A House committee advanced bills to centralize benefits, fund nonprofits and preserve Medicaid and SNAP eligibility as federal rules change.

Family members say a Brooklyn Park man was tricked outside his home and deported to Mexico as ICE enforcement continues to roil the Twin Cities.

Council members pressed for clearer enforcement and a resolution after residents raised alarms about noisy, potentially dangerous short‑term rentals. State law’s grandfathering clause complicates aggressive local crackdowns.

TVA board chair Bill Renick resigned, a federal filing shows, deepening turnover on a board that recently reversed plans to retire two coal plants. The change shifts decision-making dynamics at the nation’s largest public power authority.

SB 1747 would create a Cybercrimes Survivors' Bill of Rights, add new offenses for online harassment and require caller‑ID protections, fines and training standards.

Ocean City adjusted its hotel‑room tax rules to let some tourism‑advertising dollars pay debt or operating costs for a proposed sports complex, shifting how lodging taxes can be used.

Refreshed USCIS figures show Baylor College of Medicine led H‑1B approvals in Houston from 2020–2025, with MD Anderson and HPE close behind.

An investigation and state records show roughly $318 million went to Maryland schools for students who later left; lawmakers introduced a bill to average fall and spring counts.

After a lopsided defeat last November, Lorain County commissioners are again considering a 0.25% sales-tax increase to shore up roughly $7 million for sheriff operations.

Ex‑chancellor Melissa Aviles‑Ramos has taken a senior advisory role at HMH, a major DOE vendor, prompting scrutiny under city post‑employment ethics rules.

Recent polls show a fractured Democratic primary and tight general matchups that could decide Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat.

Federal records and reporting tie Jay Lefkowitz — a Columbia lecturer and Kirkland partner — to Jeffrey Epstein and to Columbia’s $221M settlement talks, prompting campus scrutiny.

SRP’s board will consider a 3% summer rate cut that SRP says would save the typical household about $5.57 per month. The vote is scheduled for March 26.