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“They’re still sending the signal that they wanted to send last year that trans Kansans are not welcome and so we just have to keep fighting,” a transgender Lawrence resident said.
The new year will bring new challenges for lawmakers who must confront crises at home and abroad as the 2024 elections take center stage and threaten to deepen partisan divisions on Capitol Hill.
After a tumultuous year of Capitol protests and a chaotic special legislative session, Tennessee has seen little action on gun control.
Gun safety advocates are asking for feedback from Tennessee residents on several gun safety initiatives that will be publicized as lawmakers returned for their legislative session in January.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a daunting task when lawmakers return from their Independence Day recess next week: passing a dozen appropriations bills for 2024 with a small and fractious House majority, while under threat of yet another government shutdown at the end of September if he fails to do so. Conservative House Republicans are pushing for McCarthy to take a harder line in the budget process. They want to see spending in 2024 rolled back to 2022 levels, as McCarthy originally sought