Lawmakers pass judicial budget and end session Lawmakers in both chambers gave final approval to a judicial budget and brought this year’s session to a close just minutes before the 6 p.m. deadline. Under the final budget, judges — like ... 06/4/2024 - 2:29 am | View Link
State lawmakers override five gubernatorial vetoes as session ends Though they didn't do as many as they did in 2023, state lawmakers attempted seven overrides of measures vetoed by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt this year. They were successful on five. That number ... 06/1/2024 - 1:03 am | View Link
Legislative session regrets? SC lawmakers have a few The University of South Carolina flag flies above the South Carolina State House in honor of the Gamecocks women’s basketball team winning the NCAA Championship on Sunday, April 7, 2024. 05/30/2024 - 6:00 pm | View Link
State Lawmakers Adjourn Sine Die, Ending Second Session Of 59th Legislature State lawmakers have officially adjourned Sine Die, marking the end of the second session of the 59th legislature. Governor Kevin Stitt is calling this a successful session and laying out some of ... 05/30/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Lawmakers end legislative session one day early; budget, tax cuts headline the debate The second session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature adjourned sine die late Thursday afternoon, one day before it was required to do so by the Oklahoma Constitution. And though normally the sine ... 05/30/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced another major immigration executive action. This time it wasn’t a border crackdown, but a new policy to offer legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who are married to US citizens and have lived in the United States for an extended period of time.
The leading AI chatbots are regurgitating Russian misinformation, Axios reports.
“To conduct the study, NewsGuard entered prompts asking about narratives known to have been created by John Mark Dougan, an American fugitive who, per the New York Times, is creating and spreading misinformation from Moscow.”
“Entering 57 prompts into 10 leading chatbots, NewsGuard found they spread Russian disinformation narratives 32% of the time, often citing Dougan’s fake local news sites as a reliable source.”
Politico: “In a break from convention, Trump is not expected to hold a mock debate to prepare for what’s likely to be a blockbuster televised confrontation with Biden, according to one of the people. Instead, Trump’s advisers have been arranging the sessions focused on individual topics they expect will likely come up at the debate.”
“The Democratic political boss George Norcross had a front-row seat to the bombshell criminal allegations levied against him on Monday — literally,” Politico reports.
“Norcross arrived uninvited to the press conference hosted by New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, who alleges Norcross is the leader of a longstanding criminal racket centered on South Jersey Democratic politics.
“Dozens of environmental, labor and health care groups banded together on Monday to file a petition to push the Federal Emergency Management Agency to declare extreme heat and wildfire smoke as ‘major disasters,’ like floods and tornadoes,” the New York Times reports.
Washington Post: How hot? A city-by-city forecast for the prolonged heat wave this week.
“A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Iowa from enforcing its own immigration law, which makes it a state crime to enter Iowa after being deported or denied entry into the United States,” the New York Times reports.
“The ruling comes amid a national push by statehouse conservatives to assert authority over illegal immigration, which the Justice Department argues is solely the federal government’s responsibility.”