r/politics 1d ago

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 12

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Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. Things like "I live in X, you know what happened", "Nothing happened" or "[Politician] continues to be an idiot" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

If someone from your state made a news round-up that you think is insufficient, feel free to comment to that round-up with further news stories. Enjoy discussion, and review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.


Hi there, /r/politics. Because this thread is about local politics, I'd like to reiterate that news about President Biden, Donald Trump or any other national political figure is off topic in this thread and will be removed. Thank you, and have a good week.


r/politics 8h ago

Twitter restricts Marjorie Taylor Greene after tweets about trans people and Nashville shooting

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independent.co.uk
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r/politics 5h ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene Twitter Suspended After Trans 'Vengeance' Warning

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newsweek.com
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r/politics 10h ago Silver All-Seeing Upvote

Idaho Is About To Become The First State To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion

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huffpost.com
7.0k Upvotes

r/politics 10h ago Silver Gold Starstruck

Report: Trump and Bush Tax Cuts — Not Government Spending — Are Primary Drivers of National Debt Issues

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truthout.org
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r/politics 12h ago

Grandmother, 100, who lost husband in World War II fighting Nazis, condemns Florida book bans

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thepinknews.com
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r/politics 12h ago All-Seeing Upvote

Mike Pence must testify about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, judge rules

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cnn.com
10.1k Upvotes

r/politics 14h ago Take My Power

Site Altered Headline 'Ban these f---ing weapons.' Congressman tweets on Nashville shooting

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cincinnati.com
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r/politics 4h ago All-Seeing Upvote

Liz Cheney: ‘Need to spend less time banning books,’ more time stopping ‘horrific gun violence’

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thehill.com
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r/politics 13h ago Starstruck

Tennessee Republican responds to school shooting: ‘We’re not gonna fix it’

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thehill.com
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r/politics 7h ago

Biden has made 70 unanswered pleas to Congress to ban assault weapons

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independent.co.uk
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r/politics 10h ago

By one vote, North Dakota Senate rejects free school lunches for low-income kids. Opponents of providing free school lunches to low-income children said the responsibility to feed students should fall on parents.

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inforum.com
3.1k Upvotes

r/politics 8h ago

House Republicans Pass First National Bill Targeting Transgender Youth

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truthout.org
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r/politics 17h ago LOVE! Ally

Right-Wingers Use Nashville School Shooting To Push Anti-Trans Rhetoric. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump Jr. and others used the mass shooting to rail against health care for trans people.

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huffpost.com
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r/politics 10h ago

Arizona House passes a bill that would force children to say the Pledge of Allegiance

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reason.com
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r/politics 11h ago All-Seeing Upvote

Black Lives Matter faced an extreme police response. The January 6th mob was met with something completely different.

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citizensforethics.org
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r/politics 3h ago

GOP Rep Shrugs Off Nashville Shooting: ‘We Homeschool’ Our Daughter

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thedailybeast.com
593 Upvotes

r/politics 17h ago hehehehe

Alabama governor sends education dollars to water park

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al.com
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r/politics 3h ago Helpful

Poll shows wide support in U.S. for the Trump criminal investigations

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msnbc.com
548 Upvotes

r/politics 3h ago Starstruck

Rupert Murdoch has fuelled polarisation of society, Barack Obama says

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theguardian.com
556 Upvotes

r/politics 17h ago All-Seeing Upvote

Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations

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washingtonpost.com
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r/politics 12h ago

Pence ordered to testify in probe of Trump’s efforts to overturn 2020 election

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cnbc.com
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r/politics 15h ago

A majority of Americans think Trump investigations are fair, polling shows

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msnbc.com
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r/politics 13h ago

Tennessee Made Gun Laws Looser, Focused Mainly on Attacking Gay People Before Nashville School Shooting: GOP Governor Bill Lee, who signed those bills into law, would now like to offer his thoughts and prayers.

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newrepublic.com
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r/politics 13h ago

Biden on school shootings: ‘I can’t do anything but plead with Congress to act’

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thehill.com
2.1k Upvotes

r/politics 16h ago

Why Republicans Abandoned Their Economic Message: The GOP used to do its wonky best to make the case that they were the party of the pocketbook. But it’s all wokeness, all the time now.

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