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Language in this year’s defense authorization bill that would bar the government from continuing to do business with genomics companies with ties to China has sparked a lobbying fight.

Cornerstone Government Affairs is the 10th outside firm on retainer for AARP, which dropped nearly $16 million on lobbying last year.

From Twitter: Equivalent to coal in your stocking, House Approps votes to lower the sales tax rate from 4.5 percent to 4.2 percent. pic.twitter.com/a8PPc62ltx — Representative Mary Fitzgerald District 31 House (@mjfitzyy) February 22, 2023 Honestly, that was not far off of what I was thinking. Now we may have to figure up 6.2% sales…

Tensions are high as state lawmakers craft the budget.Governor Kristi Noem is criticizing one group that’s breaking away from session norms.Some deciding factors could come down to House Democrats.

Revisiting the mystery disappearance of Senate Bill 175, I was having a e-mail exchange with a legislator last night, trying to figure out where this bill went, and was given this interesting tidbit: The House ne’er-do-wells are apparently holding the Gun Range Bill (SB 175) hostage, as a tool to hold in ransom during the…

Last year, he made his retirement plans known. By the end of his current term, he was going to step away from public life. That was slated to be 2027

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