RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by demonstrations against the war in Gaza that have included masked protesters camped out on college campuses. The legislation […]
BOSTON — Boasting that he’s a “paperwork guy,” a whiz at filling out and filing forms, Neil Abramson, CEO of ECi Stores in Leominster said even he is confounded by the complexity of applying for state workforce training grants. “And It can take up to six months to get the money back,” Abramson told legislators […]
Florida Lawmakers Propose Changing Tax Code To Give Homeowners Insurance Premium Relief Florida Congressman Byron Donalds is teaming up with his colleague Sen. Rick Scott on a bill to provide Florida homeowners a measure of relief from the Sunshine State’s insurance crisis. The bill, known as “The Flood Insurance Relief Act,” would change the Internal […]
The acting chief of police for the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) Department of Public Safety, John Pettigrew, told lawmakers on Tuesday, May 9, about the harsh realities of maintaining law and order on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwest South Dakota with a gross lack of funding. During a hearing on the needs of […]
By David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of senators, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, on Wednesday called on Congress to approve $32 billion in funding for artificial intelligence research to keep the U.S. ahead of China in the powerful technology. The senators, including Republicans Mike Rounds and Todd Young and Democrat […]
By Pete Schroeder and Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Martin Gruenberg vowed to skeptical lawmakers Wednesday he would fix deep-seated cultural issues at his agency, as well as his own conduct. But lawmakers expressed doubt that the bank regulator — who spent nearly two decades in leadership roles at the […]
Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to renew a series of key taxes that fund the state’s Medicaid program, ending a months-long dispute with a group of hard-right lawmakers who sought to block the renewal. The legislation, called the Federal Reimbursement Allowance or FRA, would keep the state’s Medicaid program running to provide health […]
Texas House Democrats are urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special legislative session to increase public school funding as districts around the state grapple with budget deficits in the millions. Abbott instead blasted the lawmakers for their opposition to legislation last year that he said would have increased education funding but became mired in […]
Lawmakers are taking a second look at a controversial plan that could use state dollars to supplement the salaries of sheriffs, deputies and jailers working in some of the poorest counties. Senate budget discussions about creating a sheriff’s office salary assistance grant program began again last week, a day after the House speaker said sheriff […]
May 14—Two Northwest Montana lawmakers toured the southern border in March with NumbersUSA, a self-described immigration reform group that organizations who track extremists say is tied to the racist founder of the modern anti-immigration movement. State Reps. Steve Gunderson, R-Libby, and Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, were among a small group of Montana legislators to visit […]
A proposed House policy bill would slash the number of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters the Pentagon would buy in fiscal 2025 as lawmakers’ patience with the program and manufacturer Lockheed Martin wears thin. The Pentagon’s proposed FY25 budget called for buying 68 of the fifth-generation fighter — 42 F-35As for the Air Force, plus 13 […]
Los Angeles Unified is pushing ahead with district-wide lesson plans based on the science of reading even after state lawmakers rejected legislation requiring the curriculum. About half of the 434 elementary schools in the nation’s second-largest school system have already adopted lessons aligned to the phonics-based science of reading, according to Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. The district […]