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Texas lawmakers call for special session on education funding. Why Gov. Abbott is resisting
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Texas House Democrats are urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special legislative session to increase public school funding as districts around ...
From arming teachers to corporate tax breaks: Tennessee’s new, extreme laws
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Tennessee’s Republican-dominated legislature passed a litany of starkly conservative laws this year, ceding little quarter to gun control advocates and democracy activists ...
Democratic lawmakers tell Biden evidence shows Israel is restricting Gaza aid
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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scores of lawmakers from U.S. President Joe Biden‘s Democratic Party told him on Friday that they ...
Tennessee lawmakers adjourn after finalizing $1.9B tax cut and refund for businesses
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled General Assembly on Thursday adjourned for the year, concluding months of tense political infighting that doomed ...
Democrats seek to seize control of deadlocked Michigan House in special elections
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are hoping to win back a majority in the deadlocked Michigan House and regain control of ...
US House passes controversial surveillance bill on fourth attempt
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By Moira Warburton and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to reauthorize a controversial surveillance program ...
ICE use of solitary confinement in “violation of international norms,” Democratic lawmakers say
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As the use of solitary confinement in immigration detention centers increases under the Biden administration, according to the federal data, some Democratic-aligned ...
What’s the ethos of the NJ Democratic Party? Power at all costs
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As reformers clamor for change and fret over the future of democracy, the New Jersey Democratic Party doubled down with an anti-democratic ...
Democrats walk out of Kentucky hearing on legislation dealing with support for nonviable pregnancies
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers walked out of a Kentucky committee hearing Thursday when the GOP-led panel took up a bill ...
Palestinians living in US will be shielded from deportation, the White House says
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday announced that Palestinians living in the U.S. will be shielded from deportation as the ...
