Budget chair Lindsey Graham releases Senate reconciliation ‘blueprint’ on border security, energy after House delays
Senate Budget Committee chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) finally released a “blueprint” bill covering border security, energy ...
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Lawmaker Proposes State Funding for Ailing Coos Bay Hospital
David Brock Smith (R-Port Orford) introduced a bill today that would appropriate state funding for Bay Area Hospital in Coos ...
Local school districts brace for changes as Senate Bill 2 clears Texas Senate
Senate Bill 2 (S-B-2), a controversial piece of legislation aimed at addressing funding and growth challenges in Texas’ ...
Johnson tells Senate the House and Trump are working on spending plan
Republicans in both chambers of Congress are competing to see which body can hammer out a deal enacting key tenets of ...
Senate approves additional state funding for homeless shelters and services amid rising need
The Senate approved a bill Thursday that would allocate $12 million per year in state funding to nonprofits providing ...
Texas State Teachers Association warns that voucher bill will hurt teachers' pay
According to TSTA, while Senate Bill 2 has an initial cost of about $1 billion, the bill is expected to balloon up to $6 ...
Alabama Senate approves bill for veterans resource center
Transitioning from military to civilian life can be challenging, but Alabama lawmakers are taking steps to ease that process ...
Texas Senate passes bill to allocate $1 billion in tax dollars for private school tuition
"The Texas Senate's passage of SB 2 is the biggest launch of any universal school choice program in American history, with $1 ...
GOP bills would end gender transition care in KY prisons, codify “Women’s Bill of Rights”
The bill would affect 67 transgender Kentuckians currently incarcerated who are receiving gender-affirming care via cross-sex ...
Georgia Senate Republicans pass bill to ban transgender athletes from girls sports teams
ATLANTA – The Republican-controlled Georgia Senate moved to purge transgender athletes from female teams Thursday in a near ...
Iowa Senate bill would unlock federal funds to expand and retain K-12 robotics teams
Several groups of Iowa high school students and instructors are pushing for a bill moving through the Senate they say will ...