NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WRKN) – Top Republican lawmakers are proposing a bill that would change how local governments tax food and food ingredients, but there’s no sign they will institute another grocery tax holiday or get rid of it completely. SB 2520 would give city and county governments the power to cut or reduce their grocery […]
Some state governments and federal regulators were already moving to keep individuals’ reproductive health information private when a U.S. senator’s report last week offered a new jolt, describing how cellphone location data was used to send millions of anti-abortion ads to people who visited Planned Parenthood offices. Federal law bars medical providers from sharing health […]
Feb. 6—A push to end the detention of asylum-seekers in New Mexico failed Tuesday when six Democrats joined their Republican colleagues in voting against the measure and three other Democrats disappeared before the vote. After less than an hour of debate, the Senate rejected Senate Bill 145 on an 18-21 vote. A similar measure failed […]
Controversial proposals that would prevent local governments from removing or destroying an array of historic monuments and markers are moving forward in the Florida House and Senate. The Republican-controlled House State Affairs Committee on Tuesday backed a revamped bill (HB 395), which came after numerous local governments the past few years removed monuments to the […]
French farmers are maintaining traffic barricades on some of the country’s major roads after saying measures announced by the government do not fully address their demands. The farmers’ movement, seeking better remuneration for their produce, less red tape and protection against cheap imports has spread in recent days across the country, with protesters using their […]
(Bloomberg) — Chile Finance Minister Mario Marcel on Tuesday presented a proposal to clamp down on tax evasion and bolster government finances as part of plans to bankroll the administration’s marquee social programs. Most Read from Bloomberg The bill calls for adopting new technology at the internal revenue service, fomenting the use of anonymous whistleblowers, […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) demanded former President Donald Trump return the $7.8 million foreign governments paid to his company while he served as president in a letter released on Friday. “I write today to demand that you immediately return to the American people the $7,886,072 that we know you have accepted from foreign governments in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding $623 million in grants to help build an electric vehicle charging network across the nation. Grants being announced Thursday will fund 47 EV charging stations and related projects in 22 states and Puerto Rico, including 7,500 EV charging ports, officials said. “America led the arrival of the […]
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump received at least $7.8 million in payments from foreign governments during two of his four years in the White House, according to a report released Thursday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Twenty foreign governments made the payments to Trump’s businesses during the two-year period that the committee […]
Poland’s new pro-EU government has begun to wrest control of the country’s state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during eight years in power. The cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which took office last week, said on Wednesday it had fired and replaced the […]
Joining Australia and New Zealand in calling for sustainable Gaza ceasefire, PM Trudeau says “Canada is committed to ensuring that Israelis and Palestinians get to live in peace and security within internationally recognized borders in peaceful and successful states.”#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/0FxzvY9Hwg — CPAC (@CPAC_TV) December 12, 2023 A Jewish advocacy organisation is taking aim at Prime […]
Joining Australia and New Zealand in calling for sustainable Gaza ceasefire, PM Trudeau says “Canada is committed to ensuring that Israelis and Palestinians get to live in peace and security within internationally recognized borders in peaceful and successful states.”#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/0FxzvY9Hwg — CPAC (@CPAC_TV) December 12, 2023 A Jewish advocacy organisation is taking aim at Prime […]