The House of Representatives voted in favor of legislation that would require agencies headed by members of the National Security Council to inform the White House and Congress within 24 hours if their leaders become medically incapacitated. This legislation, which passed the House in a voice vote on Monday afternoon, is a response to Secretary […]
A proposal making the “Shaka” Hawaii’s official state gesture received final approval Wednesday.
Wednesday night the U.S. House passed a bill that would broaden the definition of antisemitism giving colleges and universities more cover to regulate discriminatory rhetoric on campus.
BOSTON — Homeowners whose properties are seized by a town or city for nonpayment of taxes would be able to recoup the “excess equity” after the municipality has satisfied their tax debt, under a redrafted bill advanced by the joint legislative committee that handles tax policy.Currently, a municipality can keep the entire sale profit after […]
The Hawaii State Legislature voted unanimously to pass a bill that appropriates nearly $20 million toward the battle against invasive species, sending it to the governor’s desk for consideration.
Homeowners whose properties are seized by a town or city for nonpayment of taxes would be able to recoup the "excess equity" after the municipality has satisfied their tax debt, under a redrafted bill advanced by the joint legislative committee that handles tax policy.
Austin is now the first community in Texas to approve such a measure since SB 14 took effect in the state.
As a House committee took up two crypto bills -- co-sponsored by the same senators that pushed through the law last year they're now trying to fix -- one lawmaker summed it up: "This is almost an embarrassing situation."
Legislation adopted Wednesday by the House of Representatives would restore a question about U.S. citizenship to the 2030 census, potentially reshaping congressional representation and the Read More
What a stinking story of inhumanity. A country intent on sending asylum seekers to one whose residents have actually applied for asylum and sanctuary in other states. But the UK-Rwanda deal, having stalled and stuttered before various courts and found wanting for reasons of human rights, has become law with the passage of the Safety of Rwanda More
The House voted Wednesday on a bill to change how antisemitism is investigated in schools. The final tally — 320-91 — masks how controversial the legislation is or that some Democratic lawmakers voted for it while effectively under duress. Seizing on the pervasive “chaos on campus” narrative, lawmakers passed a bill that doesn’t work to protect Jews on college campuses as its supporters claim, but to stifle dissent around the United States’ Israel policies and criticism of the Israeli...
As the crackdown on the student uprising intensifies, the House has passed a bill to widen the federal definition of antisemitism. Critics of the bill included Jerry Nadler, the most senior Jewish member of Congress and a strong supporter of Israel. Nadler said, “This bill threatens to chill constitutionally protected speech. Speech that is critical of Israel alone does not constitute discrimination. The bill sweeps too broadly.”