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Texas Senate drops abortion ban after 20 weeks
The Republican-led Texas Senate voted late Tuesday night for tough new restrictions on abortion clinics and providers, but abandoned efforts to ban the procedure after the 20th week of pregnancy. While the U.S. House approved a similar ban after 20 weeks earlier in the day, the sponsor of the Texas ...
Brazil protesters keep up pressure on government
About 50,000 protesters energetically returned to the streets of Brazil's biggest city Tuesday night, a demonstration of anger toward what they call a corrupt and inefficient government that has long ignored the demands of a growing middle class. The protests were well organized via social media and mostly peaceful, like ...
House passes bill to track chemicals toxic to kids
The Oregon House passed a bill Tuesday that would set up a public database to track 19 toxic chemicals used in children's toys and products and would require manufactures to remove the chemicals from their products within five years. The bill, which passed 39-21, would require companies with gross sales ...
Wisconsin lawmakers approve venture capital bill
State lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation that would invest millions of dollars in public and private money in Wisconsin startups despite criticism that the investment targets only limited industries. The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, would create a program that invests $25 million from the state ...
Mich. Senate doesn't vote on Medicaid expansion
The Michigan Senate adjourned Tuesday without voting to expand Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of low-income adults under the federal health care law, leaving the bill's future in doubt before lawmakers break for the summer. After meeting for nearly seven hours, the Republican-dominated chamber put off a vote until ...
Budget director: Ohio's unused surplus about $397M
The state should have almost $397 million in uncommitted funds leftover at end of the current budget year, Ohio's budget director said Tuesday before a legislative panel that's working to put the final touches on the next state spending plan. Lawmakers face a June 30 deadline to pass the $61.7 ...
Maine House approves dental hygienists bill
The Democratic-led Maine House gave initial approval to a bill Tuesday that would create a new category of dental hygienists, which supporters say would provide more people access to affordable dental care. Lawmakers approved the bill on a 95-45 vote to establish a new license for dental hygiene therapists, who ...
NH lawmakers reconcile medical marijuana bills
House and Senate negotiators reached a deal on a medical marijuana bill Tuesday, positioning New Hampshire to join more than a dozen other states in legalizing the drug for seriously ill patients. Both chambers had previously passed the bill, but the Senate version eliminated a House-proposed option for patients to ...
Auditor: Payments take heavy toll on Pa. turnpike
The cash toll for a cross-state trip on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is expected to reach about $50 by 2021, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to halt the spiraling debt resulting from the massive contributions the turnpike is required to make toward the state's other ...
Missouri moves to lift ban on foreign farm owners
Weeks before a Chinese conglomerate agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. in the largest such takeover of a U.S. business, Missouri lawmakers quietly approved legislation removing a ban on foreign ownership of agricultural land. The northern Missouri legislator whose amendments to a pair of larger bills helped push the plan ...
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