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Assembly passes prescription drugs, health insurance bills

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Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold, an Eagle River Republican, speaks to reporters on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. Reinbold returned to her seat on the Senate floor Monday with a new face-covering meant to comply with COVID-19 mitigation policies after Senate leaders last week took action to restrict her access to the floor and committee hearings for what they said were policy violations. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, Pool)

Alaska senator changes face covering after rules dispute

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

New Mexico Senate passes medically assisted suicide bill

By CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks to the media, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Leading Senate Dem says outlook bleak on immigration bills

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Bill targets emergency declarations that hamper businesses

By KEITH RIDLER - Associated Press

Wisconsin Legislature moves to protect conversion therapy

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn towards the gathered media members upon arrival at the White House in Washington from a weekend trip to Wilmington, Del., Sunday, March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden wants wealthy, corporations to pay their ‘fair share’ in taxes: White House

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., listens during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Some Republican senators labeled Haaland &quot;radical&quot; over her calls to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and address climate change, and said that could hurt rural America and major oil and gas-producing states. The label of Haaland as a &quot;radical&quot; by Republican lawmakers is getting pushback from Native Americans. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Haaland OK’d at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Massachusetts Senate again OKs sweeping climate bill

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press

Analysis: Louisiana lawmakers want greater reckoning at LSU

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

A fence is seen surrounding the State Capitol in Santa Fe, on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. Republican lawmakers in New Mexico have asked that the state remove protective barriers erected around the state Capitol following the Jan. 6 insurrection in which supporters of former President Donald Trump broke into the U.S. Capitol building in an attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election. Republicans in the state legislature asked the Legislative Council on Tuesday to remove the fences around the facility, arguing that &quot;the threat has not materialized.&quot; (Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican via AP)

New Mexico hits stalemate on cannabis legalization

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 4, 2020, file photo, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A dirty word for many Republicans is making the rounds on Capitol Hill -- earmarks. For nearly a decade, both chambers of Congress have abided by a ban on earmarks, or spending requested by a lawmaker to fund a specific project or institution back home. But Democrats are moving to bring back the practice, leaving the GOP lawmakers divided over how to respond.(Al Drago/Pool via AP, File)

Democratic push to revive earmarks divides Republicans

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Plan gives lawmakers authority over spending federal aid

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a vaccination site on Monday, March 8, 2021, in New York. A lawyer for Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that she reported a groping allegation made against him to local police after the woman involved declined to press charges herself. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

How Cuomo investigation, possible impeachment could play out

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, and others walk through the Rotunda to the Senate for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Jim Jordan raises concerns about antitrust bill targeting Big Tech as benefiting ‘Big Media’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 12, 2018 file photo, chairman of the Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani speaks to reporters outside the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan. Sanjrani was re-elected as chairman of the Senate, Friday, March 12, 2021. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)

Pakistan candidate backed by PM Khan elected Senate chairman

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., finishes the vote to approve a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, at the Capitol in Washington. On Friday, March 12, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill awards a $25 million bonus to members of the House of Representatives. There are several passages that cite $25 million in funding, but no mention of congressional pay raises or bonuses. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, speaks with Kentucky Governor-Elect Andy Beshear before the dedication of a Recovery Community Center in Manchester, Ky. Mitch McConnell has given his blessing to legislation to change how a vacant U.S. Senate seat would be filled in his home state of Kentucky, but it most certainly doesn't signal an opening is contemplated, an ally of the Senate Republican leader said Friday, March 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

McConnell backs new process to fill Kentucky Senate vacancy

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks after receiving his Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine during the state's first mass vaccination clinic at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Friday, March 5, 2021, in Indianapolis. The state health department said nearly 17,000 people had filled up four days of appointments for the speedway clinic being held Friday through Monday. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Top Indiana officials defend governor’s emergency powers

By CASEY SMITH - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., pose after signing the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill during an enrollment ceremony on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats urge Republicans to pass bills expanding gun background checks

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times