Tennessee lawmakers push slate of anti-LGBTQ measures • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee lawmakers are pushing for a number of bills that the LGBTQ+ community deems discriminatory. This includes those that enforce that state and local governments ensure that all laws and policies referring to a person’s gender or gender are based on “anatomy and genetics” at the time of birth. Another bill passed by the House […]
EXCLUSIVE: State Lawmakers Alert DOJ To ‘Ethical Issues’ With Trans Advocate Fighting Trump’s Child Sex Change Order
Leaders of the Arizona State Legislature said that the enemy who supports President Donald Trump’s executive orders supported enforcement orders to protect children from chemical and surgical amputations may have plagiarized some of his expert reports (DOJ). Dr. Daniel Schumer Instructions The Children and Adolescent Gender Services Clinic at the University of Michigan Children’s Hospital […]
Some U.S. Republicans are pushing to keep energy tax credits. Tennessee lawmakers aren’t among them. • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee representatives are not among the 21 members of the U.S. House Republican Conference and have signed a letter advocating a Biden-era Clean Energy Tax Credit to avoid the budget chopping block. “Our constituency and the energy industry continue to be concerned about a disruptive change in our country’s energy tax structure,” the signator wrote. […]
California lawmakers may give inmate firefighters a raise
Firefighters who are housed in California county jails and state prisons earn wages of up to $19 under laws considered by state lawmakers. Congressional Bill 247 It will increase the hourly wages of prison prisoners assigned to work in active fire scenes. “They put themselves on the forefront,” Congress member Isaac G. Bryan (D-Los Angeles), […]
California lawmakers urge congressional leaders to continue federal wildfire aid
Washington – California lawmakers urged Congressional leaders on Friday to continue their federal aid and fund federal aid in questioning about the Congressional budget fight and the possibility that they had been imposed by the Trump administration. Their letter, signed by all 54 House members and all Senate members, shows the latest steps in a […]
Secretive D.C. influence project appears to be running a group house for right-wing lawmakers • Tennessee Lookout
This story was originally published by Propublica. Propublica is a non-professional newsroom that investigates power abuse. Sign up to receive Our biggest story As soon as it’s published. For projects explicitly designed to promote Congress, Steve Burger’s operation leaves almost a trace of paper behind. The Archbishop Evangelical pastor, who started DC Nonproft several years […]
Tennessee lawmakers pursue spectacle rather than policy • Tennessee Lookout
Let’s face it – public policy is boring. Like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it can be historical and morally uplifting. Like the GI Bill of Rights, it can be consequential and useful. It could be released, just as it gave women the right to vote. But in most cases, public policy is a […]
AZ lawmakers want tougher audits after Santa Cruz County embezzlement
Former Santa Cruz County Treasurer refuses media questions after court Elizabeth Guffer faces three federal felony charges stemming from a decade-long complaint of embezzling nearly $40 million from Santa Cruz County. Rep. Matt Gress is proposing legislation that would increase the oversight of county treasurers after a former treasurer pleaded guilty to embezzlement of nearly […]
Lawmakers push bill aiming to solve Tennessee’s recycling problems to 2026 • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee lawmakers across the political spectrum repeated the same idea Wednesday’s committee meeting: Tennessee has a garbage problem and we have to do something. What that “something” should be is a topic of discussion. But a coalition of lawmakers, manufacturers and recycling groups is pushing Tennessee to be the first Republican-led nation to adopt a […]
Lawmakers try to tackle the mental and emotional effects of wildfires
California insurance providers must reimburse patients seeking mental health care after a natural disaster under proposed laws to address the emotional and mental trauma of wildfire victims. The Eton and Palisades fires have burned massive swaths in Los Angeles County since January 7th, destroying more than 11,000 buildings, killing 29 people and causing about $30 […]
