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#1 Texas Senate Passes Bills Aimed at Improving Flood Safety
Aug 19 2025 // The Texas Senate quickly got to work Monday by passing several bills on the chamber’s desk as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda for the second special session of the year for the Legislature, focusing first on...
#2 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...
#3 Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Subpoena of Trans Kids’ Medical Records
Sep 15 2025 // A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to subpoena medical records of transgender patients who received gender-affirming care at Boston Children’s Hospital. In a ruling on Tuesday, U.S....
#4 Newsom Leans on Veteran Republican to Push $40 Billion California Fire Aid
Feb 28 2025 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom is enlisting veteran Republican lawmaker Ken Calvert to help push his $40 billion wildfire aid request through Congress and secure President Donald Trump’s backing for rebuilding...
#5 Trump Administration to Unveil Tougher Solar and Wind Subsidy Rules
Aug 14 2025 // The Trump administration is expected as soon as Aug. 18 to take another step toward curbing the growth of renewable energy in the United States by making it harder for companies to claim federal tax subsidies for wind and...
#6 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...
#7 State Farm VP Apologizes to Homeowner While Allstate Gets Grilled at Senate Hearing
May 15 2025 // It’s not just a few Florida-domiciled insurance carriers that have allegedly altered field adjusters’ reports or low-balled damage estimates in recent years. It’s also major national insurers, according...
#8 Trump Administration Dismisses Democratic FTC Commissioners
Mar 18 2025 // The Trump administration dismissed two Democrats on the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, in the latest example of the White House asserting control over US agencies. The commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca...
#9 Texas Senate Passes Ban on Hemp
Mar 21 2025 // The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a state ban on all forms of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, advancing a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to crack down on the state’s booming consumable hemp market six years after...
#10 Trump Administration to Award Contract for Research on Vaccines and Autism to RPI
Sep 17 2025 // Federal health officials intend to award a contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate whether there is a link between vaccinations and autism, according to a government procurement notice. The Troy, New...
#11 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...
#12 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...
#13 Senate Says Climate Is Causing Insurance ‘Crisis’; Industry Strikes Back
Dec 19 2024 // The U.S. Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday held a hearing to release a study they said confirms climate change is increasing non-renewal rates in multiple states, but the insurance industry clapped back by saying...
#14 Stablecoin Bill Advances in US Senate in Big Win for Crypto
May 20 2025 // Stablecoin legislation overcame a procedural blockade in the US Senate, marking a major victory for the crypto industry after a group of Democrats dropped their opposition Monday. The industry-backed regulatory bill is now...
#15 Trump Administration to Revoke Approval of Another Massachusetts Offshore Wind Farm
Sep 4 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration plans to revoke federal approval of Avangrid’s planned New England Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, according to a court filing on Wednesday. The legal...
#16 Chinese Hackers Impersonated Republican Lawmaker, Panel Says
Sep 10 2025 // Suspected cyber attackers linked to the Chinese Communist Party impersonated the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on China in a series of attempts to steal sensitive data on trade negotiations, the panel...
#17 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,...
#18 Wisconsin Republicans Kill Cannabis Legalization And Tax Increases for Millionaires
May 13 2025 // Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature voted to kill most of the top spending priorities of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, including legalizing marijuana, even as both sides negotiate a tax cut. The...
#19 Senate Will Try to Block California Vehicle Standards to Phase Out Gas-Powered Cars
May 20 2025 // The U.S. Senate will move this week to block California from enforcing a series of vehicle emissions standards that are tougher than the federal government’s, including first-in-the-nation rules phasing out the sale...
#20 Amazon Ignored Its Own Worker Safety Studies, Senate Report Says
Dec 18 2024 // Amazon.com Inc. leaders rejected internal recommendations that the company relax warehouse worker productivity rates to curb injuries, according to a report from a congressional committee. Released Monday by the majority...
