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January 9, 2024 - As many industry participants know, 2023 was a challenging year for the Cannabis Industry (especially for the "adult use" market).

Congress is on its way to extending the stop-gap funding bills into March (and may have already done so by the time you read this). Absent from the legislation to continue funding the...

When politicians reveal the evil in their hearts and what they want to do, we must take them seriously and remove them from office.

By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson, Ted Barrett and Morgan Rimmer, CNN

If provisions in the bipartisan child tax credit and business tax legislation were made permanent it would cost nearly $650 billion, a new analysis finds.

The first session of the 118th Congress achieved some notable legislative successes, but it has struggled to gain political consensus on most issues, including recently those involving funding for the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel, federal appropriations and border security. In total, only 34 bills were signed into law this past year—the fewest in decades, according to Axios.

The Senate voted Thursday to pass a short-term funding extension as lawmakers race the clock to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the week.

The bill was the subject of contention between groups on both sides of the gun debate when it was introduced last April.

While Congress remains stymied by Republican opposition to any gun regulations, there are four reasons to think that the court system, and the Supreme Court in particular, may be evolving: Orlando, changes in the Court, and two recent court cases. Remember that the NRA’s understanding of the Second Amendment is an extremely recent phenomenon. For…

The consecration ceremony of Ram Idol in Ayodhya will take place on January 22, 2024, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath will be present.