Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown’s plan to attack the nation’s worsening fentanyl crisis is now headed to the president’s desk where it will be signed into law.
Lawmakers have unveiled a bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization deal, which aims to address the nation’s shortage of air traffic controllers and implement technology to reduce the risk of runway collisions but would not institute a controversial increase in the pilot retirement age. The draft legislation from the House and Senate committees overseeing the agency sets the FAA’s priorities. It would authorize more than $105 billion in appropriations for the FAA and $738...
After these two notable bills related to contraception passed in the Virginia General Assembly, Youngkin made significant amendments to both. The Virginia Senate disagreed with many of these changes, which means both have been sent back to Youngkin to be considered again in their initial form.
The Mississippi House on Saturday and the Senate on Monday passed legislation to give the state’s officer certification board the power to investigate law enforcement misconduct.
Iowa Senate lawmakers approved a bill that would eliminate 67 of Iowa’s 256 boards and commissions, including the state Child Care Advisory Committee and the Iowa Council on Homelessness. The bill is part of Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ top priorities for this session, however, the governor originally proposed eliminating or condensing more than 100
The House voted last week in favor of reauthorizing the surveillance bill that has been exploited by the FBI hundreds of thousands of times to spy on American citizens.Blaze News previously noted that it was this legislation that elements of the intelligence community exploited to spy on members of the Trump campaign in 2016 without probable cause. It was also used to violate — without warrant — the privacy of multitudes of Jan. 6 protesters, congressional campaign donors, and BLM...
After a vote in favor of sending $95 billion to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan passed, far right Republicans are threatening a motion to vacate the speaker of the house.
President Biden this weekend signed into law a bill that reauthorizes a controversial spying program under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 of FISA, which has now been extended for two more years, allows for warrantless intelligence gathering on foreign targets. While its focus is on the communications of targets located outside the US, that includes any exchanges with people stateside, meaning Americans’ records can get swept up in these collections too. The Senate...
A Tennessee bill that would create a live music fund for venues and artists heads to the governor’s desk for a signature after passing the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee General Assembly has passed a bill to create a live music fund for musical artists and venues, and now it heads to Governor Bill Lee’s […]
Bill Belichick made a power play that only he could make. Belichick has been in the news a ton lately, despite being without a job since parting ways with the New England Patriots. A recent ESPN re
Scott McLaughlin of New Zealand capped off a dominant week for Team Penske by winning from the pole at the Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix on Sunday in Birmingham, Ala. It marked McLaughlin's second straight win in Alabama. He beat teammate Will Power of Australia by 1.3194 seconds after leading 58 of 90 laps around Barber Motorsports Park. Their 1-2 showing came after Team Penske received sanctions for illegal use of the push-to-pass system in the season opener at St. Petersburg. Josef...
Paye said people praised her patience for not leaving Stanford for other jobs, but she said this was the only place she ever wanted to be.