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North Texas lawmaker hoping to expand medical marijuana access
Legislation meant to expand the use of legal marijuana moves a step closer to law in Texas this week. A bill from Rep. Stephanie Klick, a Republican lawmaker from Fort Worth, got a unanimous vote Monday in the public health committee she chairs. She joined Good Day to talk about it going before the full house.
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Senate GOP populists push Republican colleagues to back railway regulations, arguing 'their voters' are the most affected by disasters
The train derailment in East Palestine is giving the Senate GOP's handful of self-styled populists an opening to push the party in their direction.
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Here's a list of hasty, ill-advised, just plain mean bills coming from Florida Legislature
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- The Conversation
In Congress, breaking unwritten rules that encouraged civility and enabled things to get done is becoming the new normal
Speaker Kevin McCarthy at a news conference on Capitol Hill. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesWhen House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered an investigation into the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing criminal probe of former President Donald Trump, he broke with House practices and norms. And the three committee chairmen McCarthy tasked with investigating may be stepping outside of federal jurisdiction by attempting to investigate a county prosecutor. As a scholar of the legislat
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Topeka senator calls for security as frustrations flare at Kansas anti-vaccine hearing
Sen. Kristen O'Shea, a Topeka Republican, asked for security after a comment she perceived as a threat during an anti-vaccine bill hearing.
- USA TODAY
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Despite House Republicans grilling the administration for answers on President Joe Biden's budget plan, they have yet to share their own proposal.
- Sacramento Bee
Update: Newsom’s plan to penalize Big Oil for California’s high gas prices scores first win
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Israel ratifies law limiting conditions for a Netanyahu ouster
Israel ratified a law on Thursday limiting the circumstances in which a prime minister can be removed, despite worries voiced by a government jurist that it may be meant to shield the incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu from any fallout from his corruption trials. The amended definition for the "incapacity" of national leaders is among legislative measures by the religious-nationalist coalition that have tipped Israel into crisis, with the opposition arguing that judicial independence is in peril. The coalition says the overhaul is aimed at pushing back against what it calls Supreme Court over-reach and restoring balance among branches of government.
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North Carolina House passes bill limiting racial teachings
United in their opposition, House Democrats challenged Republican claims that the bill would reduce discrimination and argued that a comprehensive history education should make students uncomfortable. Eighteen others have already limited how teachers can discuss racism and sexism in the classroom. Gaston County Republican Rep. John Torbett said the proposal, which now heads to the Senate, will prohibit schools from endorsing controversial concepts, including that one race or sex is inherently superior.
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DC braces for 'robust oversight' after criminal code fiasco
President Joe Biden's signature on a bill nullifying an overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code ended a public fight between Congress and local lawmakers. Already House Republicans are pledging to increase congressional intervention in local D.C. affairs. House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., has pledged that his committee “stands ready to conduct robust oversight of America’s capital city.”
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Catalytic converter bill named after fallen deputy heads to TX senate
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- The Des Moines Register
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McCarthy vows end to massive ‘omnibus’ spending bills: ‘Not going to happen’
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said House passage of a giant "omnibus" spending bill is 'not going to happen' under GOP leadership, after Democrats approved last year's $1.7T bill.
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Only 1 Black rep gets role in talks on Mississippi policing
One Black lawmaker and nine white ones have been chosen to negotiate final versions of bills that could expand the territory of a state-run police department inside Mississippi's majority-Black capital city. Critics say the bills are a way for the Republican-controlled state government to exert control over Jackson, which is 83% Black and is governed by Democrats. The Black lawmaker chosen as a negotiator, Democratic Rep. Earle Banks of Jackson, said Tuesday that his goal is to have a safer city.
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After Chiefs Super Bowl win, Missouri House approves bill to legalize sports betting
“Our constituents want this,” said state Rep. Ashley Aune, a Kansas City Democrat. “We need to get it done and we need to do it this way without attaching it to something that can’t stand on its own.”
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US regulators delay decision on nuclear fuel storage license
U.S. regulators say they need more time to wrap up a final safety report and make a decision on whether to license a multibillion-dollar complex meant to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants around the nation. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a new schedule Monday, citing unforeseen staffing constraints. The announcement comes just days after New Mexico approved legislation aimed at stopping the project.