BATON ROUGE, La.—Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration for the impacted industry Wednesday. Last year’s drought, extreme heat, saltwater intrusion on the Mississippi River and a hard winter freeze in the Bayou […]
Fifteen U.S. governors, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Idaho Gov. Brad Little, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, South […]
ALBANY, N.Y.—New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have made it easier for people who have pleaded guilty to crimes to challenge their convictions, a measure that was favored by criminal justice reformers but fiercely opposed by prosecutors. The Democrat said the bill’s “sweeping expansion of eligibility for post-conviction […]
LUKEVILLE, Ariz.—An unmarked white minivan hazy with dust rumbled along the dirt road to a federal processing station less than two miles north of the international border in Lukeville, Arizona. The minivan pulled into a large parking area, also dirt, where dozens of illegal aliens milled around outside large military-style tents with their worldly belongings […]
The Governor’s races in Mississippi and Kentucky are in. NTD spoke with Lawrence Wilson, a dedicated reporter from The Epoch Times who has been closely monitoring the elections, to break down the results.
While in Hong Kong, California Gov. Gavin Newsom tells the public in a climate change talk that they’ll always have a partner in California. He also visited Israel and is working to send humanitarian aid to Israel and Gaza.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey gives updates on emergency family shelter amid an illegal immigration crisis at 11:00 a.m. ET on Oct. 16. In August, Ms. Healey declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts due to rapidly rising numbers of illegal immigrant families arriving in Massachusetts. Now, more than 7,000 families are in the state’s shelter […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed more bills into law. Here’s NTD’s Ilene Eng with some of the more prominent ones. New California law aims to force people with mental illness or addiction to get help, some California school campuses will be required to stock fentanyl tests under a new bill. Mr. Newsom vetoed a bill […]
Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee has vowed not to appoint 13 nominees as state agency directors while temporarily serving as acting governor of the state. In a statement, Ms. Yee—who is fourth in line in the Arizona governor succession—said she will be serving as acting governor from the evening of Sept. 27 until mid-morning on […]
Darlene Sanchez, a reporter for The Epoch Times, gave an analysis of the governor’s veto and its implications for future legislation on parental rights and gender affirmation.
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has decided to revise her emergency health order, which initially suspends all forms of gun carry in the state’s largest city, after facing multiple legal challenges. Ms. Grisham initially placed a 30-day ban on open and concealed firearms in crime-ridden Albuquerque, New Mexico, and surrounding Bernalillo County as part […]
WASHINGTON—Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who dedicated his post-political career to working to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died. He was 75. The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, which he founded and led, said in a statement Saturday […]
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order on Aug. 30 directing state agencies to define “female” and “male” as an individual’s biological sex in a move aimed at protecting children and preserving women’s rights. The executive order (pdf) establishes the “Women’s Bill of Rights,” which will go into effect immediately and applies to the […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, joined by CFO Jimmy Patronis, FDEM Director Kevin Guthrie, Major General John D. Haas, and Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter, hold a press conference about Hurricane Idalia in Lake City at 1:45 p.m. ET on Aug. 29.
A prosecutor abruptly fired by the governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has revealed that the governor pressured her on behalf of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Denise George, the Virgin Islands attorney general until late 2022, said that Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. personally contacted her to ask that she give Mr. Epstein a waiver from […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom highlighted his agenda for California families—which he said includes educational and parental choice freedom—at an Aug. 14 press conference, where he also addressed the recent parent notification policies passed by two local school boards. Mr. Newsom spoke along with his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom, saying the state’s family agenda seeks to empower […]
