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Following the lead of conservative politicians in nearly a dozen other states, Texas lawmakers are pushing a bill that would effectively ban most abortions by prohibiting the procedure once a fetal heartbeat can be detected — typically before a woman is aware she is pregnant. Federal courts have halted attempts in other states to implement such laws, but the architects of the proposal moving through the Texas Legislature believe that the bill they’ve crafted could withstand the same legal challenges that blocked the effort in other states. While Senate Bill 8 includes the same building b...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed a controversial school funding bill. House Bill 2078 changes the way state funding is calculated for school districts.

The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — The effort to make reductions of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions mandatory in Rhode Island took a big step forward Tuesday with Senate approval of the Act on Climate bill.   The landmark legislation that environmental groups, public-health experts and citizen advocates say is necessary for the state to do more to fight climate change won passage in a 33-to-4 vote.  "Climate change is real, and its impacts will continue to be devastating if we don’t take action. This is without question our battle and our responsibility,” said Sen. Dawn Eue...

The New New Deal? U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Sweeping Labor Reform With Significant but Uncertain Future Friday, March 12, 2021 Unions are back in the news. On March 9, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives successfully passed the Protect the Right to Organize Act (the PRO Act), legislation designed to overhaul the current labor relations framework—touching on issues including independent contractors, joint employers, employee arbitration agreements, and new union organizing rules. While Senate passage may not happen, President Biden’s insistence on being the “most...

Have Democrats Learned Their Lesson? Party leaders like Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer say they won’t repeat the missteps of Barack Obama’s first term. They haven’t proved it quite yet. Drew Angerer/Getty Images There is a rapidly consolidating consensus among the liberal commentariat that Democrats have learned from mistakes made during the Obama years and updated their thinking to adapt to new political realities. For once, it seems, Democrats may be in array. The design and passage of Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan is the most persuasive evidence that, as  New York’s Eric Levit...