State & Regional Legislatures

4+ min ago   (353+ words) Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed eight bipartisan bills to invest in Michigan universities and balance the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget without raising taxes for Michiganders. These bills support capital outlay project authorizations across the state, helping to modernize university and college classrooms,…...

3+ hour, 31+ min ago   (370+ words) The House County and Municipal Government Committee held an interim study (IS 26-50) last week requested by Rep. Mike Kelley, R-Yukon, to study the growing challenges for counties in Oklahoma to balance increasing service demands with constrained revenue. Kelley is vice-chair…...

40+ min ago   (364+ words) Law stipulates that social workers employed by county child departments who falsify documents are subject to felony imprisonment. A bill increasing protections for children in California's social welfare system was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday. It…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago   (69+ words) spectrumlocalnews.com Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More Family of Robert Brooks discusses $24M settlement and state senator launches probe into federal surveillance practices The family of Robert Brooks is…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (596+ words) in effort to stop anti-discrimination repeal referendum A Luzerne County Court filing is planned as part of an effort to stop the county’s anti-discrimination repeal referendum, an attorney said Monday. In a separate development, the council won’t be reconsidering the…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago   (519+ words) Sep 21, 2026, 5:10 PM A long-debated plan to build a new homeless shelter in Poughkeepsie is officially moving forward. The Dutchess County Legislature approved an agreement with the City of Poughkeepsie for a new $13 million emergency housing facility at 26 Oakley Street. The…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (650+ words) CUTS: Once one of California’s most influential newspapers with a large Capitol reporting staff, the Bee faces another round of deep staff cuts under owner Chatham Asset Management. (Getty images.) By Dan Walters | CalMatters Reprinted with permission When I and…...

2+ hour ago   (872+ words) I found reason to be hopeful when I dusted off my copy of business writer Jim Collins's monograph for non-profit and public-sector leaders titled Good to Great and the Social Sectors. In it, Collins laid out a model for social-sector…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (336+ words) techbuzz.ai Texas Governor Greg Abbott just threw a wrench into the nation's AI infrastructure buildout, ordering an immediate halt to new data center permits just weeks after implementing a broader moratorium The move comes as data centers have become…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (298+ words) DENVER/NEW YORK, Sept 21: Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday barred the state's environmental agency from issuing new permits for data centers until regulators complete a massive audit of the energy-hungry facilities seeking to connect to the Texas electrical grid....