A federal judge on Thursday stopped US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from curbing access to gender-affirming care for minors, blocking a declaration from the administration that said the treatments are “neither safe nor effective” for addressing gender dysphoria.
Massachusetts lawmakers would decouple from corporate provisions of the GOP federal tax law if voters approve a personal income tax cut in November, according to a budget initiative moving through the Democrat-controlled legislature.
New Jersey can ban people 20-and-under from possessing firearms because such a restriction passes constitutional scrutiny, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
California defeated a lawsuit from the Trump administration that alleged that federal law preempts the state’s regulations over space accommodations for egg-laying hens, which has driven up egg prices.
More three dozen states and localities sued the Trump administration, arguing its repeal of the endangerment finding goes against the government’s mandate under the Clean Air Act and accusing the administration of rehashing settled Supreme Court arguments, Allison Prang reports.
Massachusetts’ auditor will get her day before the state’s Supreme Judicial Court to convince the justices that she should be able to sue to enforce her office’s new power to probe the legislature.
More three dozen states and localities sued the Trump administration Thursday, arguing its repeal of the endangerment finding goes against the government’s mandate under the Clean Air Act and accusing the administration of rehashing settled Supreme Court arguments.
A federal court rejected a pharmaceutical trade group’s call to block a Colorado law that dictates how manufacturers can supply federally discounted drugs to pharmacies in the state.
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A panel of Republican sheriffs and chiefs of police, the backbone of Florida’s law enforcement establishment, agreed on Monday to draft a letter to President Donald Trump and congressional leaders urging them to stop rounding up immigrants who they said arrived in the U.S. “inappropriately” but have otherwise lived law-abiding lives.
Democrat Derek Tran won the Nov. 5 election in California’s 45th Congressional District over Rep. Michelle Steel (R), who conceded Wednesday.
Republican Nick Begich unseated Rep. Mary Peltola (D) in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, the Associated Press said Wednesday.
Democrat Janelle Bynum unseated Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in Oregon’s 5th District, the Associated Press said Thursday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked a federal court to prevent special counsel Jack Smith from destroying documents related to his investigation and prosecution of president-elect Donald Trump.
The idea of injecting more politics into filling state supreme court seats through partisan elections has taken hold in some Republican circles, and momentum could pick up after the party’s success this week in North Carolina and Ohio.
A convicted felon in New York may help determine whether Republicans hold all the levers of government in Washington next year.
