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Governors, Senators Push Pharmacies to Sell Abortion Pill

Governors and senators including California Gov. Gavin Newsom are pushing pharmacy retailers to continue providing customers with access to the abortion drug, mifepristone. In a March 14 letter to CVS, Rite-Aid, Walmart, Safeway, Kroger, Costco, and Health Mart, 14 Democrat governors questioned how the pharmacy giants plan to distribute the abortion medication and “safeguard access to reproductive health care.”…


Growing Number of Governors Reject COVID Vaccines for School Entry After CDC Vote

The GOP governors of several states indicated they will not implement mandates for children to receive a COVID-19 vaccine to enter school after a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel voted last week to recommend adding the vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule. Governors in Tennessee, South Carolina, Virginia, Montana, Alabama, Oklahoma, Florida,…


Governors Become the Generals in the Proxy Struggle Between Blue and Red America

Commentary There are some seemingly lighthearted jabs going back and forth between governors in America. Gov. Gavin Newsom advertises for Floridians to move to California; Gov. Ron DeSantis references Newsom’s hair gel as affecting Newsom’s judgment; Newsom demands a debate with DeSantis, and so on. Other governors are involved also, most noticeably Gov. Gregg Abbott…


Nine Governors Press US Lawmakers to Pass Semiconductor Funding Bill

A bipartisan group of governors from nine states sent a letter on Wednesday to U.S. lawmakers urging them to pass subsidies for semiconductor factories that would produce chips for cars. The governors, who include Michigan Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, called on Congress to pass the $52 billion CHIPS Act, which would set aside $2 billion for…


Biden Not Attending Weekly COVID-19 Calls With Governors

Some governors have noted President Joe Biden’s lack of engagement with states regarding the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. His administration continues the practice of weekly conference calls with governors, which started under President Donald Trump, but Biden himself has yet to attend. His vice president, Kamala Harris, has only briefly attended one call…


Biden Yet to Attend Single Weekly COVID-19 Call with Governors

Some governors have noted President Joe Biden’s lack of engagement with states regarding the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. His administration continues the practice of weekly conference calls with governors, which started under President Donald Trump, but Biden himself has yet to attend. His vice president, Kamala Harris, has only briefly attended one call…


19 Governors, 2 AGs Immediately Resist Biden’s Vaccine Mandates

More than a dozen governors and two attorney generals late Thursday issued statements defying the Biden administration’s impending vaccine mandates for federal workers and private-sector workers. President Joe Biden earlier in the day signed an executive order to require all federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist…


19 Governors, 2 AGs Resist Biden’s Vaccine Mandates

More than a dozen governors and two attorneys general late Thursday issued statements defying the Biden administration’s impending vaccine mandates for federal workers and private-sector workers. President Joe Biden earlier in the day signed an executive order to require all federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist…


Western State Governors Push Biden Admin to Declare Federal Drought Disaster

Several Western state governors sent a letter on Sunday to President Joe Biden’s administration requesting he declare a federal drought disaster. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) drought disaster declaration would shore up additional funding in the states currently experiencing severe drought conditions. The letter was signed by the governors of Utah, Oregon, California, Colorado,…


Multiple Governors Announce Significant Rollbacks of CCP Virus Restrictions

Governors across the United States have either ended their states’ COVID-19 mask mandate or are considering ending it soon—as well as rollbacks on capacity limits and restrictions on businesses. In one example, Utah’s statewide mask order is scheduled to end April 10 under a law that was passed on March 5, and Gov. Spencer Cox,…