TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is letting a bill banning certain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in higher education to become state law Friday. Kelly is using her veto power on April 19 to reject several bills while letting two others become law without her signature. She included statements in a press []
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed two bills governing elections. House Bill 2614 would require county election officers to record the names of individuals delivering advance voting ballots on behalf of
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to reporters after a bipartisan group of lawmakers voted to advance a bill that provides aid to Ukraine and Israel. Several hardline Republicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, were opposed to the bill. Republicans may move to oust him as House Speaker for allowing the vote. The final vote on the bill could happen as soon as Saturday.
Republicans say partial veto to literacy program is unconstitutional
The Kansas Senate was unable to secure enough votes to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of a bipartisan tax cut package. The House had voted 104 to 15 to override the veto, which had the necessary majority,
In one year he vetoed 32% of all legislative bills, compared to 3.7% for average governor.
After these two notable bills related to contraception passed in the Virginia General Assembly, Youngkin made significant amendments to both. The Virginia Senate disagreed with many of these changes, which means both have been sent back to Youngkin to be considered again in their initial form.
Two bills grant broad immunity to the IVF industry, and HB 833 redefines the word 'embryo' to remove references to an 'unborn child.'
Several House Democrats say they plan to vote against a Republican-authored Medicaid expansion proposal that they say doesn't actually help people get health coverage. Paired with several expected Republican no votes, the Democrats could kill the bill.
Kansas GOP lawmakers overruled radically pro-abortion Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on bills banning coerced abortion, supporting pro-life pregnancy centers, and improving state gathering of abortion data.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed 13 Republican bills on Tuesday, including one that LGBTQ+ advocates say would have erased transgender people from legal recognition in the state. Senate Bill 1628, the […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin confirmed he will "work with legislators" to achieve compromise legislation addressing controversial skill games machines. The Virginia Senate tossed Youngkin's version of the bill, with just six senators voting in favor and 34 voting against. Youngkin's amended bill sought to place strict restrictions on legislation that originally would have allowed skill games in convenience stores throughout the commonwealth.