This week, legislative trends included measures to cut taxes on grocery and food products, legalization of marijuana and some controlled substances, and the passage of bills banning gender-affirming care. Additionally, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Andrii Zastrozhnov Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, recently made headlines by calling for a four-day, 32-hour workweek. Sanders cited a recent four-day workweek pilot [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Nikcoa According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), kratom (mitragyna speciosa) is a leaf from a tropical tree in Southeast Asia that can cause stimulant and sedative effects. In late June 2022, in [...]

This week, lawmakers around the country continued to legislate on various issues ranging from reinstating voting rights for felons to liquor law changes, automated speed enforcement, firearm restrictions, gender-affirming care, and more. Alabama Alabama’s [...]

This week, lawmakers and governors around the country were busy with a flurry of activity across the spectrum. Issues facing the states this week included capitol punishment, gun control, gender-affirming care, universal pre-K, property tax [...]

This week, several states, such as Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, and Oklahoma, have given approval to varying tax relief measures. Additionally, different states have moved forward with bills to limit or obstruct the provisioning of [...]

This past week, several states (Montana, Utah, Wyoming) introduced or advanced legislation to ban the provisioning of gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Republican legislators in states including Arkansas, Kansas, North Carolina and West Virginia have [...]

This week, governors across the country continued delivering their State of the State addresses, outlining their visions for their respective states this year. Additionally, lawmakers across the country are addressing a myriad of issues [...]

Governors continued to lay out their legislative priorities and budget proposals this week as their legislatures continue to lay down the groundwork for 2023. Notably, the Delaware's governor called for teacher raises, Florida's governor called [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/tumsasedgars While several states, like Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, and others, do not have any deadline for bill introductions or filings, some states do. Below is a list of [...]