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The Missouri legislature used its Republican supermajority override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto to significantly loosen the state's gun laws and to strengthen voting requirements. The two overrides highlighted 13 total overrides of Nixon vetoes on Wednesday, adding to Nixon's record as the most overridden governor in state history.
Now that North Carolina has lost its NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference championship events for this year, some other states shape up as the next potential battlegrounds in the organization's fight for discrimination-free environments. The NCAA earlier this week took the unprecedented step of pulling seven championship events from the state over its objection to a law that can allow for discrimination against LGBT people.
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Gov. Maggie Hassan are pointing fingers at each other over a pledge to limit third-party spending in their Senate race. Five months ago, Planned Parenthood's political arm targeted Sen. Kelly Ayotte with its first television ad of any of the U.S. Senate races across the country.
The debate over debates is rarely a productive piece of any campaign. In the U.S. Senate race between Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Gov. Maggie Hassan, the two candidates have already agreed to six debates, five of which will be broadcast on radio or TV.
Arizona police officers will no longer detain people solely to investigate their immigration status under a settlement reached on Thursday after a lawsuit challenged the so-called 'show your papers' provision of an immigration law. The settlement agreement ends a long and costly court battle between the state and civil rights groups over the 2010 law, which opponents say has led to racial profiling and wrongful detentions.
On September 14 Missouri's Republican lawmakers overrode Governor Jay Nixon's veto of SB 656 and made Missouri the newest "Stand Your Ground" state. Breitbart News previously reported that the veto override also abolished permitting requirements for law-abiding citizens who wish to exercise their Second Amendment rights by carrying handguns on their persons for self-defense.
"I think it's hard to understand why the Fed continues to advance policies that really work for hedge fund managers on Wall Street, here in New York City, but really aren't working for working families on Main Street," Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence says in interview on CNN.
Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence gives a campaign speech at Kenworth Of Pennsylvania in Dunmore, Pa., on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016.
In an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence says that he's sensing a "whiff of desperation" from the Democrats In an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence says that he's sensing a "whiff of desperation" from the Democrats
The Latest on the leak of documents from a secret investigation into whether Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's campaign illegally coordinated with outside conservative groups : Republican legislators want Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel to investigate how documents from a secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's recall campaign were leaked to a newspaper. Prosecutors launched an investigation in 2012 into whether Walker and his fundraisers illegally coordinated with outside groups during the recall.
Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon shows the effects of a long day of deliberations as members of the Wisconsin state Senate debate proposed right-to-work legislation at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis.
Gov. Scott Walker says there was nothing illegal about campaign donations from corporate leaders given to a conservative group that helped him and Republican legislators fend off recall challenges. Speaking on WTMJ-AM Thursday, Walker responded to a report in the Guardian, a British newspaper that obtained more than 1,000 pages of leaked documents from a secret investigation into whether Walker's campaign illegally coordinated with outside conservative groups.
It's hard to imagine someone like Melissa Crews of Bedford, New Hampshire, voting for Donald Trump in the presidential election. But the former Democratic voter says that's what she intends to do.
Authorities in Rhode Island are searching for a fugitive wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in North Carolina. A wounded fugitive wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in North Carolina was captured by police in Rhode Island on Wednesday and was arraigned, state police said.
Authorities in Rhode Island are searching for a fugitive wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in North Carolina. A wounded fugitive wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in North Carolina was captured by police in Rhode Island on Wednesday and was arraigned, state police said.
For the first time in recent memory, two members of the state's Executive Council will face off in the race for governor - Republican Chris Sununu and Democrat Colin Van Ostern. The matchup wasn't set until Wednesday afternoon, when Sununu was declared the winner in a tight Republican primary race against political newcomer Frank Edelblut.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine of Virginia will be in Maine for a private fundraiser on Thursday, according to Hillary Clinton's campaign. A campaign spokeswoman confirmed the event on Wednesday, but she didn't have a location or other details, saying they were forthcoming.
Leaked documents released by The Guardian US shed new light on the relationships between Walker and donors to the Wisconsin Club for Growth during the governor's 2012 recall election. The documents were part of a John Doe probe which the Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered halted last year.
Tim Kaine 's role as Hillary Clinton 's vice presidential running mate means he'd be one heartbeat away from the presidency. Clinton's health scare, complete with a widely-viewed video of her stumbling and being supported by aides after abruptly leaving a 9/11 memorial service in New York City, makes that fact more relevant to some - and a bit awkward.