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Cities score a home-rule win in court fight over flavored tobacco: Capitol Letter
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 19 hours agoBan away: A Franklin County judge on Friday ruled that a new state law banning cities from setting...
Missouri lawmakers vote to renew Medicaid program held hostage by monthslong filibuster
Fox News· 6 days agoMissouri's GOP-led Legislature on Wednesday renewed a more than $4 billion Medicaid program that had...
Michigan's public defender system was among the worst in the country. Now it's a national model
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoCarroll said the country was then and still remains in a public defender crisis. Despite the...
Missouri Lawmakers Renew Crucial $4B Medicaid Tax Program
US News & World Report· 7 days agoMoney from the tax is used to draw down $2.9 billion in federal funding, which is then given back to providers to care for low-income residents on Medicaid health care. Because ...
Juneau’s legislative delegation reflects on lots of small items with big impacts passed during...
Juneau Empire· 1 day agoIn one of the hundreds (or thousands, if you count votes) of official actions by Juneau’s...
Massie's role in failed bid to oust House speaker doesn't affect his victory in Kentucky GOP primary
WCPO Cincinnati· 5 hours agoRep. Thomas Massie’s role in the failed bid to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson didn’t harm his standing with Republican voters in his Kentucky district, where he easily won his primary election ...
Lawmakers Renew Calls to Repeal the FACE Act
National Catholic Register· 6 days agoAs seven pro-lifers were sentenced to years in prison for their efforts to rescue unborn babies from a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic, several...
Gig Companies Spent $200 Million to Write Their Own Labor Law. The State Supreme Court Could Throw...
Lost Coast Outpost· 6 days agoThe California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Tuesday in a case that could change the fate of more than 1 million gig workers in the state — and perhaps the way we hail rides, order ...
A look at possible hot button debate topics for Biden and Trump
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWade, the landmark 1973 decision establishing the right to an abortion that the Supreme Court which was overturned in 2022. The president has prioritized protecting access to mifepristone, known ...
At more than $80 billion, here's how the Michigan state budget gets built
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoLawmakers now must file personal financial disclosure reports, following a 2022 constitutional amendment approved by voters. The state budget proposes spending ...