State & Regional Legislatures

11+ hour, 43+ min ago   (323+ words) The Health Care and Social Issues Committee considered the draft law on Enforcement Proceedings, submitted by the Government as a legislative initiative, together with the related draft laws. The issue was presented by Giorgi Dgebuadze, Deputy Justice Minister. According to…...

11+ hour, 29+ min ago   (149+ words) Fort Myers Beach scales back proposed property tax hike Gulfshore Business Fort Myers Beach Town Hall is home to the town’s administrative offices and meeting chambers, where elected officials consider policies, budgets and other municipal matters affecting the…...

4+ hour, 53+ min ago   (440+ words) Yates County lawmakers have scheduled an October 13 public hearing on a proposed animal abuser registry that would restrict people convicted of certain animal crimes from owning pets and require animal sellers and shelters to check a county list before transfers....

6+ hour, 59+ min ago   (980+ words) Smoke from the Eaton Fire fills the sky behind electrical infrastructure in La Cañada Flintridge on Jan. 8, 2025. This article was originally published on CalMatters on Sept. 1, 2026, and has been updated to include reaction from legislators and utility representatives. It is…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (898+ words) Allocating 73 per cent of a $560 million community infrastructure program to government-held seats: approximately $409 million. Allocating 23 per cent to opposition-held seats: approximately $129 million. Watching David Pocock stand in the Senate and call it out: priceless. For everything else, apparently, there's the…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (245+ words) (The Center Square) – A bill that would lower utility rates for California’s ratepayers by allowing rates to go down if residents use battery-powered or alternative devices passed the legislature this year and is on the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 913, authored…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (175+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Today is the International Day of Democracy, a day to reflect on what probably defines the free world more than anything else. Notwithstanding, Winston Churchill famously described democracy “as the…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (756+ words) MUNCIE, IN—Disability Voting Rights Week, Sept. 14-18, is a nonpartisan movement hosted by the American Association of People with Disabilities’ REV UP campaign to increase the voting bloc of disabled Americans. Only 15.8 million of the more than 40.2 million eligible voters…...

6+ hour, 23+ min ago   (325+ words) Rep. John James, Benson’s opponent in the gubernatorial race, voted to block state and local regulation of data centers. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the Democratic nominee for governor, is calling for a statewide moratorium on new data centers…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1270+ words) GOP-led amendments will appear on ballots alongside partisan races. Wisconsin voters on Nov. 3 will decide whether to approve three Republican-led state constitutional amendments that GOP lawmakers say would limit government overreach and Democrats describe as unnecessary. The general election referendums…...