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DUBLIN (AP) — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar conceded defeat Saturday as two constitutional amendments he supported that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a woman’s role in the home were headed toward rejection. Varadkar, who pushed the vote to enshrine gender equality in the constitution by removing “very old-fashioned […]
Mar. 2—Euclid voters will have five proposed charter amendments on the ballot during the March 19 Primary Election. The Charter Review Commission reviews the City Charter every eight years and considers bringing potential changes to the voters. The five proposed amendments this year include one to replace wording that was previously all-male pronouns within the […]
Feb. 29—CHEYENNE — A bill enshrining parental involvement in their child’s education passed through its final reading in the Wyoming House of Representatives on Thursday, but not without the addition of a few last-minute amendments. School nurses have testified that provisions in Senate File 9, “Parental rights in education-1,” increased the likelihood of them losing […]
Oregon lawmakers have scheduled a work session today to vote on changes to House Bill 4002, the measure that would reintroduce criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. A public hearing on the bill held Monday evening ended up lasting more than four hours, with dozens of individuals testifying. Hundreds more submitted […]
Jan. 27—For Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, it’s now or never. This year’s 30-day session will be the last for the longtime lawmaker, who is championing one of the most talked-about proposals at the Capitol: a constitutional amendment to commandeer the state’s hapless child welfare agency from the executive branch and place it under the […]
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s hotly debated draft law on tightening mobilization rules was returned to the government for further work, the parliamentary speaker said on Thursday. The bill would enable Kyiv to call up more people to the army as the war with Russia approaches the two-year mark. The draft proposals included electronic call-ups and […]
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine lawmakers are considering efforts to amend the country’s constitution to ease restrictive provisions on economic ownership, a top congressional leader said on Monday. “We want to lift the restrictive provisions vis a vis the economy,” House Speaker Martin Romualdez said in an economic briefing. Romualdez said top congressional leaders of the […]