NJ lawmakers pull bill that would give them power to block info from public after backlash
New Jersey lawmakers reversed course on a controversial bill that critics say would give government bureaucrats and politicians more power to withhold information from the public. Some Garden State Democrats had sought early passage of a bill to change the state’s open records law, but withdrew Thursday, withdrawing the bill before a key committee voted […]
EXCLUSIVE: JD Vance Introduces Bill To Condition US Aid To Ukraine
Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance introduced a bill Friday that would condition additional U.S. aid to Ukraine, the Daily Caller reported. The End Use Oversight Accountability Enhancement Act, first obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller, would allow Joe Biden to send certain U.S. military equipment to Ukraine conditional on implementation of a series of recommendations […]
MA Senate unanimously approves bill to make child care more affordable
The Massachusetts Senate unanimously approved a bill aimed at improving the accessibility and affordability of early education and child care. The bill would expand state subsidies to help families pay for child care and make existing subsidies for child care providers permanent. Senate President Karen Spilka expressed the need for affordable child care, comparing it […]
Durbin and Marshall Threaten Takedown of Airline Loyalty Programs Over Credit Bill
The following content is electronic payment federation. Each year, tens of millions of Americans fly to visit family or take short vacations. And frequent flyer points can help finance many of these trips. But these valuable programs may become a thing of the past. Sens. Dick Durbin and Roger Marshall have spent months trying to […]
DE bill requiring gun buyers to be fingerprinted, trained, set to become law
The Delaware Senate approved a “permit to buy” gun control bill Thursday, sending it to Democratic Gov. John Carney’s desk. The bill, passed on a party-line vote, would require all prospective firearm buyers to be fingerprinted, trained and licensed by the state. “This is a bill about responsible gun ownership,” state Sen. Elizabeth Lockman, the […]
Missouri Senate passes sweeping education bill
Students across Missouri will have access to scholarships to private schools under an expanded tax credit program passed Thursday by the Republican-led state Senate. Senators voted 19-10 to pass the massive education bill, gaining approval after weeks of bipartisan negotiations. The bill now goes to the Republican-led House of Representatives for approval. The bill represents […]
Tennessee Republicans move bill to undo police reforms placed after Tyre Nichols’s death
Tennessee Senate Republicans have passed a bill that would undo reforms passed last year after the police beating of Tire Nichols, 29. The Senate-passed bill was supported by state Republicans for weeks. The bill now heads to the desk of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R). If signed, it would overturn an ordinance passed by the […]
Georgia school voucher bill narrowly clears longtime obstacle with state House passage
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans on Thursday pushed a voucher plan to fund private school tuition and home study through the state Legislature, with Republican leaders overcoming long-standing skepticism from some local lawmakers. The move brings the state’s school choice advocates closer to a long-eluded goal. The House passed Senate Bill 233 by a vote […]
Bill Ackman gives $10,000 to GoFundMe for Kaylee Gain
Billionaire Bill Ackman is one of the top donors to a GoFundMe for a Missouri teen who was left in critical condition after a brutal assault just blocks from her high school. A spokesperson for Pershing Square Capital Management confirmed to the Post that the hedge fund firm launched the project earlier this week to […]
James Comer mounts crackdown on China’s influence in US after TikTok bill vote
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer launched a “whole-of-government” investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s influence in the United States, a day after the House passed a bill to ban TikTok in the United States. Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday issued a flurry of requests to nine different government agencies seeking information on steps taken to […]