Tag: legislative

On the Absurdity of American Legislative Impulses – HotAir

Casey Mattox of Americans for Prosperity has a good weekend read for us at the New York Post titled Politicians Can’t Stop Passing Absurd Laws. This has long been a favorite topic in political circles and entire books have been published on the subject. You’re probably already familiar with some of the more famous old […]

Statewide ESAs, Budget Priorities In Tennessee Legislative Session

Image Credit: Antony-22 / CC The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s 2024 legislative session will begin Tuesday with the Republican party looking to pass a budget, statewide K-12 education savings accounts, business tax cuts, enhanced school safety measures, certificate-of-need reform and health care funding. On Monday, House leadership discussed rules for session including […]

Judge Steve Jones accepts redrawn Georgia congressional, legislative districts that will favor GOP

ATLANTA — A federal judge on Thursday accepted new Georgia congressional and legislative voting districts that protect Republican partisan advantages, saying the creation of new majority-Black voting districts solved the illegal minority vote dilution that led him to order maps to be redrawn. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, in three separate but similarly worded orders, […]