State Politics & News
Coverage of state politics, elections, and conservative policy battles across all 50 states shaping America’s future.
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Texas Governor Orders Ban on COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Passports’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday banning government-issued vaccine "passports” statewide. Abbott, a Republican, said vaccinations against COVID-19 cannot be government-mandated and that state residents’ choice to not receive one should not prevent them from going about their lives. “Every day, Texans are returning to normal life as people get the safe…Andrew Trunsky -
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Georgia Attorney General Fights for Keystone Pipeline as National Security Issue
More than 20 Republican state attorneys general have teamed up to oppose the energy agenda promoted by President Joe Biden. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss two lawsuits that he and other attorneys general have filed against the Biden administration in an effort to further American energy independence. Carr…Virginia Allen -
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Conservatives Call Foul on Baseball’s Hypocrisy Over Georgia Election Law
Republican lawmakers are pushing back against Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta because of Georgia’s new election law based on discredited claims that it suppresses voting. In a letter Monday, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., asked MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred whether the league would give up doing business in China or…Fred Lucas -
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Woke Capitalism Strikes Again in Georgia
If the problem of “woke capitalism” wasn’t apparent before, the battle over Georgia’s new election integrity law has drawn it out into the open. The law, which adds voter ID requirements to absentee voting, extends some early voting, and places some restrictions on activist activities at polling places, has been billed by Democrats and President…Jarrett Stepman -
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‘Zuckerbucks’ in Pennsylvania Reveal Impact of Corporate Influence in Elections
All eyes were on Pennsylvania during the days of ballot counting following the November presidential election, as allegations and rumors of voting irregularities spread like wildfire. While the results ultimately were upheld, distrust in our representative government remains as does a deep suspicion that elected leaders are legitimate. Before the next election, Pennsylvania needs to look into ways the state can protect…Hayden Dublois -
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GOP Probes $35 Million in Tax Dollars to ‘Team Biden’ Firm in California
House Republicans say they still want to know why $35 million in taxpayer dollars went to a Democrat-aligned consulting firm to boost voting last year in California—and whether it was even legal. The federal agency that oversees related issues seems uninterested in investigating why federal money sent to California was used in part to pay…Fred Lucas -
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Branding Georgia Election Law, Senate Filibuster ‘Racist’ Is Vile Tactic to Justify HR 1
President Joe Biden, his fellow liberals, and his friends in the national news media are purposely—and cynically—misrepresenting Georgia’s new election reform law, and it’s a key part of a far-reaching strategy that stretches well beyond the borders of the Peach State. They are dishonestly attacking the Georgia legislation as a throwback to the Jim Crow…Tim Murtaugh -
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New York Times Outsources Research to Media Matters
The libertine left and its publicists in the “objective media” have a funny way of writing their lobbying campaigns against troubling traditions such as the “gender binary.” It goes like this: 1. Push the revolution from the fringes by testing the supposedly outdated cultural boundaries—say, the idea of putting trans girls in girls sports. 2….Tim Graham -
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Arkansas Bill Would Bar Doctors From Transgender Drug, Surgical ‘Experimentation’ on Minors
Just a week after Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed bills protecting women’s sports and medical conscience protections from being forced to bend to progressive gender ideology, he now has the chance to sign yet another pro-science bill that would protect children from harmful surgical and hormonal interventions on their bodies in the name of “gender…Jared Eckert -
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New York Congresswoman Calls on Cuomo to Resign Over Nursing Home Deaths
A New York congresswoman is calling on the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, to resign over his administration’s cover-up of reporting of thousands of COVID-19 deaths in the state’s nursing homes. In an interview with The Daily Signal, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said she called on the three-term governor to step down after Jill DesRosiers, his…Steven Hall -
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Explains His State’s New Election Law: What’s in It, What Isn’t
The state of Georgia enacted election reform legislation, signed into law last week, that has drawn harsh criticism from the left. President Joe Biden and others have likened it to the Jim Crow era. What does the election law accomplish, and how is Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp responding to the criticism? “The bill makes it…Fred Lucas -
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Washington Should Steer Clear of Tax on Vehicle Miles Traveled
One of the most frequent claims from Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign was that he would only seek tax increases on those earning more than $400,000 per year. That was always a dubious promise, given his expensive big-government agenda, and now we’re seeing examples of how a tax-and-spend approach can hit everyday Americans. Setting aside…David Ditch -
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Jim Crow and the Georgia Voting Law
At his news conference last Thursday, President Joe Biden said of Georgia’s new voting law, “It makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.” Jim Crow was not a person, but unlike most former presidents, he has a museum: The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. The name came from a song written by Thomas Dartmouth…Cal Thomas -
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Mail-In Voting Audit of Montana’s 2020 Elections Finds Significant Number of Irregularities
MISSOULA COUNTY, Mont.—A mountainous, 2,600-square-mile region with a population of approximately 119,600 does not seem like your prototypical setting for machine politics. Yet a recent audit of mail-in ballots cast there found irregularities characteristic of larger urban centers—on a level that could have easily swung local elections in 2020 and statewide elections in cycles past….John R Lott Jr. -
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Arizona Sheriff 60 Miles From Border Sees Spike in Arrests of Illegal Immigrants
A sheriff whose Arizona county is 60 miles from the southern border says his county is experience a direct impact from the flood of illegal immigrants streaming into the U.S. from Mexico. “We just this morning had a procedure where we chased a car,” Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb told The Daily Signal in an…Rachel del Guidice -
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The New York Times Can’t Get Basic Facts Right on Election Reform
Not surprisingly, The New York Times is pushing liberal talking points when it falsely asserts in an article from Tuesday that reforms by state legislatures to remedy the vulnerabilities in their election laws are “voting restrictions.” Trying to guarantee the fairness and integrity of the election process, when polling shows a large number of Americans…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Wisconsin Republicans Launch Investigation of 2020 Election
MADISON, Wis.—Pushing back against claims of “conspiracy theories” from Democrats, the chair of the Wisconsin Assembly’s Campaign and Elections Committee pledges the panel will get answers to integrity questions surrounding last year’s elections. “We’re going to pursue it and we’re going to get to the bottom of it,” state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, R-Menomonee Falls, said…M.D. Kittle -
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What This Arizona Sheriff Sees While Border Crisis Worsens
A border sheriff in Arizona says his county has hit a crisis point with the surge of illegal immigrants crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. “We went from a year ago manageable [and] calm to unmanageable chaos and crisis,” Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Wednesday. “Checkpoints are…Rachel del Guidice -
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North Carolina Introduces Bill Banning Biological Males From Women’s Sports
The North Carolina Legislature has introduced a bill that would ban biological males from women’s sports. The Save Women’s Sports Act, filed Monday by North Carolina state Reps. Mark Brody, Pat McElraft, Diane Wheatley, and Jimmy Dixon, seeks to ensure that “women are not forced to compete against men playing on women’s sports teams.” House Bill 358 uses…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Election ‘Safety’ Grants May Have Swung Arizona to Biden, Report Finds
Money from the founder of Facebook touted as being for safe elections during the pandemic may have affected the outcome of the presidential race in Arizona by driving up Democrat turnout, according to a government watchdog report. The grant from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan focused more on “voter education” than…Fred Lucas