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The proposed “millionaire tax” is now on its way to Governor Ferguson’s desk. On Wednesday, the Senate, which had already passed the bill, voted 27–21 to concur with changes made by the House. Senate ...

A nearly $71 billion state spending plan is headed to the House of Delegates after the Senate gave final approval to the package Wednesday. The final vote comes a day after the same chamber gave ...

The Georgia Senate unanimously passed a measure that would ban cell phone use on campus for high school students from the morning bell until the dismissal bell, known as a "bell-to-bell" ban. The bill ...

A Democratic candidate for senate in Maine, Gov. Janet Mills, was confronted on her public support for Joe Biden in 2024 after the debate, which conflicted with a recent interview revealing she ...

The House is poised to give final approval to a $70.8 billion operating budget package for fiscal 2027 as early as Thursday. The vote, with less than three weeks left in the 90-day legislative session ...

In today’s newsletter: The Senate agrees to fund DHS, except ICE and Border Patrol, in bid to end the shutdown. A leading figure in Iranian politics emerges as a possible negotiator with the U.S. And ...

Senators approved a compromise measure early Friday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security through the end of September, taking a major step toward ending the 42-day partial shutdown that ...

Commissioners of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority approved the controversial sale of Aquarion Water Co. to a nonprofit quasi-public water authority Wednesday morning. Connecticut’s utility ...

The Shelby Residential Project, a more than 20-year-old housing project proposal in Goleta, received unanimous approval Thursday from the City Council, the project’s final decision-maker. “We are very ...