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Tennessee's GOP-controlled General Assembly on Thursday adjourned for the year, concluding months of tense political infighting that doomed Republican Gov. Bill Lee's universal school voucher push. For months, Lee declared enacting universal school vouchers his top priority for the legislative session. At the same time, he warned that lawmakers must pass the major tax cut and refund for businesses to prevent a potential lawsuit as critics alleged the state violated the U.S. Constitution.

Tennessee's GOP-controlled General Assembly on Thursday adjourned for the year, concluding months of tense political infighting that doomed Republican Gov. Bill Lee's universal school voucher push. For months, Lee declared enacting universal school vouchers his top priority for the legislative session. At the same time, he warned that lawmakers must pass the major tax cut and refund for businesses to prevent a potential lawsuit as critics alleged the state violated the U.S. Constitution.

A proposal that would allow parents to be fined for their child's criminal offenses is headed to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's desk for his approval.

As Idaho lawmakers work toward concluding the 2024 legislative session, legislators are clashing over reproductive rights issues. A committee hearing planned for Tuesday morning on women’s health care workforce challenges was canceled. That meeting would’ve brought lawmakers on the Idaho House and Senate health committees to listen to health care representatives speak on the issues. […] The post Idaho lawmakers clash on lack of reproductive rights legislation as session nears end appeared first

Democratic lawmakers in Albany rejected a proposed map for New York's 26 House districts and are expected to craft their own plan to replace it.