Republican from Moscow, while trying to schedule a […]

Washington Senate Democrats want to use the state’s higher tax revenues to satisfy both the state Supreme Court’s K-12 school-funding order and provide some relief to homeowners facing a boost in property taxes.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration has filed its own lawsuit in response to a legal action challenging Kentucky’s first-in-the-nation work requirement for Medicaid. Bevin administration officials said Monday their suit filed in federal court in Kentucky seeks a ruling that the state’s Medicaid waiver fully complies with federal law. The action […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker is proposing to limit the effects of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that bolstered police power to use evidence even if officers did something wrong to get it. State prosecutors criticized the legislation that would bar all evidence gathered after an illegal stop, while a libertarian-leaning group […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has announced plans to build a $412 million advanced research center. The project unveiled Monday is a key part of a $1 billion capital expansion at the Tennessee hospital known for treating childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. St. Jude officials said the center will cultivate […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas Senate committee has endorsed a bill that would expand the state’s Medicaid program to provide health coverage for 150,000 additional poor adults. The bill approved Monday by the Public Health and Welfare Committee would expand Medicaid as encouraged by the 2010 federal Affordable Care Act championed by former President […]

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter says he was “deathly afraid” as his 90-year-old wife underwent surgery over the weekend. Rosalynn Carter is recovering in Atlanta after surgeons removed scar tissue from a portion of her small intestine early Sunday. Her husband described his concerns Monday to several hundred people attending a President’s […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Idaho lawmaker has introduced legislation allowing health insurance carriers to offer non-Obamacare approved plans, while also imposing new requirements for Medicaid recipients. The House Health and Welfare Committee on Monday agreed to give Republican Rep. Bryan Zollinger’s bill a hearing — which has not yet been scheduled. The bill […]

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City man accused of attacking two people during the commission of several crimes was sentenced to 40 years in prison. The Sioux City Journal reports 36-year-old Eric Bishop was sentenced Monday for first-degree burglary and willful injury. As part of a plea deal last month, prosecutors dropped 10 […]

Authorities said the man grabbed the left hand of the statue, which is valued at $4.5 million, and broke off its thumb after sneaking into the exhibit while attending an after-hours party elsewhere in the museum