If you've ever had to wait on hold or go to a business in person to cancel a membership or subscription, relief could be on the way. A Georgia Senate committee approved a bill designed to make it easier for Georgians to cancel unwanted subscription services Wednesday afternoon.
‘Stand alone if you must, but always stand for the truth,’ Assemblywoman Jasmeet Bains of Kern County tweeted after the vote.
Bagby to take sit vacated by now-Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic Del. Lamont Bagby handily won a […] The post Democrat Lamont Bagby wins Virginia Senate special election appeared first on TheGrio.
The measure does away with background checks, training, and fees for a concealed weapons license. There are more than 2.6 million CWL holders.
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) announced on Friday that he has been diagnosed with a “serious but curable form of cancer.” The congressman said doctors discovered a small tumor in one of his tonsils and diagnosed him with squamous cell carcinoma. He will undergo surgery to remove the cancer. “A few weeks ago, after consulting with…
Stretching your nest egg as far as possible is something that's most likely front of mind for retirees who aren't very wealthy. With no new sources of income aside from Social Security or possibly a...
Fights over increasing the nation’s borrowing authority have been contentious in Congress, yet follow a familiar pattern: Time and again, lawmakers found a way to step back from the brink before markets began to panic and the nation risked a dangerous default on its debt. Led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy, they have ruled out passing a “clean” debt ceiling increase even as the White House insists such legislation be passed without conditions. The political conditions are comparable to 2011, when a new Republican majority swept into power after a resounding election win and was determined to confront a Democratic White House and extract major spending cuts in return for a debt limit increase.
HB0009 criminalizes entertainment by "male or female impersonators" if they perform publicly or could possibly be seen by minors.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) warned Republican lawmakers on Friday that their efforts to conduct oversight into his investigation of former President Trump represents a “dangerous usurpation” by Congress that could impinge upon the former president’s rights. The response from Bragg’s office comes the morning after a grand jury he empaneled to hear evidence…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved California’s authority to set its own regulations requiring manufacturers to speed up the sales of electric trucks in the state. California has said that it will require an increasing percentage of trucks sold in the state to be electric from 2024 through 2035. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Oregon,…
As the community observes Transgender Day of Visibility, legislatures around the country are still filing anti-trans legislation.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers missed the April 1 deadline to enact a budget as talks continue on proposed housing mandates and bail changes.
A federal judge in Tennessee on Friday temporarily halted the state’s new law that criminalizes some drag performances, hours before it was set to take effect.
McCarthy pressed President Joe Biden to start more robust negotiations over raising the nation's borrowing limit ahead of the Congressional Budget Act’s April 15 deadline, marking the first major step in weeks on the issue. Biden suggested there's little point in a sit-down until House Republicans introduce a formal budget, which he called on them to do before the Easter recess.
Still alive: Bills that affect LGBTQ Iowans; expand birth control access; ban social media for children and use of hand-held devices while driving.
A handful of controversial policy bills have yet to clear their final hurdle — the governor’s signature.
Some members of the legislature and at least one statewide elected officeholder must think Ohio voters are stupid or have amnesia, THomas Suddes writes.
Rishi Sunak is facing a Tory revolt over “draconian” laws that will allow shop assistants, bar staff and doctors to sue their employers if a member of the public offends them at work.
From school board term limits to gender-specific bathrooms, pronouns, teaching Black history and much more, the Florida Legislature considers an array of changes.
Illinois has passed several laws protecting abortions in recent years, including making it a right under state statute.
Omar is the first Somali-American member of Congress and the first woman of color to represent Minnesota. Learn about her finances and political life.
