David A. Lieb, Author at Concord Monitor

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A shelf is emptied of Russian Standard Vodka at a Fine Wine & Good Spirits liquor store in Dresher, Pa., Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Pennsylvania ordered the removal of Russian-made products from state-owned liquor stores. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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US states adding to financial squeeze on Russia over war

by David A. Lieb Associated PressFebruary 28, 2022

Seeking to tighten the financial squeeze on Russia over its war against Ukraine, governors and lawmakers in numerous U.S. states were taking actions Monday to pull state investments from Russian companies while encouraging private entities to do the…

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Millions of U.S. workers now have a Jan. 4 deadline to get a COVID vaccine. The federal government on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 announced new vaccine requirements for workers at companies with more than 100 employees as well as workers at health care facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients.. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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NH one of 11 states to file suit against Biden’s business vaccine mandate

by David A. Lieb Associated PressNovember 5, 2021

Jeff Fitter, owner of Super Smokers BBQ, poses for a photo inside his restaurant Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Eureka, Mo. Fitter says his profits were down by about half last year, largely because of the closures and capacity limits imposed by St. Louis County. He is supporting a bill that would limit local emergency health orders to 14 days unless authorized for longer by the Legislature. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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State lawmakers are pushing to curb governors’ virus powers

by David A. Lieb Associated PressJanuary 28, 2021

Members of the Washington National Guard stand at a sundial near the Legislative Building, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Governors in some states have called out the National Guard, declared states of emergency and closed their capitols over concerns about potentially violent protests. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Protests start small, peacefully at fortified US statehouses

by David A. Lieb Associated Press, and Adam Geller Associated PressJanuary 17, 2021

Members of the Washington National Guard stand near a fence surrounding the Capitol in anticipation of protests Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, in Olympia, Wash. State capitols across the country are under heightened security after the siege of the U.S. Capitol last week. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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FBI warns of armed protests planned in all 50 states

by David A. Lieb Associated PressJanuary 11, 2021

Ray Bellia holds up personal protective masks and gloves, used by medical and law enforcement professionals, in the warehouse of his Body Armor Outlet store in Salem.

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States spent over $7B competing for early virus supplies

by David A. Lieb Associated Press, and Camille Fassett Associated PressDecember 19, 2020

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, file photo, Sheldon Smith, center, holds the photographs of his children Deshawn Smith, 11, left, and Trinitee Smith, 13, both suffering from sickle cell anemia, during an Initiative 65 rally in Ridgeland, Miss. Smith and his wife Keishawna Smith believe their children would benefit from medical marijuana treatment for pain management. Initiative 65 would amend the Mississippi Constitution to allow the prescription by a doctor of up to 5...

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Push to relax drug laws gains big victories on state ballots

by David A. Lieb Associated PressNovember 4, 2020

FILE - In this June 30, 2020, photo, a man passes a clothing shop with open signs in the window in Calexico, Calif. Records obtained by The Associated Press show governors working closely with business interests as they weighed when and how to reopen their economies during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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Emails show businesses held sway over state reopening plans

by David A. Lieb Associated PressAugust 23, 2020

FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2019 file photo, a state districts map is shown as a three-judge panel of the Wake County Superior Court presides over the trial of Common Cause, et al. v. Lewis, et al, in Raleigh, N.C. Drowned out by the coronavirus and national politics, Republican and Democratic operatives are nonetheless quietly preparing for a battle of state legislative supremacy later this year that could have a profound effect on political power for the next decade to come. This...

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Parties target control of state legislatures, redistricting

by David A. Lieb Associated PressMay 26, 2020

Neda Deylami poses for a portrait while charging her electric vehicle. Owners of electric vehicles in a number of states will start seeing fees to pay for road repairs in the new year.

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States to charge more for electric cars

by David A. Lieb Associated PressJanuary 1, 2020