The Oregon Legislature enters a short final week of the 2023 session with an avalanche of bills to dig itself out from under and Sunday s constitutional deadline hanging over lawmakers
The Oregon Legislature enters a short final week of the 2023 session with an avalanche of bills to dig itself out from under and Sunday s constitutional deadline hanging over lawmakers
The Oregon Legislature enters a short final week of the 2023 session with an avalanche of bills to dig itself out from under and Sunday s constitutional deadline hanging over lawmakers
Two bills related to limiting access to abortion were introduced to their second house of chambers committees and passed on Thursday, Feb. 23, just one day short of the deadline to come out of its second house committee. Although both passed with recommended amendments.
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Alabama
Montgomery: A state Senate committee has advanced a bill that would let the governor pick the state’s top public health official. The Senate Health Committee voted 8-3 on Wednesday to advance the bill by Sen. Jim McClendon to the Senate floor. McClendon, an optometrist, said the change would make the position more accountable to elected leaders. But two other doctors on the committee argued it is wrong to interject politics into public health decisions. The state health officer, a position currently held by Dr. Scott Harris, is selected by the state public health committee, which consists of members appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. The bill does away with the position of state health officer and creates the Cabinet post of secretary of health, who would be appointed by the governor. The secretary would