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Lawmakers pass three bills restricting healthcare access before veto period
After the Senate entered recess and the clock approached midnight, the House passed three bills which would strip healthcare ...
Here Are the Senate Democrats Who Helped Republicans Avert a Shutdown
Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...
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Flurry of ‘barge bills,’ others head to Governor’s desk as House works deep into the night
This story mentions suicide. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 988.  By Liam Niemeyer, McKenna Horsley and Sarah ...
Senate passes bill that would increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers
The Senate has passed a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers. Democratic and Republican ...
In stunning final hour, 3 controversial bills pass Kentucky legislature
Some of the most controversial bills of Kentucky's legislative session passed in the final hour before a veto period begins. Here are five takeaways.
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Voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families and be open to all students. Those goals might be at odds.
House Bill 3 and Senate Bill 2 — the signature school voucher proposals filed this year by each lawmaking chamber — would qualify virtually any family in Texas to receive taxpayer dollars ...
Less distraction, more rebuilding: Sen. Wiener’s Senate Bill 222 is a waste of time
State Sen. Scott Wiener represents San Francisco in the Legislature (a 386-mile drive from the Pacific Palisades and a ...
Senate Republicans’ budget bill rules out federal earmarks for state projects
While Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King voted for the spending measure to avoid a shutdown, it eliminates millions of ...
Bill recognizing 2 Islamic holidays clears WA Senate: ‘We stand by all our communities’
Trudeau’s bill comes at a time when the broader Muslim community has a “target on our backs,” the lawmaker said Feb. 26 on ...