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Credit Trump Campaign A plan to dedicate a stretch of state highway in Cimarron County "President Donald J. Trump Highway" hit a speed bump this week. With an omnibus highway dedication bill up for a floor vote, Oklahoma City Democratic Sens. Kay Floyd and Carri Hicks pointed out under state law, most people must have been dead three years before they’re honored with a highway dedication. Sen. Rob Standridge (R-Norman) claimed the legislature makes exceptions regularly and could do so for the segment of Highway 287 in Cimarron County from Boise City to the Texas border proposed for the form...

Racing to get out of town by Friday, lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on new restrictions on voting, a clampdown on social media companies and a plan to end a traditional pension plan for teachers, police officers and other government workers. But while lawmakers decide the fate of a slew of contentious bills and bring a pandemic-curtailed legislative session to a close, lobbyists, activists and watchdog groups mourned not only the death of bills, but also of "sunshine."  Pandemic protocols restricted people wanting to testify when bills were considered to increase penaltie...

As we reported in  January, Illinois' judgment interest statute imposes post-judgment interest in tort actions at the rate of 9 percent per year from the date of the judgment's entry through the date of the judgment's satisfaction.  See, 735 ILCS 5/2-1303(a) (Section 1303). Prejudgment interest currently is not recoverable. The Illinois General Assembly aimed to change this through its passage of House Bill 3360, which sought to amend Section 1303 to impose prejudgment interest in tort actions.  House Bill 3360 would have imposed prejudgment interest at the rate of 9 percent per year in al...

New Mexico Senate Bill 2 Allowing Expungement Of Cannabis-Related Criminal Records Heads To Governor By Robert Nott SFNM A bill that would create a path for expunging criminal records tied to cases involving cannabis-related charges is on its way to the governor today after both chambers of the Legislature approved the The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 23-13, while the House of Representatives approved it 41-28.  While Senate Bill 2 does not eliminate conviction records, it would set up a system for reviewing and expunging criminal records from websites and other sources that are acces...

"Children in rural Oklahoma deserve to have a high quality education and HB 2078 potentially jeopardizes that." How did HB 2078 change Oklahoma school funding? Stitt signed House Bill 2078, which passed the Oklahoma Senate on a vote of 27-19, with 11 Republicans and eight Democrats voting against. The proposal incited fierce debate and a slew of questions on the Senate floor.  “You know it’s a big day when bills pass off the floor, and the governor has them on his desk ready to sign that afternoon," said Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City.  HB 2078 will have school funds be...