Senate has approved a $12.59 billion general appropriations bill for the state, sending it to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s desk for his ...

The bill includes an income tax cut, establishment of business courts, and funding for several projects. Debate centered on tax cuts benefiting the wealthy and lack of input from Democrats. The ...

The 2025 session of the Iowa Legislature concluded recently without passage of a bill addressing property taxes, despite the topic being a primary issue for many lawmakers.

Prison reform advocates pushed for their release after decades-old plea deals were ignored.

Federal and subnational tax expenditures currently stand at over 5 percent of GDP. Rationalizing them can only be comprehensively feasible in the context of a broader sequenced tax reform, and could ...

set off international racial justice protests and calls for systemic police reform. In 2021, Chauvin was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison. Despite the DOJ’s dismissal, officials in ...

The Oklahoma Legislature's Fiscal Year 2026 budget bills advanced through JCAB Monday, May 19, 2025, putting session on track ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday expressed concerns over Qatar’s alleged discriminatory policies against the ethnic minority Baha’i community. HRW Deputy Middle East director at HRW Michael Page ...

The probes provided guidance — or consent decrees — on police reform to rectify civil rights ... Mount Vernon, N.Y.; Oklahoma City; and related to the Louisiana State Police.

On today's episode: UN aid enter Gaza; two staff members of the Israeli Embassy were killed in Washington; the latest on the ...