Nation of Navajo has lifted certain Covid restrictions on their reservation Jonathen Nez, the Navajo Nation President has signed legislation today (Tuesday) to withdraw an order that closed the reservation to outside visitors Several of the Covid restrictions have been lifted for the tribal parks that will allow them to reopen at 50% capacity along… Continue reading Legislative News – 07-06-2021
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Legislative News – 07-05-2021
Proposition 208 supporters now aim to block tax cuts Last year with Proposition 208 that raised taxes on the wealthy in favor of more school funding are now aimed to block new tax cuts in the state of Arizona Currently, the group has 90 days to collect 120,000 signatures which are required to stop the… Continue reading Legislative News – 07-05-2021
Legislative News – 07-01-2021
Arizona Voting Restrictions have been upheld by Supreme Court Today (Thursday) The Supreme court has upheld Arizona voting provisions and their ruling held that they did not violate the Voting Rights Act The first voting provision was to cast out ballots that are cast in the wrong precinct and the second restricts third parties from… Continue reading Legislative News – 07-01-2021
Legislative News – 06-28-2021
Biden is attempting to revive the infrastructure package By highlighting the economic benefits of his Infrastructure Package plan, President Joe Biden hopes he can get it on track I highlighting the benefits, he is stressing the $973 billion is going to include the largest investment in transportation in almost 100 years and would create many… Continue reading Legislative News – 06-28-2021
Legislative News – 06-23-2021
President Biden and his new plans to battle crime in the US Today (Wednesday), President Joe Biden has announced his new anti-crime efforts Biden’s plan is mainly addressing gun violence and to provide more funding to those cities who are in need of more police Biden will have a “zero tolerance” policy (different from Trump’s)… Continue reading Legislative News – 06-23-2021
Legislative News – 06-07-2021
New Colorado Bill now allows for retroactivity in Abuse lawsuits up to 1960 Lawmakers in Colorado in the House have passed a bill that would allow victims of sexual abuse to hold organization accountable with civil lawsuits dating all the way back to 1960 This bill will give victims three years to sue for the… Continue reading Legislative News – 06-07-2021
Legislative News – 06-02-2021
President Joe Biden urges US Voting Rights law as restrictions add up President Biden has used the 100th anniversary of Tulsa’s race massacre in order to create legislation in Congress to protect the right to vote as restrictions from Republican led governments climb While Republicans say the bills are aimed at preventing voter fraud, Democrats… Continue reading Legislative News – 06-02-2021
Legislative News – 06-01-2021
Wisconsin governor Tony Evers says vetoing Entire state budget is an option Gov. Tony Evers refuses to rule out the possibility of vetoing the entire state budget which is being written by a “Republican-controlled legislature committee” currently Republicans in the state agreed to spend less than 10% of their funding of what he proposed for… Continue reading Legislative News – 06-01-2021
Legislative News – 5-25-2021
Republicans plan to send Biden near $1 trillion infrastructure counteroffer A group of Senate Republicans plans to send the Biden administration an infrastructure counteroffer as soon as Thursday Hopes for a bipartisan deal appeared to dim last week after the White House sent the GOP a $1.7 trillion proposal, which slashed $600 billion from the… Continue reading Legislative News – 5-25-2021
Legislative News – 5-24-2021
Congress is set to miss Biden’s deadline to pass police reform bill Congress is unlikely to pass a police reform bill before Tuesday, the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death and President Joe Biden’s deadline to approve legislation Talks on a bipartisan deal are expected to move forward this week Qualified immunity for officers continues… Continue reading Legislative News – 5-24-2021
Legislative News – 5-18-2021
Transgender Treatment Ban Fails in Alabama Legislature Alabama lawmakers ended their legislative session without a vote on one of the most controversial bills before them: a measure to outlaw gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender minors The Senate-passed bill died on the final night of the legislative session after it was placed at the end of… Continue reading Legislative News – 5-18-2021
Legislative News – 5-17-2021
Alabama governor signs medical marijuana legislation Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed medical marijuana legislation Monday as Republican opposition to the issue faded after decades of debate The program will allow people with a qualifying medical condition to purchase medical marijuana with the recommendation of a doctor More than a dozen conditions, including cancer, a terminal… Continue reading Legislative News – 5-17-2021
Legislative News – 5-13-2021
Lawmakers OK COVID-19 Spending Bills; Budget Chief Concerned Michigan legislators have approved mid-year spending bills, including billions of federal coronavirus relief to boost pay for frontline government workers, incentivize unemployed people to return to work and upgrade infrastructure Under a $3.3 billion plan sent to the Senate by the Republican-led House on a 65-42 vote,… Continue reading Legislative News – 5-13-2021
Legislative News – 5-11-2021
Democrats move to advance sweeping election reform bill that faces long odds of Senate passage Senate Democrats aim to advance the For the People Act, a sweeping elections reform bill that will influence registration, voting, campaign finance and congressional redistricting The Senate Rules Committee held a hearing on the legislation, during which Majority Leader Chuck… Continue reading Legislative News – 5-11-2021