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US states adding to financial squeeze on Russian over war

FILE - House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre speaks with members of the media after a meeting of the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. Pennsylvania lawmakers said Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, that they will file legislation requiring state pension funds to pull investments connected to the Russian government and its critical supporters. The state Treasury Department also has begun divesting its minimal holdings in Russian-based companies. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - Pennsylvania state Sen. Sharif Street speaks during a news conference announcing new funding for gun violence prevention programs, in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. In a Monday, Feb. 28, 2022 memo to fellow senators, Democratic state Sen. Street said Pennsylvania “must wield our economic power to ensure that Russia faces grave consequences for their flagrant violations of international law and human cooperation.” (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, gives remarks after being re-elected to his seat in the House Chambers during the first day of the 2021 legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol building in downtown Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. On Monday, FEb. 28, 2022, Ralston, a Republican, got a bipartisan standing ovation when he told representatives he would seek to have the state’s retirement funds quickly divested from any Russian assets. “I don’t know about y’all, but I don’t want one penny of Georgians’ money going to subsidize Vladimir Putin,” Ralston said. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul claps with supporters during the New York State Democratic Convention in New York, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. On Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, Hochul signed an executive order forbidding her state from doing business with Russia. She ordered state agencies to divest money and assets from companies or institutions aiding Russia in its war against the Ukraine. The Democratic governor also said New York would welcome Ukrainian refugees, noting that New York already is home to the largest Ukrainian population in the U.S. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) The Pennsylvania Capitol is lit at night in the yellow and blue colors of the Ukrainian flag in solidarity with Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, Monday, Feb. 26, 2022, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy) Demonstrators supporting Ukraine gather outside the United Nations during an emergency meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in New York. The U.N.'s two major bodies, the 193-nation General Assembly and the more powerful 15-member Security Council, are holding separate meetings Monday on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 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)