Fee hikes for hunting and fishing licenses and workplace protections for immigrants are among the Washington state laws going ...

Municipal government leaders across Indiana are going pale in the face while they review budget forecasts for the next few ...

California legislators rejected a progressive proposal to give past due renters a two week grace period on evictions.

In its latest session, the New York State Senate passed a sweeping antitrust enforcement bill, SB 335.  This bill marks the ...

Attorneys John Dempsey and Martin Cain discussed new laws, federal rules and legal strategies to combat predatory truck ...

For people with past eviction cases on their records, future housing requests may be denied, but a new law helps clear resolved issues by erasing the records.

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As the Republican budget bill, called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, nears the July 4 deadline set by the White House, lawmakers have been ramping up the rhetoric. We referee the claims from both ...

Senate Republicans propose deeper Medicaid cuts. Here’s what that means. Hospitals would bear the brunt of the Senate’s more aggressive proposals to reduce Medicaid spending.

Ohio State did not lobby against Senate Bill 1 and has not joined efforts to push back against the law or President Donald Trump's executive orders. Johnson said the decision was not unilateral, but ...