(The Center Square) – After punting the Sept. 30 deadline to extend federal highway infrastructure funding to December, Congress has all but shelved the bipartisan BUILD America 250 Act for now.
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Free state news:Â Rep. Jeffrey Helfrich's (R-Hood River)Â five-part proposal would halt looming labor and regulatory cost increases while Oregon examines their cumulative impact on agriculture.
(The Center Square) – Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills since January 2025 challenging sanctuary policies. Most have been referred to committees and seen no further action, despite Republican control of Congress and GOP-led committees holding at least nine hearings on the issue over the same period.
(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers, independent journalist Nick Shirley and a large crowd of activists spoke out against a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law that some said would impede the work of journalists reporting on immigration services providers.
(The Center Square) - U.S. lawmakers and industry leaders are pushing for a national framework to govern self-driving cars and increase domestic manufacturing.
(The Center Square) - The vast majority of Americans want hospitals and healthcare providers to publicly disclose prices before patients receive care, according to a new poll.Â
(The Center Square) – Emma Heming Willis, wife of movie star Bruce Willis, joined lawmakers in the California Capitol on Monday to push for passage of a bill that would track cases of frontotemporal degeneration, the type of dementia her husband has.
(The Center Square) – The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted Thursday to advance bipartisan legislation that would prevent the U.S. Department of Education from transferring several major education offices to other federal agencies.
(The Center Square) – The U.S. House approved legislation aimed at preventing credit card companies from using merchant category codes to identify firearm retailers, a measure supporters say protects the privacy of lawful gun owners.