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Flood Relief, THC Regulation in Limbo After House Democrats Leave Texas
Aug 5 2025 // After dozens of Democratic Texas House members fled the state on Sunday to deny Republicans the quorum they need to pass new congressional maps aimed at securing more GOP seats, many other bills are now at risk of...
Senate Confirms Anti-DEI Stalwart Lucas to Second Term at EEOC
Aug 4 2025 // The Senate confirmed Andrea Lucas to another term as commissioner of the country’s workplace civil rights agency, demonstrating firm Republican support for her efforts to root out diversity programs, roll back...
Texas Senate Passes Bill to Ban THC, Setting Up Showdown with House
Aug 4 2025 // The Texas Senate on Friday approved its second attempt to ban hemp-derived THC, setting up a showdown with the House, where hemp industry members say they’ll be getting more support. Senate Bill 5 by Sen. Charles...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Cancels Run for US Senate Seat
Jul 25 2025 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King is dropping out of the race for a U.S. Senate seat after meeting with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Multiple news outlets reported that King, a Republican in the commissioner’s job...
Texas Senate Doubles Down on THC Ban
Jul 23 2025 // The Texas Senate is doubling down with its attempt to ban hemp-derived THC, setting up another showdown with the House, where lawmakers are more amenable to regulating the substance than eliminating it from recreational...
Trump Nominates Two Lawyers to Seal Republican Control of US Labor Board
Jul 18 2025 // President Donald Trump has moved to install a Republican majority at the federal board that hears private-sector labor disputes and oversees union elections, which has been paralyzed by his unprecedented firing of a...
Trump Administration Sued by States for Cutting Disaster Prevention Grants
Jul 17 2025 // A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from terminating a multibillion-dollar grant program that funds infrastructure upgrades to protect...
GOP Lawmakers Press Trump to Speed Review of Chinese-Made Drones
Jul 14 2025 // Key House lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration to accelerate a congressionally mandated review of Chinese-made drones ahead of a potential US ban of the technologies later this year. Three House Republicans...
Trump Administration Targets George Mason University in Anti-DEI Campaign
Jul 14 2025 // The Trump administration last Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public...
Trump Administration Investigates Minnesota Agency’s Affirmative Action Policy
Jul 11 2025 // The Trump administration said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into whether a Minnesota state agency’s newly updated affirmative action policy violates civil rights laws. The Minnesota Department of Human...
Senate Strikes AI Regulation Ban From Trump Megabill
Jul 1 2025 // The Republican-led U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to remove a 10-year federal moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence from President Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending...
Insurance Fraud Charges Dropped for Former Alabama Congressional Aide
Jul 1 2025 // A former aide to an Alabama congressman, previously sentenced for health care fraud, has been cleared of insurance fraud and other charges related to claims made on her mother’s car in 2022. Sherry McCormick, who was...
Senate Debates Whether to Adopt Revised State AI Regulation Ban
Jun 30 2025 // Two key U.S. Republican senators agreed to a revised federal moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence to five years and allow states to adopt rules on child online safety and protecting artists’...
The Trump Administration Keeps Denying Disaster Preparedness Aid to States
Jun 12 2025 // The Trump administration is increasingly skipping a form of federal disaster aid that helps states better prepare for future storms, flooding and wildfires. The Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected requests for...
Trump Administration Targets Connecticut Town Over Transgender Athlete Policies
Jun 6 2025 // A school system in Connecticut that’s at the center of an ongoing legal fight over allowing transgender student athletes to participate in competitive girls’ sports is being investigated by the Trump...
Trump Administration May Rescind $4B for California High-Speed Rail Project
Jun 5 2025 // The Trump administration said Wednesday there is no viable path forward for California’s High-Speed Rail project and warned it may rescind $4 billion in government funding in the coming weeks. The U.S. Transportation...
State Farm VP Apologizes to Homeowner, Allstate Exec Gets Grilled at Senate Hearing
Jun 2 2025 // It’s not just some Florida-domiciled insurance carriers that have allegedly altered field adjusters’ reports or low-balled property damage estimates in recent years. It’s also major national insurers,...
Trump Administration Is Rolling Out a New Way to Shrink FEMA’s Role
May 30 2025 // When a series of deadly storms and tornadoes pummeled Arkansas in mid-March, downing power lines and tearing up homes, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders asked the federal government for money to not only help repair the...
California, 10 Other States Launch Clean Cars Coalition Following Senate Vote
May 23 2025 // California is joining an 11-state coalition to advance clean vehicles in response to a vote by the U.S. Senate to revoke California’s authority to set its own clean air standards. The Affordable Clean Cars Coalition...
Senate Votes to Block California’s Rule to Ban Sale of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035
May 22 2025 // The Senate voted on Thursday to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, moving to kill the country’s most aggressive effort to transition toward electric...
