By SAM METZMay 14, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this July 14, 2020, file photo Nevada Assemblywoman Robin Titus looks toward a colleague during the 31st Special Session of the Nevada Legislature in Carson City, Nev. Following reports that Nevada s vaccine information website planted more third-party cookies and ad trackers than any other state in the country, Republicans in the statehouse have introduced a bill to tighten the restrictions on how personal data can be collected from websites operated by government entities or other groups contracted to work on their behalf. Titus introduced a proposal Thursday, May 13, 2021, saying she requested a bill be drafted as soon as I got wind that Nevadans seeking public COVID-19 vaccination information were being tracked. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent via AP, Pool,File)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) College athletes could cash in on their fame, but students also could face higher tuition rates as a result of legislation that won final approval Friday in Missouri.
The bill would add Missouri to a growing list of states enacting laws that would allow student athletes to earn money for autographs, sponsorships or other uses of their names, images, likenesses or athletic reputations.
House to vote soon on bills to protect Capitol after Jan. 6
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKINGMay 14, 2021 GMT
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON (AP) The House is expected to vote next week on legislation aimed at preventing more attacks on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to establish a 9/11-style commission to study what went wrong on Jan. 6 while allocating $1.9 billion to address the security problems revealed by the insurrection.
Missouri lawmakers vote to collect online sales taxes
May 13, 2021 GMT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The GOP Legislature on Wednesday passed bills that would require out-of-state online stores to collect sales taxes on Missourians’ purchases.
The House and Senate passed slightly different versions of the proposal. Both bills still need at least another vote to go to Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s desk by lawmakers’ Friday deadline.
Missouri is the only state that hasn’t approved some kind of requirement that out-of-state online stores collect sales taxes on items sold to residents, not including the states that don’t collect sales taxes at all.
May 13, 2021 GMT
PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona House has approved legislation legalizing test strips that can detect the presence of the potent opiate fentanyl and potentially help avoid deadly overdoses.
The measure already unanimously passed the Senate, so Thursday’s 48-11 House vote sends the measure to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey for his consideration.
The measure by Democratic Sen. Christine Marsh was prompted by last year’s death of her 25-year-old son, Landon Marsh.
Marsh tearfully testified during a February committee hearing on SB1486 about how her recently married son had one night of “being really stupid” with his childhood best friend. He took what he thought was a prescription pain pill that turned out to be laced with fentanyl. He had been working toward a degree in mechanical engineering when he died.