Georgia lawmakers on Thursday approved new rules for challenging voters and qualifying for the state’s presidential ballot that could impact the 2024 presidential race in the battleground state. Senate Bill 189 passed the House by a vote of 101 to 73 and the Senate by a vote of 33-22, sending it to Gov. Brian Kemp […]
House lawmakers on Thursday asked President Biden to testify next month at a public hearing about his involvement in a string of family business deals that witnesses say he helped secure by wielding his powerful position. The request, which Mr. Biden is almost certain to reject, is the culmination of a monthslong impeachment inquiry into […]
ATLANTA — There’s still a chance Georgians could vote on authorizing sports betting in November, but the odds may be poor. The House Higher Education Committee on Thursday passed out both a proposed state constitutional amendment and authorizing legislation that would let Georgians bet legally on pro and college sports. But a top Democrat said […]
Normally, Republicans would celebrate the fact that federal workers showed up at their office. But the employees who came to the Labor Department’s Boston office last week weren’t there to work — they were there, in person, to protest having to show up for in-person work. Members of the American Federation of Government Employees rallied […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Lawmakers in Thailand‘s lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday that would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any gender. The bill passed its final reading with the approval of 400 of the 415 members of the […]
TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican legislators gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would require Kansas abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies and then report the answers to the state. The Senate approved the bill 27-13 after the House approved it earlier this month, sending the measure to […]
Congressional lawmakers raised the alarm Thursday about the District’s soft-on-crime policies they said are fostering a spike in violence and threatening the safety of representatives, staffers and visitors. House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil blamed the D.C. Council for cutting the Metropolitan Police budget and setting the stage for last year’s 26-year-high in killings and […]
What is already happening in SF is pretty bad. There’s a 36% commercial real estate vacancy rate downtown as many worker move to a permanent hybrid workweek. That means less foot traffic for downtown businesses which have been closing at a swift pace over the past year. Downtown is quickly becoming a place where people just […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously passed a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown that was triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019. The legislature passed the Safeguarding National Security Bill during a special […]
Every two years, between 45-60 members of Congress leave the House. Some leave to run for higher office. Most retired to move on to other things like lobbying or foundation work. But, this term, there has been triple the number of members who resign before their term is up. […]
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