Governor Janet Mills is delaying action on 61 bills, including measures to ban untraceable firearms and allow Wabanaki nations to offer online gambling. She has until January to act, potentially vetoing or allowing the bills to become law. Mills’ office testified against the online gambling bill, indicating a clear stance. Meanwhile, the IRS has filed a court case suggesting that clergy and houses of worship should be allowed to make political endorsements without losing their tax-exempt status, arguing it aligns with the First Amendment’s protection of free speech and religion. The IRS’s stance challenges a 71-year-old tax policy that prohibited such endorsements.
A woman in Indiana who put off dental surgery because she doesn't know if she can afford the copay. A Florida couple with young children who are depleting their savings. A grandmother in Idaho who plans to sell her car to pay the rent. They are among the tens of thousands Transportation Security Administration officers set to receive another $0 paycheck this week.
Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport, officials said.
Federal immigration officers have been seen at an airport in Atlanta after President Donald Trump said he'd deploy agents to supplement the Transportation Security Administration during a government shutdown that has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country.
