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New Mexico legislative leaders are recommending a 5.7% general fund spending increase for the coming fiscal year

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and other Republicans will push to limit lawsuits when the legislative session starts this month

For the first time, New Mexico’s investment income is expected to surpass its revenue from personal income taxes

Lawmakers from states with legalized gambling are proposing standards for other states that are considering allowing internet betting

California lawmakers have advanced a bill that would regulate powerful artificial intelligence systems

Joe Biden has refused to pull out of the race for the White House in the most unambiguous words, some people believe that he would have to step aside sooner or later and it is not the question of if but when. In an article published in 'New York Post', journalist Henry Olsen wrote that a candidate can come back from a deficit of six points, but before the disastrous first presidential debate on June 27, Biden had the lowest job approval ratings of any first-term president in history. It would be difficult for him to make a comeback from where he is after the debate. The data leaked by Open Labs made it clear that the Democrat contender is behind or tied in normally Democratic states like Minnesota, New Mexico and Virginia. These data were consistent with a 6-point deficit, which is a 10.5-point drop from Biden’s 2020 victory margin. So, there is an uphill task for the incumbent president.

A jury has concluded that a landlord’s attempt to evict a former mayor of Maine's largest city who formed a tenants union amounted to retaliation

Louisiana has come out with an innovative way to fight the menace of child sex offenses. Its House of Representatives passed a bill 74 to 24 Tuesday, authorizing the judges to sentence the convicted child sex offenders to surgical castration, reports 'The US Sun'. Originally, the bill required the sex offenders to undergo surgical castration, but an amendment left it to the decision of the judges.

A crackdown on how California utilities spend customers' money has failed to pass the state Legislature

A California lawmaker wants to require limited liability companies and similar businesses to report the identities of their owners to the government

The Kentucky House has voted to allow the state’s smallest coal mining operations to reduce the number of miners with emergency medical training on a shift

Millions of workers across Michigan who’ve historically been shut out of the employer-sponsored retirement plan market could get a new option to prepare for their retirement courtesy of a newly introduced bill.

premature births are probably linked to plastics that cover foods, as per a CNN report. Artificial substances known as phthalates, commonly utilized in transparent food packaging and various personal care items, as per the report. Research indicates that the primary link to premature labor is attributed to a specific phthalate present in food packaging known as Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, or DEHP. In this recent investigation, scientists identified DEHP and three analogous compounds as potential contributors to approximately 5 per cent to 10 per cent of all premature deliveries in 2018. This discovery sheds light on a possible factor contributing to the increasing incidence of premature births, CNN reported quoting researchers.

Republican lawmakers in Kansas have passed a broad package of tax cuts promoted as widespread relief

A bill to ban oil and gas production within a mile (1.6 kilometers) of schools and day care centers across New Mexico is among the first published proposals as the state Legislature prepares for a 30-day session that could bring an overhaul to fundamen...

Politico reports New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy tapped into a taxpayer-financed expense account for nearly $12,000 at MetLife Stadium, including almost $1,000 for a Taylor Swift concert in 2018

California won’t be giving unemployment checks to workers on strike

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law banning firearms advertising that officials determine produces a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use the weapons illegally

The adoption of the cryptocurrency industry has accelerated. It is flooding into the mainstream and several American politicians seem to be jumping onto the trend. In a bid to position his state as a blockchain innovation hub, a Tennessee lawmaker has proposed multiple bills that could allow the states’ jurisdictions to invest in the asset class.