DENVER — Colorado courts will now need to suppress name change records for minors under a new law signed by Gov. Jared Polis.

Polis signed Senate Bill 18 into law administratively on Monday, without a signing ceremony. The law, which takes effect July 1, will require courts to keep records of petitions for a legal name change from public view...Read more

DETROIT — The University of Michigan is opening an investigation into Regent Jordan Acker's purported Slack messages, in which he appeared to make obscene sexual comments about a Democratic strategist and lewd comments about a female UM student.

Regent Chair Mark Bernstein said in a message posted to the university's communications website ...Read more

North Carolina’s General Assembly came back to work on Tuesday under high pressure to pass a long overdue budget, reach a deal on Medicaid spending and make decisions on tax cuts and raises.

At least one came to fruition right away, with a deal announced on funding Medicaid’s increased costs, and with votes expected starting Wednesday.

But...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Republican-led Michigan House's proposed education budget prohibits schools receiving state funding for breakfast and lunch programs from selling soda pop or candy on school grounds.

The $21.5 billion spending bill also bars certain ingredients in food served through the program, including bromated vegetable oil, ...Read more

DENVER — Wary of a potential court challenge, Colorado lawmakers are readying new legislation that would allow the state’s residents to sue federal officials — including immigration agents — when those officials violate locals’ constitutional rights.

But first, the bill’s sponsors have to overcome opposition from an unexpected ...Read more

The leading candidates vying to be the next governor of California will step onto the debate stage three separate times in the coming weeks, giving them a final chance to make their pitch to voters in prime time before ballots land in mailboxes next month.

“It’s hard to overstate how important these debates are going to be,” said Melinda ...Read more

Several proposals to provide homeowners with relief from sharply rising property taxes are floating around at the Minnesota Capitol as state lawmakers get closer to piecing together a tax bill this session.

One thing Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Republican legislators seem to agree on is that property owners need a break. But before that can ...Read more

DENVER — Denver must pay $14 million to a group of protesters injured by police during the 2020 George Floyd protests, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday.

The federal court agreed that the city is liable for “unconstitutional force” used by Denver Police Department officers against 12 protesters during the demonstrations ...Read more

NASA had a tough decision to make after the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield came back with severe damage on the Artemis I mission: Stick with it at the possible risk of human lives, or replace it and face even more delays for Artemis II?

NASA opted to stick with it, confident any damage could be avoided by simply changing the trajectory of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced he was extending a ceasefire with Iran indefinitely a day before it was set to expire, even as plans for a fresh round of talks between the two countries fell apart.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said Tuesday he would maintain a blockade over ships coming to and from Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. ...Read more

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe campaigned on the elimination of state income taxes, and lawmakers delivered a bill that could fulfill that campaign promise if voters approve and lawmakers raise enough money from new sources.

On Tuesday, the Missouri House agreed with Senate amendments to a proposed constitutional amendment that serves as a first step...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — ICE agents arrested and briefly detained a pregnant 25-year-old woman at an Eagle River women's prison last month, before her lawyers won her temporary release by arguing the federal immigration agency's own guidelines advise that pregnant women shouldn't be confined in immigration detention except in narrow circumstances. ...Read more

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Tuesday that state prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the artificial intelligence giant OpenAI, alleging its ChatGPT chatbot helped a gunman plan a shooting at Florida State University that left two people dead last year.

At a press conference in Tampa, Uthmeier said ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani defended his administration’s decision to close the 30th Street homeless intake center after an East Village community group sued the city over the planned replacement intake site in that neighborhood.

The suit, filed Monday, claims the plan to open a new city men’s intake center at 8 East 3rd Street was ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Student classroom screen time would be cut way back under a proposal expected to win approval Tuesday from the Los Angeles Board of Education, a remarkable reversal of yearslong initiatives to equip students with computers and internet access — and a move that comes amid growing parental pushback on devices.

The resolution ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers hope to establish guardrails around how state agencies can use artificial intelligence and other technologies to speed up the delivery of public services, such as the approval of Medi-Cal applications and certifying nurse and teacher licenses.

California has already started using “automated decision...Read more

DENVER — For the second time in 10 months, a Denver judge on Tuesday prohibited Gov. Jared Polis from directing state labor officials to provide records to federal immigration officials about the sponsors of immigrant children.

Denver District Court Judge A. Bruce Jones found that the new subpoena sent to the state Department of Labor and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia has made progress on some of its most troublesome issues like gun violence and poverty, but don’t pop any bottles yet.

The city’s major successes have come as it has stagnated in areas that recently have buoyed the city, like income and population growth, according to The Pew Charitable Trusts’ 2026 State of ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Jalen Aybar and his girlfriend, Jaslim Landaverde, had just smiled for pictures atop the Pyramid of the Moon at the famed Mexican archaeological site of Teotihuacán on Monday when they heard the crackle of gunfire.

A woman lay sprawled on the ground nearby. A man wearing a black mask was approaching, holding a raised handgun.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced he was extending a ceasefire with Iran indefinitely a day before it was set to expire, even as plans for a fresh round of talks between the two countries fell apart.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said Tuesday he would maintain a blockade over ships coming to and from Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. ...Read more