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Cubbon Park traffic station faces the highest shortage with six SIs, while Highgrounds, Amruthalli, and JC Nagar stations each report a shortage of four SIs.

The Utah House and Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday to extend the amount of time an individual with a dangerous mental health crisis can be committed to a hospital before being released or transferred to long-term treatment. Passed during the final week of the 2024 legislative session, HB299 will now head to the desk of Gov. Spencer Cox where his action will determine whether the bill becomes law on May 1. Current code gives hospitals 24 hours before they have to discharge mentally ill in...

Idaho legislators have been working at a breakneck pace this legislative session. Since Rep. Julianne Young, R-Blackfoot, introduced on Jan. 9 the first bill of the session, which would have replaced the term “fetus” with “preborn children” in Idaho law, lawmakers have worked to draft 717 bills – and counting – in 2024. That’s a […] The post 717 bills have been drafted. Not one fixes the disenfranchisement of thousands of Idaho voters. appe...

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Louisiana, a state grappling with one of the highest rates of incarceration and violent crime in the country, is on the cusp of overhauling parts of its criminal justice system as the state's GOP-dominated legislature barrels ahead with a package of bills — ranging from expanding death row execution methods, charging 17-year-olds as adults and eliminating the opportunity of parole for most jailed in the future.

An effort to allow lawsuits stemming from the wrongful death of an "unborn child" is put on hold, amid fierce opposition by abortion rights groups.

The Idaho House Revenue and Taxation Committee will not accept remote, virtual testimony on bills this legislative session, Rep. David Cannon told the Idaho Capital Sun. In use since at least 2018, remote testimony is an optional tool that allows Idahoans from across the state to be able to testify remotely to Idaho legislators over […] The post Idaho legislative committee won’t accept remote testimony amid school tax credit debate appeared first on Idaho Capital Sun.

House Bill 33 ensures transparency

Lawmakers will hold a public hearing Monday evening on a 137-page amendment to a bill that would make changes to Measure 110.