Warning that lives are at stake, the House co-chair of a commission focused on postpartum depression called on her colleagues to advance legislation to stem the tide of worsening maternal health outcomes that are disproportionately impacting people of color.
The Hawaii State Legislature voted unanimously to pass a bill that appropriates nearly $20 million toward the battle against invasive species, sending it to the governor’s desk for consideration.
(The Center Square) – The Illinois legislature has approved changes to the state’s strict Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), but some say they didn’t go far enough. Currently, a company that violates BIPA’s protections is subject to damages for each instance of the collection of an individual’s biometric data without a person’s consent. The highest […]
(The Center Square) – The Illinois legislature has approved changes to the state’s strict Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), but some say they didn’t go far enough. Currently, a company that violates BIPA’s protections is subject to damages for each instance of the collection of an individual’s biometric data without a person's consent. The highest profile case was against White Castle and its use of fingerprint time clocks. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled...
Treatment and recovery courts, known in Maine as specialty dockets, offer an alternative to jail for people with substance use disorder.
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama is calling for sweeping changes to provide better protection for people who rent their homes, but her proposals appeared to be derailed after she was ejected from the legislature again. Jama has already been censured in the legislature, and removed from her former party the NDP, for expressions of support for […]
One week remains in the 2024 Minnesota legislative session. Lawmakers have until midnight Sunday to pass any bills.
Many Hawaii coffee farmers got most, but not all, of what they wanted at the state Legislature this year to protect valuable crop origin names.
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The Texas Legislature awarded Richard Milburn Academy's Midland campus with a resolution for 25 years in education on Monday. "Being around for 25 years is really the biggest thing is be able to serve students where they're at and so one of the things of the one of the biggest moves []
The Louisiana Legislature is poised to invest millions into controversial anti-abortion pregnancy centers.
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – More than 170 candidates are spending to try to win elections to the New Mexico legislature. There are still months to go, but so far, Democratic candidates are outspending Republicans. So far, legislative candidates have reported spending more than $1.2 million campaigning for the 2024 primary election and general election. Over []
(The Center Square) – Missouri legislators met a constitutional deadline on Friday to approve the state’s budget for fiscal year 2025. The Senate approved the approximately $52 billion budget late Thursday and the House passed the 17 appropriations bills before adjourning Friday afternoon. Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s recommended budget was approximately $52 billion. “There's always a lot of sensationalizing that happens on the Senate floor,” Appropriations...