A bill to permanently allow the sale of to-go alcoholic beverages by restaurants and another to allow the secretary of health to change nursing assistant certification requirements both passed in the state House by wide margins Thursday. The to-go alcohol bill was amended to change the kind and quantity of alcohol allowed to be sold. House Bill 280, sponsored by …
State Democrat leaders condemn Brady for racist speech
Rep. Gerald L. Brady House Democratic leaders condemned one of its own Tuesday after an email was uncovered in which he joked about human sex trafficking and referred to women of Asian descent as “chink broads.” Rep. Gerald Brady, D-Trolley Square, sent the message from his state email June 27 in response to a plea from an out-of-state advocate …
Legislature returns Tuesday, will keep virtual format
Legislative leaders say not enough people have been vaccinated to open Legislative Hall.
General Assembly will hold fall session to deal with redistricting; Republicans not told
Redrawing districts normally would happen in January, but because federal census data may not until summer, a special session will be called