April 28, 2020 Illinois judge rules against Gov. Pritzker's stay-at-home order in suit brought by GOP lawmaker On the same day as he was dealt a blow by his state's judiciary, Pritzker extended his stay-at-home-order, with some modifications making it less strict than the current one, until May 30.
April 22, 2020 Louisville mayor reverses drive-in service ban after church was vandalized The Louisville, Ky., mayor who banned drive-in services ahead of Easter Sunday reversed his decision.
April 22, 2020 Three churches challenge NY county’s ban on drive-in services Three churches in upstate New York are challenging a countywide ban on drive-in services put in place hours before Easter Sunday.
April 21, 2020 Cal Thomas: Amid coronavirus, arbitrary executive orders by some governors naturally cause problems Is it any wonder more people are taking to the streets?
April 21, 2020 Strip club owner sues Small Business Administration for lack of coronavirus relief funds One business owner is hoping a lawsuit he filed last week against the Small Business Administration will lay “bare” what he says are the disparities in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
April 15, 2020 Drivers swarm Michigan capital to protest coronavirus lockdown measures Hundreds of cars, trucks and SUVs descended on Michigan’s state capital Wednesday afternoon as part of a noisy protest against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s social-distancing restrictions that critics say have gone too far.
April 15, 2020 Jason Chaffetz: Coronavirus devastates state and local government budgets – officials need to cut spending While the federal government has been appropriating trillions of borrowed dollars to deal with the massive economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, state and local governments have failed to deal adequately with their skyrocketing expenses and shrinking revenues.
April 14, 2020 Trump-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court justice falls to liberal challenger in swing-state election Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly, despite enthusiastic backing from President Trump ahead of last Tuesday's election -- which coincided with the Democratic presidential primary in the state -- lost a closely watched contest to hold onto his seat to liberal Judge Jill Karofsky in results released Monday.
April 9, 2020 Steve Levy: Coronavirus costs state and local governments billions – they need massive federal aid State and local governments around the nation are being hit hard by skyrocketing expenses and plummeting tax revenues as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and are in desperate need of billions of dollars in increased federal assistance.
April 7, 2020 New York City stockpiled ventilators for a pandemic, only to later auction them off: report The New York City planned to buy thousands of ventilators, but only purchased 500 before eventually auctioning them off.