In the Kansas House, When Lobbyists Ask for New Laws, Their Names Go on the Bills
[ad_1] TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — For years, pinning down the source of a bill in the Kansas Legislature could be
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Tennessee Senate tweaks bill seeking to keep tourism records secret for 10 years
[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Republican-controlled Senate on Monday tweaked a proposal initially designed to keep the state’s tourism records
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Academics challenge Florida law restricting research exchanges from prohibited countries like China
[ad_1] MIAMI — Two graduate students from China whose studies were put on hold, and a professor who says he
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Beyond ‘yellow flag’ law, Maine commission highlights another missed opportunity before shootings
[ad_1] CONCORD, N.H. — The commission probing Maine’s deadliest mass shooting concluded law enforcement had ample grounds to pursue assault
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TikTok Bill Faces Uncertain Fate in the Senate as Legislation to Regulate Tech Industry Has Stalled
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis were laughing, but
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Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate’s early-morning passage ended shutdown threat
[ad_1] WILMINGTON, Del. — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had
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West Virginia governor signs vague law allowing teachers to answer questions about origin of life
[ad_1] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice signed a law Friday that supporters say promotes the free
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Heavy-smoking West Virginia becomes the 12th state to ban lighting up in cars with kids present
[ad_1] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia, which has the highest rate of adult cigarette use in the nation, became the
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Massachusetts Senate passes bill aimed at outlawing “revenge porn”
[ad_1] BOSTON — A Massachusetts bill that bars someone from sharing explicit images or videos without consent was approved unanimously
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Democratic senators push bill focusing on local detainment of immigrants linked to violent crime
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — A bill from group of Democratic and independent senators would let the federal government request a court
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