(The Center Square) – In a legislative session filled with filibusters, ethics investigations and hyperbole, it’s unusual the first non-appropriations bill to be signed by Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson regulates landfills. “I would not have guessed that it would be on the governor’s desk on April 23,” House Majority Floor Leader John Patterson, R-Lee’s Summit, said the day it was sent from the legislature to Parson. House Bill 1751, sponsored by Rep. Mike...
Legislation to create a new oversight body tracking Canada's reconciliation efforts has passed a final vote in Parliament.
Now, Hawaii may be joining 37 other states in implementing the system, similar to the MAILE AMBER alert. Instead, it’ll be for kupuna 65 and older and those with developmental disabilities.
A bill that would force sheriffs in North Carolina to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities may soon become law after much debate among state lawmakers.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — People buying tickets online for concerts, sporting events and other live events in Minnesota
(The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed an election reform measure, and, as with many matters in modern politics, opinions differ based on political proclivities. Senate Bill 189, which updates the earlier SB 202, the Election Integrity Act of 2021, removes the Secretary of State from the State Election Board and bars local election officials, elections board and Secretary of State employees from securing state contracts specific to voting equipment. It also sets...
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
Gov. Josh Green on Friday made good on his promise and signed a bill into law that gives counties the ability to better regulate short-term vacation rentals in the hope of freeing up affordable, long-term housing for island residents.
Senate Bill 2919 clarifies the counties’ authority to control the time, place, manner, and duration of land uses, particularly transient accommodations including short-term rentals.
Gov. Josh Green today signed into law a bill that gives counties the ability to better regulate short-term vacation rentals in the hope of freeing up affordable, long-term housing for island residents.
(The Center Square) – A child welfare bill was gutted just moments before going to the Illinois House floor and replaced with an omnibus election bill. House sponsor of Senate Bill 2412, State Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, said the bill does three things. “It places three non-binding referendums on the General Election ballot, eliminates the slating process to place candidates on the ballot in certain circumstances and moves up petition deadlines by 28 days,” said...
The government argues the act, passed last week, does not breach the law or the civil service code.