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Bill criminalizing certain transgender medical treatments for minors set to clear Senate
A bill making it a felony for parents, guardians, and physicians that help a child under 16 receive gender affirming care ...
Step up, WA lawmakers, and finally pass bill to make clergy report abuse
Senate Bill 5375 would add Washington to the list of 45 other states requiring clergy to report knowledge or suspicion of ...
Trump plans to invoke obscure 18th century wartime law in bid for mass deportations
Trump is set to test the limits of his immigration crackdown by invoking a wartime law to deport immigrants alleged to be ...
The Sunshine Blog: Just Say No To Giving The State Power Over The Press
Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ...
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Senate OKs 4-year term for barangay, SK officials
(UPDATE) THE Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill that would implement a four-year term for barangay officials and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) members. Sen. Bong Go, a co-author of ...
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Republicans want Laken Riley Act to be Trump's first legislative win. Two hurdles linger.
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Senate is aiming to pass ... would also raise the final price tag of the bill. In an ICE assessment to Congress last year, officials predicted the ...
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MS House passes income tax cut after nearly 2-hour debate. Will Senate pass it next?
The Mississippi House of Representatives passed a $1.1 billion tax cut bill on Thursday after nearly two hours of debate, sending it on to the Senate where leadership is considering a starkly ...
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Virginia Senate committee shelves Gov. Youngkin-backed bill on transgender students
Because in today's world, Your dreams can otherwise be ripped away from you." The bill is heading to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the Subcommittee on Public Education on Thursday.
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What’s actually in Congress’s harsh new immigration bill?
It passed the Senate Monday with the support of 12 Democrats and will now head to the House for final approval. That bill, the Laken Riley Act, is named after a young woman who was killed last ...
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With large Democratic support, Senate expands bill that could deport immigrants without due process
The Senate on Wednesday voted 70-25 to adopt the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, a bill that would would mandate that Immigration and Customs Enforcement detain and potentially deport ...
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The right in Congress and the courts will reshape Donald Trump’s agenda
His fellow Republicans controlled both the House of Representatives and the Senate ... a tax bill. That is important, since Republicans will only be able to get a budget bill through Congress ...
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Senate adds amendment to immigration bill named after Laken Riley
The Senate on Wednesday adopted the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, as Republicans push for a legislative win to open the new Congress ... nixed part of the bill that hands state attorneys ...