Paid parental leave bill tabled amid questions about cost uncertainty
Sen. Samuel Jenkins pulled his bill to create paid parental leave for Louisiana K-12 school employees. (Louisiana Illuminator) A bill that aimed to create paid parental leave for Louisiana’s K-12…
Hobbs issues executive order expanding access to birth control for state government workers
Gov. Katie Hobbs signs a bill on May 2, 2024, to repeal a near-total abortion ban that was first added to Arizona law in 1864. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy |…
Health care leaders win $200,000 to grow their workforces
The top award – $100,000 – went to Androscoggin Valley Home Care Services in Berlin. (Getty Images) The challenge was not a small one: help solve the health care workforce…
Infant’s death in day care leads to abuse findings, court challenge
Iowa’s Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for investigating allegatons of child abuse. (Main image by Catherine Falls Commercial and Getty Images; logo courtesy the State of Iowa)…
Border businessmen: False rhetoric won’t fix real immigration problems
“Coyotes” – smugglers of migrants – “are the worst problem that I have,” said Robert Ardovino, who owns a bar and in New Mexico across the river from El Paso.…
SC finances continue slow return to normal, yet still give lawmakers billions more to work with
Lawmakers will have about $600 million more than expected to spend when they return to finish the budget. (Photo illustration by Getty images) COLUMBIA — Lawmakers will have $610 million…
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt introduces bill to end a state’s Medicaid funding if it blocks IVF
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama addresses a crowd at a breakfast hosted by the Chamber of Commerce in Montgomery on Nov. 3, 2023. (Alander Rocha/Alabama Reflector) WASHINGTON — Two…
EPA grants headed to north-central Montana for site cleanups and renovation
One of the Environmental Protection Agency headquarter’s entrances in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan) Two Montana economic development organizations will receive $500,000 each in grant…
Immigration policy doesn’t have to be this way
An aerial view of the American flags flying over an international bridge as immigrants line up next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence to seek asylum on Dec. 22, 2022 in…
Power plant debate helps push lobby spending to new high for Kentucky legislature
About 900 companies, trade associations and other groups registered to lobby during the 2024 session of the Kentucky legislature held at the Capitol in Frankfort. Their combined spending was roughly…