Latest Politics Headlines
All the headlines from our Politics Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri Senate Backs New Limits on Punitive Damages
Feb 28 2020 // Missouri’s Republican-led Senate swiftly advanced a bill tightening standards for punitive damages in liability lawsuits after an all-night filibuster by Democrats successfully blocked a separate bill limiting...
Oklahoma Senate Passes Bill Requiring All Children to Wear Seat Belts
Feb 27 2020 // The Oklahoma Senate has passed legislation that would require any child under the age of 17 to wear a seat belt while riding in the back seat of a vehicle. Current Oklahoma law only requires children under the age of eight...
Georgia Senate Approves Easing Restrictions for Home Builds Below Dams
Feb 26 2020 // Georgia senators voted Monday to let people build homes that could be flooded by dams without raising safety standards for the upstream dam. The state Senate voted 47-6 to pass Senate Bill 319, sending it to the House for...
Medical Marijuana Bill Clears Alabama Senate Committee
Feb 21 2020 // A medical marijuana bill cleared its first hurdle Wednesday in the Alabama Legislature, giving hope to advocates after years of setbacks. Audience members applauded as the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-1 for the bill,...
Arizona Senate Passes Bill Boosting Firefighter Cancer Workers’ Comp Coverage
Feb 18 2020 // The Arizona Senate has passed a bill designed to boost protections for firefighters and other first responders who are diagnosed with cancers linked to the workplace. The proposal from Republican Sen. Heather Carter...
Washington Senate Advances Data Privacy Rules
Feb 18 2020 // The Washington Senate has passed a data privacy measure that would give consumers the right to manage how information held by private companies is used. The measure, called the Washington Privacy Act, passed on a...
Oklahoma Senate OKs Bill to Allow More Armed Teachers
Feb 14 2020 // School teachers in Oklahoma with a gun license would be able to carry firearms into their classrooms with district approval under a bill approved in the state Senate. The bill, approved on a 37-7 vote mostly along party...
Five Sue Driver of Trash Truck Struck by GOP Train in 2018
Feb 13 2020 // Two years after a train carrying Republican members of Congress collided with a garbage truck, five passengers have filed lawsuits against the driver, trash company and train conductor. Dana Naylor Jr., 32, was acquitted...
Iowa Senate Passes Bill with $20M for Flood Projects
Feb 10 2020 // The Iowa Senate has passed a bill that provides $20 million for flood relief requested by Gov. Kim Reynolds to help shore up levees in southwest Iowa in anticipation of flooding along the Missouri River this spring. All 48...
Georgia Senate Takes Hands-Off Approach to Regulating Electric Scooters
Feb 7 2020 // The Georgia Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that could lead the state to taking a hands-off approach to the regulation of electric scooters. Senate Bill 159 would define electric scooters in state law but do nothing else,...
South Carolina Senate Nixes Bill to Ban Handheld Phones While Driving
Feb 3 2020 // It appears that bill in South Carolina requiring anyone using a cellphone while driving to not hold the phone in their hands will not pass this year. The Senate Transportation Committee decided Wednesday to not vote on the...
Trump Administration Issues New Rule on Joint Employer Liability
Jan 13 2020 // The Trump Administration announced a final rule setting forth standards for determining joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a rule that has been sought by franchisers and companies that employ...
Trump Administration Seeks to Limit ‘Overreach’ of Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
Jan 8 2020 // The White House on Tuesday proposed regulatory principles to govern the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) aimed at limiting authorities’ “overreach,” and said it wants European officials...
Utah Republican Party Settles Americans With Disabilities Act Lawsuit
Jan 7 2020 // The Utah County Republican Party and Utah Republican Party have settled a lawsuit filed by two party members over the Americans with Disabilities Act. As part of the settlement the Utah Republican Party will update...
20 Democratic States Seek Supreme Court Ruling on Affordable Care Act
Jan 5 2020 // In a move that could put the Obama-era health law squarely in the middle of the 2020 election, Democratic-led states Friday asked the Supreme Court for a fast-track review of a recent court ruling that declared part of the...
Trump Administration Issues Partial E-Cigarette Ban
Jan 3 2020 // The Trump administration on Thursday announced a ban on some popular e-cigarette flavors, including fruit and mint, to curb rising teenage use of vaping products, allowing only menthol and tobacco flavors to remain on the...
New Limits on Lawsuits a Goal for Louisiana Republicans
Dec 27 2019 // After an election season in which conservative Republicans made Louisiana’s high car insurance rates a campaign issue, GOP lawmakers expect efforts to try to limit damages awarded in car wreck lawsuits to be front...
Democrats Pass Bill to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Seniors
Dec 13 2019 // The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation aimed at driving down the prices that seniors pay for prescription drugs, but the bill’s future is clouded by President Donald Trump’s threat...
FTC Democrat Tells States: ‘BalI Is In Your Court’ on Facebook Privacy Compliance
Dec 10 2019 // A Democratic member on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission urged states investigating Facebook Inc. to examine whether the company disregarded earlier promises to protect privacy in order to perpetuate its dominance in...
Senate Democrats’ Bill Would Establish Consumer Rights Over Internet Data, Privacy
Nov 27 2019 // Democratic senators proposed legislation on Tuesday that would set penalties for online companies like Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. if they mishandle users’ personal data. The measure comes at a...
