022 Legislative Session News Today

The record-setting 2021-2022 Legislative Session included numerous measures that affect private employers in New York State. Here is a partial list of bills approved by the New York State Assembly and Senate along with their fates at the Governor’s desk.

A new study looking at the impact of pretrial detention in New Mexico reinforces a previous legislative committee’s study and found that only a small percentage of defendants are charged with a second crime while awaiting trial.  The study, conducted by researchers from the Santa Fe Institute and the University of New Mexico’s Institute for […]

Armed with a majority in the House and Senate, as well as the governor’s seat, the Colorado Democratic Party pulled off its legislative agenda this session — though not without

As Republicans hold only 39 seats of Colorado’s 100-member legislature, the minority party ran into issues for their priority legislation but partly succeeded in diminishing several Democratic initiatives.

JACKSON • Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday used one of his unique powers — a partial or line-item veto — to cut several projects out of a massive spending bill

JACKSON • Gov. Tate Reeves recently signed legislation into law that creates the Tallahatchie River Authority, a group of eight counties that can band together to promote economic, historical and

JACKSON • Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday signed a bill into law that will create a new statewide office for broadband internet development.

JACKSON • Republican Gov. Tate Reeves recently signed a bill into law that would allow up to 25 incarcerated people in Lee County to participate in a work release program

JACKSON • As the 2022 legislative session comes to a close, the likelihood of lawmakers reviving the process that allows Mississippians to bypass the Legislature and place topics directly on

JACKSON • A bill that could fill a crucial health care need in rural Northeast Mississippi is headed to Gov. Tate Reeves’ desk for review.