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Bowie Knife Set to Become Official State Knife of Texas After a false-start during the previous legislative session two years ago, the Texas Legislature has approved a Senate Concurrent Resolution which would make the Bowie Knife the Official State Knife of Texas. Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 7 was authored by State Rep. Drew Springer and officially sent to Governor Greg Abbott for consideration Wednesday, May 19th, 2021. In the resolution, the Bowie Knifes legacy is described in the foll...

Published May 19, 2021, 6:22 PM The House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 19 adopted four resolutions supporting the grant of amnesty to members of four rebel groups, thus, putting in near realization President Rodrigo Duterte’s peace program that will reintegrate those affected to civilian life. House Concurrent Resolution 12, 13, 14 and 15 received unanimous support although a handful House members thumbed down HCR 13 and 15. Majority Leader and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin G. Romual...

Charlotte King & Scott Strickler May 17, 2021 The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice strongly supports HB 124 which will prohibit the possession or purchase of deadly weapons by carefully defined categories of people who present a real threat of death or injury to others. It is a fundamental principle of gun safety legislation that guns should be kept out of the hands of people who cannot be trusted to use them properly, and this legislation will help to achieve that goal. ...

( Robert Davis) — A Nevada legislative committee introduced a resolution on Thursday to create a special committee to study Gov. Steve Sisolak’s “innovation zone” proposal. The governor’s initial  proposal would allow companies to essentially establish their own government entities in the state if they own a certain amount of land and commit to an investment. Sisolak first introduced the innovation zone idea during his 2021  State of the State address. He said the proposal would ...

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Anyone who follows North Dakota politics knows there are two distinct caucuses of NDGOP legislators (and with mounting tensions between them). However, I’m going to make the case that there’s an even more important distinction between two types of North Dakota Republicans. The distinction I make is particularly relevant to protecting the initiated measure process in North Dakota. When it comes to safeguarding the initiated measure process, we can’t generally count on elected Repu...

President Biden has promised an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system that would include legalizing the roughly 700,000 young immigrants known as “Dreamers.” But Biden can’t even get support in the evenly divided Congress to legalize them, let alone anyone else. We can only hope that Biden eventually drums up enough backing, but we shouldn’t wait idly for that to happen. Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers can give “Dreamers” a dose of hope. He can’t legalize them, of cour...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers grabbed national headlines this year by banning transgender athletes from competing on girls or womens sports teams. They walked away from some other divisive issues during their three-month session. Republican Sen. Angela Hill of Picayune argued in favor of the transgender sports bill, and she stood behind Republican Gov. Tate Reeves as he signed it into law. Hill filed a separate bill that would have prohibited hormone treatments or surgery fro...

LANSING — The Legislature on Thursday adopted a concurrent resolution memorializing former Sen. Tom Casperson, who died from cancer last November. “Tom C

Senate OKs measures to avoid raising employer taxes Three measures meant to hold employer taxes and worker benefits steady despite the state’s empty unemployment trust fund were approved Wednesday by the Louisiana Senate. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the state fund that pays for unemployment benefits had a balance of more than $1 billion. The fund has been tapped out, however, by the unprecedented demand during the pandemic, forcing the state to borrow from the federal government to pay lega...