The Maine Legislature is nearing adjournment with unfinished business, including final votes on a series of gun safety bills introduced after the deadliest shooting in state history
(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...
The state Senate on Tuesday passed dozens of bills on mandatory third reading, a key step before becoming law, but senators rejected one contested measure that aimed to combat an increase in animal cruelty cases in Hawaii.
(The Center Square) - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill Wednesday that would make illegal immigration a state crime. Senate File 2340 would make illegal immigration an aggravated misdemeanor under two circumstances: If the person has been denied admission to or has been excluded, deported, or removed from the United States or if the person was previously deported and if the person left the U.S. while under a deportation or removal order and returned. The...
Lawmakers criticize a big pay raise for themselves before passing a big spending bill
Tennessee’s Republican-led Legislature has unanimously passed a bill that would involuntarily commit certain criminal defendants for inpatient treatment
Nebraska lawmakers have passed a bill to restore of voting rights of those convicted of felonies upon the completion of their sentences, including prison and parole time
A bill unanimously passed in the Senate this week for more restrictions on pornography websites has advanced in the House.
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana lawmakers are considering a batch of bills to safeguard the state's seafood industry from an influx of foreign shrimp and crawfish and to strengthen safety measures for imported products.Some bills would increase fees and licensing requirements on dealers bringing in foreign seafood and expand safety testing. Others would require more accurate labeling about where any type of seafood originates and ban the use of foreign seafood in school lunch programs.The action comes...
While state offices and schools were closed across Louisiana on Wednesday because of severe storms, a GOP-controlled legislative committee gathered in the Capitol to debate controversial bills that opponents say target the LGBTQ+ community.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — While state offices and schools were closed across Louisiana on Wednesday because of severe storms, a GOP-controlled legislative committee gathered in the Capitol to debate controversial bills that opponents say target the LGBTQ+ community.With few members of the public in the audience, an uncommon occurrence when such bills are heard, the House Committee on Education proceeded with business and quietly advanced two bills. One of the pieces of legislation is...
The law would prevent people born in 2009 and later from ever buying a cigarette — and has stoked a rebellion in Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party.