California State Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Ban Excessive Homework Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, A state lawmaker in California has introduced legislation that would severely restrict a teacher’s ability to hand out homework assignments to students that are deemed to be too much. As reported by Breitbart, State Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo (D-Calif.) introduced AB 2999, formally known as The Healthy Homework Act, in February. The bill would mandate public...
The amount of state funding headed to Kentucky's largest city to support downtown renewal, education, health care and other priorities shows that the days of talking about an urban-rural divide in the Bluegrass State are "now behind us," Louisville's mayor said Monday. The new two-year state budget passed by the Republican-dominated legislature will pump more than $1 billion into Louisville, reflecting the city's role as an economic catalyst that benefits the entire state, lawmakers said....
Julie Mayberry takes a jab at Sarah Huckabee Sanders with an attempt to clarify that the rules apply to the governor, too.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is continuing his campaign to make Republican lawmakers pay for their abortion bans, with new initiatives targeting Arizona and Alabama. On Sunday, Newsom announced forthcoming legislation that would make abortion care more accessible to residents of Arizona, which shares a border with California. The proposal, a response to Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion ban, would shorten the amount of time it takes for Arizona doctors to be approved to perform abortions in...
The Arizona Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the state's 1864 abortion ban, sending a measure to the Democratic governor that would end weeks of turmoil and keep in place a 15-week abortion limit enacted in 2022. In a testy and emotional session that included angry spats, a senator reading from the Bible and another playing a recording of his daughter's fetal heartbeat, the Senate voted 16 to 14 to repeal the law, with two Republicans joining Democrats in backing the measure. The Senate was...
An indictment of Donald Trump's allies and associates in Arizona is one of the things that will make it easier for President Joe Biden to win that "battleground" state in the upcoming election, a former GOP strategist said on Saturday.Former Republican strategist Tara Setmayer appeared on MSNBC's Ayman, where she was asked about what the indictments "spell out for the broader Republican party in Arizona, and nationally, due to these cases they are facing.""Oh, it's a mess," she said. "I mean,...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — "The sooner the legislation is passed, the sooner we can eradicate human trafficking and child trafficking here in Missouri once and for all," Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said inside a conference room at the Southwest Missouri MoDOT office. "We've assembled a 54-member anti-human trafficking task force consisting of law enforcement agencies, []
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) has signed a law explicitly allowing anti-LGBTQ+ foster and adoptive parents to take in LGBTQ+ youth with no provision to take into account the young […]
By Jean Gonzalez ORLANDO, Fla. (OSV News) — A bill recently signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been described by a farmworker advocate as “inhumane” and draconian. DeSantis, who usually has public signing of bills, signed HB 433 in a closed door session April 11, along with other bills. Opponents of HB […] The post New Florida law giving state sole authority on worker protections, wages called ‘inhumane’ first appeared on OSV News.
The Arizona House of Representatives voted 32-28 in favor of repealing a law that prohibits performing abortions except in cases where the mother's life is in peril.The Arizona Supreme Court issued a decision this month that would allow for the law to be enforced, but the state attorney general, who is a Democrat, has claimed that the earliest it could be enforced would be June 8.Three state House Republicans joined Democrats in voting to repeal the law, reports indicate.The law reads, "A person...
Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The case marks the first time the Supreme Court has considered the implications of a state []