Is weed legal in Virginia? A closer look at the laws that left the marijuana market behind

Those looking to light up in Virginia still don’t have a place to buy their supply within the state. Although recreational marijuana is now legal in the Commonwealth, the state has effectively upheld a prohibition on purchasing by sidestepping any opportunity to develop a market for retail sales. 

House GOP launches effort to impeach Mayorkas as Senate tries to strike border deal

House Republicans on Wednesday will march ahead with impeachment plans targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as “derelict in his duty" over handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Virginia General Assembly begins 2024 session with Democrats in control of legislature

The 2024 legislative session kicked off in Virginia Wednesday and it’s no longer a house divided with Democrats in control of both chambers of the state legislature.

Republicans push ahead with Hunter Biden contempt charge after his surprise visit to Capitol Hill

The only remarks Hunter Biden made to reporters was when asked why he had his father on speaker phone several times during business meetings. "If he called you, would you answer the phone?" he responded.

Lauren Boebert didn't punch ex-husband as he claimed at Colorado restaurant, police say

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has been cleared of domestic violence allegations made by her ex-husband during an altercation at a Colorado restaurant, police said Wednesday.

Arizona education chief demands schools to prove they are complying with Holocaust education law

Arizona's top education official has set a deadline for schools in the state to prove they are complying with a 2021 law that mandates the teaching of Holocaust and other historical genocide incidents.

Trump suggests unauthorized migrants will vote. The idea stirs his base, but ignores reality

Donald Trump is seizing on his party’s frustration with the recent surge of illegal crossings at the southern U.S. border to churn up fears around another top GOP concern — voter fraud.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin undergoes prostate cancer surgery, White House unaware until days later

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, his doctors said Tuesday.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs takes aim at state's school voucher program in State of the State

As the first day of the Legislative session begins in Arizona, the discussion of empowerment scholarship accounts, or ESAs, are top of mind. Governor Katie Hobbs says her goal is to make regulations clear, and Republican lawmakers vow to fight back.

Arizona lawmakers face big deficit due mostly to massive tax cut and school voucher expansion

Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature return to the state Capitol on Monday with a nearly $1 billion problem on their hands. Lawmakers face a steep deficit due mostly to plummeting revenues from a massive tax cut that took full effect last year and skyrocketing costs from a school voucher program expansion.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs takes aim at state's school voucher program
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As the first day of the Legislative session begins in Arizona, the discussion of empowerment scholarship accounts, or ESAs, are top of mind. Governor Katie Hobbs says her goal is to make regulations clear, and Republican lawmakers vow to fight back.

2024 Legislative session begins in Arizona
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Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature return to the state Capitol on Monday with a nearly $1 billion problem on their hands. Lawmakers face a steep deficit due mostly to plummeting revenues from a massive tax cut that took full effect last year and skyrocketing costs from a school voucher program expansion.

White House, Pentagon reviewing defense secretary's secretive hospital stay

The White House says the administration will review what rules or procedures weren’t followed when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin did not disclose his hospitalization for days.

Judge in Trump’s DC election case targeted in false shooting report in latest high-profile swatting

A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against former president Donald Trump was targeted by a fake emergency call Sunday night, the latest in a spate of similar false swatting reports at the homes of public officials in recent days.

New legislative session to open in Arizona
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A new legislative year is set to start on Jan. 8 at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, and among the issues state lawmakers have to grapple with this year is the state's budget deficit.

Lauren Boebert incident with ex-husband at Colorado restaurant being investigated by police

It’s unclear what happened Saturday night at the Colorado restaurant, but Boebert’s campaign released a statement Sunday in which she said she “didn’t punch Jayson in the face and no one was arrested."