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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers have passed legislation that would make it a felony to knowingly bring someone into the state who is in the United States illegally, echoing similar bills nationwide that could restrict domestic travel for some immigrants. The legislation given final approval last week protects “not only the citizens of Alabama [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — After a week of promises to alter the policy, the U.S. Department of Commerce has rescinded a Biden-era rule due to take effect this week that placed limits on the number of artificial intelligence chips that could be exported to certain international markets without federal approval. “These new requirements would have [...]
In an effort to promote gun safety and responsible gun ownership, a bipartisan lawmaker duo in the Ohio House of Representatives has sponsored a bill to make the sale of firearm safety devices exempt from state sales and use taxes. Reps. Darnell Brewer, D-Cleveland, and Jennifer Gross, R-West Chester, characterized House Bill 120 as a [...]
The Environmental Protection Agency earlier this week said that it plans to reduce limits that were finalized last year on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water while maintaining standards for two common ones. The Biden administration set the first federal drinking water limits for PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, finding they increased the [...]
The sponsors of a bipartisan bill to promote mindfulness among Ohio’s schoolchildren believe a moment of silence each day at school is the appropriate place to start. Rep. Gary Click of Vickery said taking a few minutes to slow down, focus, meditate or even pray could have an empowering effect on a student who may [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump earlier this week signed an executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower the cost of prescription drugs or face new limits on what the federal government will pay. The order calls on the health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to broker new price [...]
A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after the Trump administration offered assurances it will cover its share of the costs. After a delay that has stretched on since February, Illinois [...]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Congressional Republicans say their plan to sell potentially hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land will generate revenue and ease growth pressures in some Western cities. Without clear details on how it will work, skeptics worry it could be a giveaway for developers and mining companies and do little to [...]
GENEVA (AP) — American and Chinese officials earlier this week said they had reached a deal to roll back most of their recent tariffs and call a 90-day truce in their trade policy changes to allow for more talks on resolving their trade disputes. Economists warned that tariffs still remained higher than before and that [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks. Tallying hundreds of pages, the legislation is touching off the biggest political fight over health care since Republicans [...]