Delays in an East Bank Authority bill that pushed it until the end of the legislative session allowed the measure to pass without debate, averting potential rancor that could have derailed it. House Republicans sponsored late amendments that might have sent the chamber into disarray over the bill as the Legislature prepared to adjourn sine […] The post End-of-session burnout enables East Bank bill passage appeared first on Tennessee Lookout.
A controversial immigration bill, which passed both houses of the Oklahoma Legislature by a wide margin earlier this year, was signed into law today by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt.
Georgia faces more protests this week as lawmakers resume debate on a "foreign agents" law that opponents denounce as a Russian-inspired tool to crack down on freedom of speech. The bill would force organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as foreign agents, a term that carries connotations of spying. It has ignited a political crisis in the polarised South Caucasus country, which has hopes of joining the European Union and was awarded EU candidate status in December.