The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has advanced the Water Resources Development Act of 2024, a biennial bipartisan bill that funds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, invests in ports harbors and inland waterways and advances some of President Biden’s key environmental and resiliency goals. “As the Committee advances the Water Resources Development Act
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen called a special legislative session, starting on July 25, to try to win lawmakers’ support for his property tax reform plan.  The plan involves funding Nebraska’s K-12 schools through sales taxes — eliminating certain sales tax exemptions and raising taxes on advertising, cigarettes, vaping products and alcohol — rather than through
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers reached a budget agreement Saturday they say will close multi-year deficits by cutting $16 billion and declaring a statewide fiscal emergency to use reserves. The deal maintains the multi-year fiscal structure proposed in Newsom’s May budget revision to balance the budget in both 2024-25 and 2025-26, based on current
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Under Republican leadership, Louisiana has joined the red state battle against environmental, social and governance policies with the country’s latest state-level law that bans doing business with corporations, including bond underwriters, deemed to be unfriendly to the gun industry. Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican who took office in January, has long advocated against ESG issues
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