Alabama lawmakers eye gambling compromise as legislative session nears its end
The Alabama Legislature on Tuesday proposed a gaming compromise that would license the state lottery and multiple establishments with electronic gambling machines. But the bill faces an uncertain outlook while Congress is out of session. Lawmakers aim to bring the issue to a statewide vote this August, and a conference committee approved two proposed bills. […]
GOP lawmakers hit with ‘gut punch’ as red state’s Dem governor ekes out win in transgender bill battle
Kansas Republicans failed Monday night to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that would ban surgeries for transgender children. Just hours after the Senate voted 27-13 to override the veto, the state House’s Republican supermajority secured the reversal by two votes. The final vote was 82-43, with two Republicans voting against it. […]
Lawmakers want to ban Wall Street from buying single-family homes
Wall Street companies have spent billions in recent years aggressively buying up single-family homes for cash, but a growing number of U.S. lawmakers and state officials want to end the controversial practice. . Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are sponsoring a bill called the American Housing Hedge Fund Deregulation Act that […]
Democratic mayor joins Kentucky GOP lawmakers to celebrate state funding for Louisville
The amount of state funding coming to Kentucky’s largest city to support downtown revitalization, education, health care and other priorities comes at a time when urban-rural disparities in the Bluegrass State were being debated. “It’s now behind us,” Louisville’s mayor said Monday. The new two-year state budget passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature will pump more […]
Republican lawmakers tell Biden to get off TikTok
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Rep. Troy Neals (R-Texas) on Monday urged President Biden to lead by example over the national security threat posed by Chinese-owned apps. He called for a temporary suspension of the campaign’s use of TikTok. Despite the president’s failure to sign into law last week a bill requiring Chinese government-backed company […]
Ted Cruz proposal to give lawmakers, judges facing threats special airport security escorts is blocked
A proposal to allow special security escorts at airports for members of Congress and judges under credible threat was opposed by Rep. Bennie Thompson (Mississippi), the ranking Democratic member of the House of Representatives. removed from FAA reauthorization. Security Committee, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The provision, sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz […]
Lawmakers call for release of Putin’s ‘Political prisoner number one’
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has marked the second anniversary of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza’s imprisonment, calling for his immediate release. Kara Murza lives in solitary confinement in a high-security prison in Siberia. sentenced to 25 years in prison He was indicted on treason and other related charges in April last year as Russian […]
TikTok goes on offense against lawmakers who voted for a ‘ban’ while keeping accounts
TikTok is singling out lawmakers who voted for a bill that puts into motion a forced sale or a ban of the popular application in the United States while also having accounts of their own. The new bill, passed this week as part of a foreign aid package, would give the Biden administration another chance […]
New York Lawmakers Considering Bill Creating ‘Antisemitism Monitors’
Two New York state lawmakers are considering a bill that would send “anti-Semitism monitors” to federally funded college and university campuses. Rep. Richie Torres (D-NY) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) plan to introduce the University Oversight and Legal Updates (Columbia) Act, which would require bias investigations and accountability. It was reported. jewish insider. Under the […]
St. Louis’ toxic sites need faster cleanup, lawmakers and residents say
Some Missouri residents and lawmakers are pushing for faster cleanup at several hazardous sites in the St. Louis area. Dawn Chapman, co-founder of Just Moms STL, told Fox News: “We feel like we’re being gassed by federal agencies because of the way they answer their questions and how cavalier they are.” I always felt that […]