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Legislation that seeks to apply aspects of the congressional and state legislative nonpartisan redistricting plan to districts drawn for some county commissions has moved one step closer to Gov. Jared
Legislation that seeks to apply aspects of the congressional and state legislative nonpartisan redistricting plan to districts drawn for some county commissions has moved one step closer to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk after advancing out of a Senate panel last week.
House Bill 21-1047 would implement some of the framework from 2018’s amendments Y and Z to county commissioner maps, where commissioners are allowed to draw their own districts. The bill specifically targets the state’s largest counties that have five commissioners: Arapahoe, El Paso and Weld.
The proposal from Rep. Chris Kennedy, D-Lakewood, last month drew critiques from a House Republican lawmaker as “an anti-El Paso County bill.”
Legislation to fight foreign influence on Florida research clears House committee
China ties? House Select Committee looked into Moffitt.
UF and Moffit Cancer Center both suffered China-related scandals with research funding.
A bill aimed at fighting foreign influence in Florida’s research institutions is ready to be heard on the House floor. The State Affairs Committee on Tuesday cleared the legislation during its final stop in the lower chamber.
The bill (
HB 7017) came about following a series of controversies over Chinese money secretly being funneled to research done at Florida universities.
The House Select Committee on the Integrity of Research Institutions studied the matter earlier this year, and from that, the proposed requirements on groups to disclose funding from adversarial nations came to be. The findings were somewhat alarming said Rep.
I-80 toll proposal tabled
Representative Mark Baker (R-Green River) listens to testimony Tuesday during the House Transportation Committee Tuesday.
CHEYENNE - A bill that would have authorized a long-term plan to set up an Interstate 80 tolling program was tabled by a legislative committee Tuesday, meaning the proposal will not be considered on the House floor during the remainder of the Legislature s general session.
Senate File 73, which won narrow final approval from the Senate last week, would have set in motion the development of a master I-80 tolling plan from the Wyoming Department of Transportation, which faces annually unmet needs in its department totaling more than $300 million, according to a recent report.