Anti-trans bills under consideration and passed, 2021-2024 2024 was the fifth consecutive record-breaking year for total bills considered. This followed the unprecedented surge in 2023, which more than tripled the record set the year before. As the targeting of trans people has increasingly moved...
Congress earlier this month passed a third stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government open through a pair of deadlines on March 1 and March 8. The United States' $34.4 trillion national debt is rapidly escalating and has prompted worries in part because of the...
she said. She’s worked to pass gun safety legislation and sponsored the child tax credit that passed in2023, and she has tried to get flavored tobacco banned, something she’s pursuing again this session withSenate Bill 702.
Since their introduction, both California Bills have passed through an initial review by the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee. However, it remains unclear whether either of the California Bills will be signed into law. In order to do so, the California Bills must survive multiple ro...
In Ohio, a fetal heartbeat bill passed even after three lawmakers spoke out on the floor about their rapes — among them State Rep. Lisa Sobecki, who argued for a rape exemption by recounting her own assault and subsequent abortion.
Every two years, the Water Resources Development Act is passed by Congress. This legislation authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to undertake projects and studies to improve the nation's water resources. Signed into law on January 4th, this year's package includes studies on increased ...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has called the House's proposed short-term resolution a "total non-starter" in the Senate. With the House at an impasse, Schumer said Thursday that he was setting up a path for the Senate to advance a House-passed bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation...
The state House bill, introduced by state Rep. Terri Collins, a Republican, would extend civil and criminal immunity to providers of IVF services, and would apply retroactively. The legislation passed by a vote of 94 to 6. The state Senate bill, offered by GOP Sen. Tim Melson, affords cli...
A child and dependent tax credit passed by the state Legislature would allow people to receive a non-refundable credit of around $225 to apply to their taxes if they receive the federal child care tax credit, which is around $450 a year. Around 16,000...
She also passed a baton — literally and figuratively — to Lateefah Simon, her chosen successor to replace her in the House. “There is a woman who has inspired millions of women around the world, millions of women who decided to pull up our own table, our own chairs,” Simon said ...