It would also require the Department of Small and Local Business Development to maintain an interactive public performance dashboard and would clarify reporting requirements. https://t.co/rXBp06XGrY
DC Councilmember Wendell Felder introduced Bill 26-841, which would extend Business Improvement District renewal terms and standardize the authority to adjust BID taxes.
The bill funds State Police, Fire Services, school construction, homelessness programs and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. Two amendments failed on roll calls, 30-122 and 25-127; two consolidated amendments passed. https://t.co/IbBGf7qmBD
Residents must have lived in the US continuously since Jan 15, 2025. Eligible family members who are not inadmissible or deportable also qualify. No votes yet. https://t.co/MylcgtIFbx
Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced S5606, the Hong Konger Promise of Refuge Act, to authorize permanent residence for certain Hong Kong residents granted Deferred Enforced Departure.
It targets people who don’t meet SNAP or Medicaid work requirements, offering conservation and infrastructure jobs at or above the District minimum wage, plus job coaching and placement. https://t.co/uyouEgTu7I
The bill requires training for personnel, sets rules for storing and destroying the data, penalizes unauthorized use, and has entities certify to the State Police each year that the data was destroyed. https://t.co/6Z1R5CKAM7
The bill creates a free wallet card with a victim’s restraining order details, which officers must verify against the state’s domestic violence central registry. The card doesn’t replace the order. https://t.co/zXSrVtRPLB
Every House seat is on the ballot Nov. 3. 345 people are asking the 2026 candidates one question: will you pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and restore preclearance? https://t.co/QOrKB7O6XC
The Supreme Court narrowed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in April with Louisiana v. Callais, nearly 13 years after Shelby County v. Holder ended federal preclearance.
Every House seat is on the ballot in 2026. Co-sign this one for the candidates running for yours: protecting federal science and research funding is part of what it takes to earn your vote. https://t.co/H6quKulcgP
The NIH, NSF, and NOAA pay for new medicines, your weather forecast, and the basic research American industry builds on. The FY2027 budget request proposed cutting the National Science Foundation by more than half.
It applies to people already taking the drug when their plan or pharmacy benefit manager changes, if the new plan covers that drug class. Financial Institutions and Insurance voted 14-0 in February, and Health voted 11-0 on Oct. 5. https://t.co/iFY23fbrFm
New Jersey’s Assembly Appropriations Committee takes up A434 Thursday, a bill barring state health plans and Medicaid from denying a chronic-condition maintenance drug solely because a plan changed, after two committees advanced it without a no vote.
Co-sign the ask for a binding ethics code and 18-year staggered terms, and it goes to the candidates running to represent you in 2026. https://t.co/QSnpDmuEO1
Every federal judge answers to an enforceable ethics code except the nine Supreme Court justices. An Annenberg poll found 78% of Americans want a formal ethics code for justices, and 69% favor fixed terms.