Gov. Mike Braun signed SEA 277 on Tuesday, a broad rewrite of Indiana's environmental statutes that cuts outdated rules and shifts enforcement discretion ahead of a July 1, 2026 effective date.

State Rep. Karianne Lisonbee has filed to challenge Rep. Blake Moore in Utah’s redrawn 2nd District, turning a map fight into a high‑stakes GOP primary.

HB26‑1113 advanced through a Senate committee, proposing earlier ballot mailings, expanded drop‑box windows and GIS mapping for the voter file while drawing sharp partisan lines.

Guidehouse told city leaders a local income tax, transfer tax and PILOT could raise hundreds of millions — but state approval and political hurdles remain.

Treasury issued two Venezuela-related general licenses on Tuesday that let U.S. firms provide a wide range of banking and payments services to several state-owned Venezuelan banks while keeping targeted sanctions in place.

Lawmakers and coastal utilities have pressed state regulators to deny Fuquay‑Varina’s request to move 6.17 million gallons a day from the Cape Fear, citing risks to supply, quality and costs.

Bay Management Group withdrew its federal challenge to the Maryland Attorney General’s Civil Rights Division after months of litigation over a sweeping subpoena seeking years of tenant‑screening records.

After another Mexican died in U.S. custody, President Sheinbaum ordered daily consular checks and vowed international legal action while defending aid to Cuba.

A federal judge in Eugene temporarily exempted Oregon Right to Life from the state's reproductive coverage mandate; state officials say they will defend and likely appeal.

ISBE’s proposed accountability redesign would drop freshman-on-track and the college-and-career indicator, shift the attendance measure and roll out a five-tier rating system. The move has drawn both support and fierce pushback.

A new Denver draft collapses 14 entertainment license types into three and sets thresholds that could change how nightclubs and small venues operate.

HB2246 passed the Tennessee House on April 13, setting sourcing, storage and consent rules for non‑FDA stem cell and regenerative therapies while banning embryo‑derived products. The bill now heads to the Senate.

Rep. Jamie Raskin introduced legislation to create a 17‑member commission to evaluate presidential fitness under the 25th Amendment; the measure has 50 Democratic co‑sponsors but faces long odds in a GOP‑run Congress.