Governors

Governors diverge on gun control, school security efforts

June 3, 2022 David A. Lieb, Associated Press

As the U.S. mourns the victims of its latest mass shooting — 19 elementary school students and two teachers gunned down in Texas — Democratic governors are amplifying their calls for greater restrictions on guns. […]

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GOP governors slam COVID limits while setting policy agendas

January 27, 2022 Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Republican governors are highlighting their opposition to restrictions that have marked the COVID-19 pandemic even as they seek to move past it and set their agendas for the year. The state […]

Nationalizing her governor run? ‘You bet I am,’ Sanders says

October 1, 2021 Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press

CABOT, Ark. — She’s toured the state in an RV emblazoned with her name, launched a TV ad that’s airing during Arkansas Razorbacks football games and spoken to packed rooms at restaurants. Former White House […]

Republican Kleefisch enters Wisconsin governor’s race

September 9, 2021 Scott Bauer, Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch launched her campaign for Wisconsin governor on Thursday by likening herself to former President Donald Trump and deriding the Democratic incumbent as a weak failure. The […]

BADGER: Why states should tune out Washington’s COVID-19 noise

August 12, 2021 Doug Badger

The federal government continues to offer garbled COVID-19 messages that undermine its credibility and sow confusion about the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now thinks there are more infections among the vaccinated […]

MATTHEWS: In the battle of pandemic governors, DeSantis rises as Cuomo takes dramatic fall

March 10, 2021 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

It’s amazing what a difference a year can make. Last March as the coronavirus began wreaking havoc on the U.S., another battle was brewing. It was a media-driven one between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and […]

Cuomo avoids public amid outcry over harassment allegations

March 2, 2021 Marina Villeneuve, Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has avoided public appearances for days as some members of his own party call for him to resign over sexual harassment allegations. The governor hasn’t taken questions […]

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HILL: The “Μολών λαβέ” attitude behind civil disobedience

May 19, 2020 Frank Hill

King Xerxes of Persia surrounded Spartan King Leonidas and 7,000 of his remaining warriors with 300,000 men at the narrow pass of Thermopylae fifty years prior to the Peloponnesian War. According to Plutarch, he sent […]