• Senate Committee Approves Bipartisan Bill On Tibet Resolution

    DHARAMSALA/WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on April 17 applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s approval of the Resolve Tibet Bill, an effort of the US to push the Chinese government to resolve the longstanding Tibet-China dispute through dialogue with Tibetan leaders. […]

  • Senate committee approves two bills to regulate cryptocurrency mining

    An Arkansas Senate committee unanimously approved two bills Thursday that would regulate cryptocurrency mining operations, and the committee will reconvene Tuesday to hear more public comment on the policies.

  • Iowa Senate gives final approval of governor’s literacy bill

    Iowa Senate lawmakers gave final approval to the governor’s K-12 literacy bill on Wednesday, sending the bill to the Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk for her signature. The bill, House File 2618, would require students at teacher prep programs around the state to take a test similar to the Massachusetts state “foundations of reading assessment”

  • Brazilian senate approves bill to introduce local content quotas for streamers

    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

  • Why Bill Self is for some schedule changes, against others

    LAWRENCE (KSNT) - After more than 20 years leading the Jayhawks, and more than 30 as a head coach, KU's Bill Self is not afraid to speak his mind on certain topics. That's why the legendary Jayhawk was rather honest on Thursday, when asked about a pair of scheduling ideas for his team. The first, []

  • How is Highway 371 going to change in Baxter?

    Corridor study is asking Baxter what it wants the highway to be, noting changes are coming in the next few years.

  • An updated TikTok bill changes the game in Washington

    As soon as next week, the Senate could be forced to confront a controversial bill it’s been sitting on for a month — and open a new front in a geopolitical argument.

  • Senate approves extension of FISA surveillance just after deadline

    The Senate early Saturday passed a two-year reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program after hours of intense and sometimes acrimonious debate on the Senate floor, narrowly avoiding a key national intelligence gathering capability going dark. Senators voted 60-34 to send the bill to President Biden’s desk shortly after the midnight

  • ASCMC Senate approves student resolution on Pomona protests

    On Monday, April 15, the ASCMC Senate voted to pass a student resolution written in response to the April 5 arrests of 20 5C students at Pomona College.

  • House sends foreign surveillance reform bill to Senate

    The House on Monday settled its procedural business on a bill to reform the nation's warrantless surveillance powers, kicking the controversial reauthorization over to the Senate. The Monday vote came after a tie in the chamber on an amendment that would have added a warrant requirement to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

  • Arkansas Senate approves crypto-currency mining regulation

    (The Center Square) - The Arkansas Senate adopted a resolution Monday that would impose a regulation on the crypto mining industry in Arkansas. The resolution, sponsored by Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forrest, would require digital asset mining businesses in the state to pay an annual fee for “extraordinary electrical energy usage.” The fee would range from $25,000 to $100,000 per year depending on the amount of electrical energy used. Senate...

  • Health Care to Change for Thousands of People Under New Bill

    Democratic lawmakers Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Andy Kim have partnered up with Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans to introduce legislation aiming to give army reservists and members of the National Guard that also work for the federal government options on the type of health care plans they can receive.The bill, which could impact thousands of federal employees that are also in the U.S. Army, plans to give this group of Americans the ability to decide whether they want military or civilian...