Top Democrats expect to file a compromise on a bill (H 4582) designed to continue funding the state's overrun emergency family shelter and implement reforms to cut costs by limiting how long families may stay in shelters.
The deal with Rwanda has been plagued by setbacks since it was signed two years ago.
Shafaqna English- After two years, three prime ministers, four (or five) home secretaries, one cancelled flight and about 75,000 more people crossing the Channel in small boats, and months of wrangling, UK Parliament passed the government’s controversial plan to tackle small boats. The endless Westminster fight over the policy has
After eight hours of debate on the Rwanda Bill, peers finally threw in the towel shortly after midnight. The two…What to read next: Sunak insists Rwanda scheme is ‘ready’ | Sunak set for final game of Rwanda ping pong | Sunak targets Britain’s ‘sick note culture’ | How many MPs will reject Sunak’s smoking ban?
A bill that gives counties the clear authority to regulate short-term vacation rentals, including the power to ban them, unanimously passed out of a joint House-Senate conference committee today ahead of a vote by the full House and Senate next week.
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A bill for the commercial legalization of marijuana advanced further than before at the state Legislature this session. Fortunately, House members looked at the growing data and research and rejected the bill (Senate Bill 3335). That puts Hawaii squarely with legislatures around the country who considered commercial legalization in 2023 and rejected it (17 out of 20).
Lawmakers argue that the popular social media app poses a national security
Iowa Senate lawmakers gave final approval to the governor’s K-12 literacy bill on Wednesday, sending the bill to the Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk for her signature. The bill, House File 2618, would require students at teacher prep programs around the state to take a test similar to the Massachusetts state “foundations of reading assessment”
The six members, called conferees, will attempt to forge an agreement over the different versions of the expansion plan that have passed the House and Senate.
President Biden has now formally signed the bill that means TikTok owner ByteDance must sell the platform, or face being banned in the US from 2025. TikTok could be banned in the US from 2025 As expected following the Senate's passing of the combination bill regarding funding for Ukraine and the potential ban of TikTok, President Biden has now signed the measure into law. From today, ByteDance has nine months in which to sell or divest itself of TikTok, although there may be a further...
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill finally cleared Parliament early on Tuesday morning after eight hours of debate as MPs and peers sat through the night to pass the flagship legislation.]]>