Pennsylvania senators have introduced a bill to let victims of the East Palestine train derailment keep money they’ve received from Norfolk Southern Railroad.
Several bills that would limit or ban cell phones in classrooms are making the rounds through the Ohio legislature.
The Brazilian senate’s Economic Affairs Commission has approved a bill that regulates VoD operators, including Netflix, YouTube, TikTok and FAST channels. The approved text, which will now go to
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.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Senate’s Judiciary Committee has taken a significant step forward in addressing gaps in state law concerning spousal accountability in certain sex offenses. After its third hearing, the committee approved House Bill 161, moving it closer to a full vote in the chamber. House Bill 161, sponsored by members from both […]
House Bill 486, also known as Aisha's Law, is personal for Ohio Representative Juanita Brent of Cleveland. Brent, who represents District 22, is a co-sponsor of the bill that was introduced for the third time last week.
A bill that could ban TikTok is now all but certain to become law. The Senate approved a measure that requires ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban, in a vote of 79 - 18. The “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” will next head to President Joe Biden, who has said he would sign the bill into law. While it’s far from the first effort to force a ban or divestment of the social media app, the bill managed to draw far more support than previous attempts. The...
In what could have been initially viewed as an act of partisanship in Minnesota's Senate, a Rochester Republican legislator voted for a DFL-backed elections bill last week. However, it turns out that the vote was by accident.
The Senate approved a measure that will require ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban, in a vote of 79 to 18. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act next goes to President Biden. The president has already said he’ll sign the bill into law. (Yes, as predicted, I'm writing about this again.) TikTok has faced the ire of US politicians for a few years now, but this bill has picked up support across both political parties. It sailed through the House of...
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The full Hawaii Senate today killed a bill that would have “decriminalized” marijuana possession after an earlier effort to legalize adult recreational use this session also died.
By: Sarah Roderick-Fitch | The Center Square Several U.S. House Republicans introduced multiple pieces of legislation to defund National Public Radio following new allegations of “leftist propaganda” from the taxpayer-funded news source. House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good, R-Va., Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., introduced similar legislation to prohibit federal funding