May 17, 2023 Missouri ends rule limiting gender transition treatments for minors, some adults Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's emergency rule limiting gender transition treatments for minors and some adults was abruptly stopped.
May 16, 2023 Arkansas House speaker passes on 2024 leadership bid Republican Arkansas House Speaker Matthew Shepherd, the longest-serving speaker in the chamber's history, will not seek re-election to his leadership position.
May 16, 2023 Wisconsin teacher charged with making terrorist threats after seeing swastikas in notebook A Wisconsin teacher allegedly threatened to have his daughter visit his students at their homes with a baseball bat after he saw swastikas drawn by two students.
May 16, 2023 Minnesota lawmakers draft final version of legal pot bill A legislative conference committee in Minnesota has finalized a bill that, if passed, would legalize recreational marijuana use in the state.
May 16, 2023 South Bend, Indiana to mandate clear backpacks in all schools The policy, intended as a safety measure, will see the school district provide each pupil with one clear backpack free of charge for the school year.
May 16, 2023 Legal group charged $11K for FOIA, investigating trans woman allegedly entering high school girls locker room A Wisconsin legal group is being charged $11,000 to obtain records about an incident involving a transgender woman entering a high school girls' locker room while students were showering.
May 16, 2023 Nebraska woman charged in 1 of 4 killings pleads not guilty A 44-year-old woman who was charged for one of four killings in a small Nebraska town has pleaded not guilty. The woman and her husband are scheduled to appear in court on July 24.
May 16, 2023 Trump-DeSantis jockeying: Some Iowa, N.H., Republicans named as Trump endorsers say they’re wrongly listed Some Republicans in Iowa and New Hampshire who were named as Trump endorsers say they’re wrongly listed. Some remain neutral and some are backing DeSantis
May 16, 2023 Pact grants Minnesota tribes extra leverage in natural resource management The Superior National Forest has reached an agreement with three Ojibwe tribes in northeastern Minnesota, granting them more negotiating power in natural resource management.
May 16, 2023 North Dakota man charged with manslaughter in Minot bar shooting Travis McDermott, 40, of Minot, North Dakota, has been charged with manslaughter involving a deadly weapon for the fatal shooting of Greyson Sletto.