Tag: state officials

‘We’re monitoring the situation’: Gov. Healey provides statement regarding recent drone sightings

Governor Healey has provided an update over the recent phenomenon regarding drones appearing in the sky across the state.In a statement released on...

Supreme Court takes up Louisiana racial gerrymandering dispute

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide a thorny legal dispute from Louisiana involving the state's effort to draw a...

Judge blocks further sweeps of homeless camp in New Orleans ahead of Taylor Swift concerts

A judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked further efforts by state officials to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans — stalling a push...

Alabama has executed Alan Eugene Miller, the second inmate known to die by nitrogen gas

Alan Eugene Miller was executed Thursday evening in Alabama, state officials said, making him the second inmate known to die by nitrogen hypoxia,...

With torrential rain forecast for SC, are dams safer than in 2015? Here’s what we know

Nearly a decade after dams broke across South Carolina from an historic rainstorm, government officials are hoping their efforts since then have been...