New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic legislative leaders nix a landmark proposal that would have made Hochul’s fossil fuel donors pay for their pollution.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has delivered a landmark judgment on governments not doing enough to tackle the climate crisis. On Tuesday, April 9, the ECHR issued a decision in favour of Swiss climate activists, marking a significant moment in environmental legal battles. The Swiss group ‘KlimaSeniorinnen’ (translated as ‘Climate Seniors’), made up […]
(The Center Square) - Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday revealed details of a bill that would make illegal immigration a state crime. The bill creates the crime of impermissible occupation if a "person willfully and without permission enters and remains in the State of Oklahoma without having first obtained legal authorization to enter the United States," according to House Speaker Charles McCall and Senate Speaker Pro Tem Greg Treat. Anyone convicted of the crime...
TOPEKA (KSNT)- The Kansas Legislature has forwarded two election bills to Governor Laura Kelly, with both receiving backlash during floor debates in the House. One proposal, House Bill 2618, includes several changes. They include a provision to clarify a state law passed in 2021, which made it a crime to impersonate an election official. The []
Iowa lawmakers sent a bill to arm Iowa teachers to the governor’s desk on Monday, with the House approving the bill 62-36, down party lines, after the Senate approved the bill last week. The bill, House File 2586, would allow teachers to carry guns on school grounds, create a permitting process, and give armed school
In light of increased cyber attacks, a lawmaker called on his colleagues in the House of Representatives to hasten the approval of measures that will protect the country’s digital infrastructure and penalize hackers.
A bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives introduced a pair of bills Wednesday to counter antisemitism, calling for a federal interagency task force against the hate. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) led the Senate’s Countering Antisemitism Act, while Reps. Kathy Manning (D-N.C.), Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), and Randy Weber (R-Texas)
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Governor Laura Kelly is giving her approval for seven bills Thursday which will have big impacts on the state's aviation industry and microbrewery owners. Seven bills in Kansas are the latest to become laws this year, according to a press release from the Office of the Governor. More information on these bills is []
Rep. Ralph Norman reintroduced a bill Wednesday aimed at stopping a form of federal spending known as earmarks. “I’ve always said that earmarks are Read More
More than 400 lawmakers, civil rights leaders, musicians and actors have sent a letter to President Biden urging him to support a list of Congressional bills on racial equity and reparative justice. The letter, led by UCLA professor of sociology and African American studies Marcus Anthony Hunter, who coined the phrase Black Lives Matter, calls for
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would provide new sentences for about 30 inmates who were given the death penalty despite a jury’s recommendation of life imprisonment.
Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state's November ballot, mirroring accommodations made four years ago for then-President Donald Trump. Legislative committees in the Alabama House of Representatives and Senate approved identical bills that would push back the state's certification deadline from 82 days to 74 days before the general election in order to accommodate the date of Democrats' nominating convention. The bills now move to...