The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 17 - Politics

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 17
Mike Pence skiing holiday at height of pandemic cost taxpayers $757,000, report reveals
Republicans are betraying the baby boomers as they hit old age | Biden's infrastructure plan would invest $400 billion in elder care. The GOP hates it.
Rand Paul Claims Democrats Created Jim Crow and Are Responsible for Beating John Lewis. Rand Paul Is an Idiot
'Spineless Coward': Kevin McCarthy Ripped For Defending Trump's Riot Response
GOP worries fiscal conservatism losing its rallying cry
Trump Jr, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene ridiculed for peddling false claim Biden plans to ban hamburgers
Cyber Ninjas, hired by Arizona Senate to recount Maricopa County's ballots, asks court to keep its procedures secret
A Jan. 6 Commission is Crucial to Understand the Reality of the Attack, and the Alternate Reality of the Attackers
Anti-Trump conservative group to grade GOP lawmakers on whether they uphold (or undermine) democracy
The GOP Is a Grave Threat to American Democracy
Biden deletes Trump's climate negligence with a single event
Biden’s climate plan doesn’t ban meat. But baseless claims left Republicans fuming: ‘Stay out of my kitchen’
Caitlyn Jenner’s Campaign Provides Cover for Republicans’ Hateful, Anti-Trans Legislation
It Turns Out People Like It When You Do Popular Things
Parched California Orders Nestle to Back Off the Bottling Water
The Republican Party Has a Deep Crazy Problem. The growing reference to “Trumpism” in the elite political press is an acknowledgement of the fact that the past four years have embedded a dangerous strain of permanent insanity in our politics.
Biden expanding summer food program for 34M schoolchildren
Daily Mail and Fox News pushed misleading claims about Biden limiting meat consumption. Conservatives like Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene lashed out at the president anyway.
The US stock market has seen better returns in Joe Biden's first 100 days than under any president in the last 75 years
Arizona Republicans are once again recounting 2020 ballots in the county that lost Trump Arizona
Joe Manchin beats his chest for D.C. elites while struggling W. Va. waits for help
Chuck Schumer Trolls Larry Kudlow, Cracks Open A ‘Plant-Based Beer’ During The Oscars The senator mocked Trump’s former adviser’s gaffe on Fox Business last week.
Why Michigan Republicans’ attack on voting rights is ‘particularly anti-democratic’
Republicans and Democrats increasingly agree: Big Tech is too powerful
Joe Biden's infrastructure plan would be godsend for struggling parts of Appalachia

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 17

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 09:41 AM PDT

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 or any other national political figure is off topic in this thread and will be removed. Thank you, and have a good week.

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Mike Pence skiing holiday at height of pandemic cost taxpayers $757,000, report reveals

Posted: 26 Apr 2021 05:53 AM PDT