Senate votes to avoid government shutdown
The Senate voted mostly along party lines Friday afternoon to pass the House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through September, avoiding a government shutdown only hours before funding ...
Senate Passes Bill to Make Penalties Permanent for Fentanyl-Related Drugs
The measure, which passed with bipartisan support and minor changes, now heads back to the House. It is just the second ...
Senate passes bill that would increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers
The Senate was preparing Friday to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl ...
House and Senate advance differing versions of bills to put security officers in schools
The House of Delegates unanimously passed on Thursday a bill to allow schools to hire or contract for armed security officers. HB 2164 blends its original House school safety officer bill with the ...
Dozens of House Democrats pen letters to Schumer urging him to reject CR
Dozens of House Democrats signed on to a pair of letters to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schuner (D-N.Y.) on Friday, urging him to oppose the House GOP’s government funding bill as the upper ...
Anti-price-gouging bill watered down, changes in public records law and more from the Colorado legislature this week
The Colorado House passed a bill Monday that would curtail sudden price increases — but only after limiting the measure to ...
Bill that could protect pesticide companies from lawsuits over labels progresses in House, Senate committees
If the proposed legislation passed, pesticide manufacturers and sellers would not be held liable for civil action related to ...
Controversial Delaware corporate law overhaul passed by Senate, heads to state House
Delaware is the legal home to some 2 million corporations, about 60 percent of those in the Fortune 500. And so, the ...