Most of these proposals have not been passed and enacted, the report found, but several states with Republican-led legislatures have succeeded in getting them across the finish line. State immigration laws Late last year, the Texas legislature passed an unprecedented law known as SB4 that empower...
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As Republican-governed states across the nation advance myriad bills targeting transgender young people, America’s faith leaders are starkly divided in their assessment. Some view the legislation as reflecting God’s will; others voice outrage that Christianity is being invoked to justify la...
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Start with New Hampshire, which eliminated its 5% tax on dividends and interest income, thanks to Gov. Chris Sununu and the GOP Legislature. The Live Free or Die State already had no income tax on wages. The lack of a levy on investment income will make the state even more of tax ...
The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho, adopted new city flags this week that show support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of new laws passed by their states’ Republican-controlled Legislatures Associated PressMay 7, 2025 ...
Wyoming lawmakers are considering raising the state’s gasoline tax to33 cents per gallon.The proposal is sponsored by the state legislature’s Joint Revenue Interim Committee. The measure is expected to raise $60.3 million, with the bulk of it—$40.24 million a year—to be allocated to the ...
The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho, adopted new city flags this week that show support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of new laws passed by their states’ Republican-controlled Legislatures Associated PressMay 7, 2025 ...
Republican-backed laws, particularly measures passed in the nearly two dozen states where their party controls the governorship and both chambers of the legislature, have been at the center of some of the biggest culture war fights of the last few years, including the 2022 Dobbs decision that ...