Oregon lawmakers voted Monday to advance a sweeping package that would bolster protections for abortion access and gender affirming care for transgender people. The bill, which passed the Oregon House on party line vote on Monday, was hotly debated by Republicans in the state. The legislation runs counter to many of the laws being enacted...
A law to ban abortion clinics in Utah will be temporarily halted after a judge in the state ruled that the law, which was set to go into effect on Wednesday, will have to be held as the court considers a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood. Third District Judge Andrew Stone granted Planned Parenthood's request for...
Republican lawmakers in Florida on Tuesday approved a bill that would shield the travel records of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other state leaders from public disclosure. The bill, which passed the Florida House along a party-line vote of 84-31 after clearing the Senate last month, would exempt the travel history of the state’s governor...
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) ruled out a 2024 Senate bid Tuesday, depriving Republicans of a candidate with a proven record of winning statewide elections in the Old Line State. Hogan was at the top of the GOP's list of preferred candidates after Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) announced on Monday that he would not...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he learned about a massive leak of top-secret U.S. intelligence documents in the news. Zelensky, in an interview with The Washington Post, said he had no conversations with the White House or President Biden about the leak. “I did not receive information from the White House or the Pentagon beforehand,”...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law Tuesday a sweeping ban on sustainable investing. House Bill 3 bars state and local governments from factoring in environmental, social or governance (ESG) factors in their decision of whether to invest or contract with specific businesses. It also obligates state-registered banks to make loans to several industries...
Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D), who was censured and barred from the House floor by state Republicans, cannot yet return to the chamber, a judge ruled Tuesday. The judge rejected a motion from Zephyr, one of the state’s first openly transgender lawmakers, and her lawyers to allow her to return to the House floor...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Democrats unveil plan to force vote on debt limit hike House Democrats are setting in motion a plan that’s been kept under wraps for months in an effort to force a vote on lifting the debt...