With first-time voters and the youth accounting for a large share of India’s population, the power of their votes remains untapped.
SB482 exempts government agencies from having to share records that have to do with “opinions” and “deliberations” of how government policies and decisions are made.
The Affordable Rent Act was passed in a vote on Thursday by the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Parliament. This law, submitted by outgoing Interior Affairs Minister Hugo de Jonge, should reduce the rental prices on some units that are available for tenants on the private rental sector.
Some Alabama legislators are pushing to stop teachers from discussing gender identity and sexual orientation with their students.
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) will monitor election polls in certain Pennsylvania counties to ensure federal voting laws are followed on Tuesday. The DOJ announced Tuesday, April 23, that it will be monitoring election polls in Berks, Luzerne, and Philadelphia Counties, to verify federal voting rights laws are complied with. The []
Governor Mike DeWine is pushing for a new and tougher seat belt law in Ohio that would give police the power to pull over and ticket drivers strictly for not wearing one.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Wednesday on CNN's "The Lead" that he had to work with Democrats because he has the smallest margin in U.S. history in the House of Representatives. | Clips
Maine will become the latest state to join an interstate effort to elect the nation’s president by a popular vote, Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Monday. Mills said she will allow the legislation to become law without her signature, paving the way for Maine to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a proposal aimed at guaranteeing
Fisa allows for monitoring of foreign communications, as well as collection of citizens’ messages and callsHouse lawmakers voted on Friday to reauthorize section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or Fisa, including a key measure that allows for warrantless surveillance of Americans. The controversial law allows for far-reaching monitoring of foreign communications, but has also led to the collection of US citizens’ messages and phone calls.Lawmakers voted 273–147 to approve the...
A federal judge has halted the enforcement of a North Carolina law that made it a serious crime for someone to vote while still on probation or parole for a felony conviction when they had simply violated the voting law by mistake.
The proposal would give family members a path toward restricting access to weapons for a person in crisis without a mental health evaluation.
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...