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Paris voiced her support for the bipartisan bill, which was unanimously passed in the Senate earlier this month.

The bill is expected to be signed into law after the latest vote. Once law, it will provide a framework for courts to protect creative expression.

Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill that will require a convicted drunk driver to pay child support for the kid left behind by the parent they killed.

President Joe Biden has signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which now makes lynching a federal hate crime for the first time in U.S. history. 

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed The Safe Outdoor Dogs Act into law on Monday, which will ban the use of chains for tethering dogs outside.

The “heartbeat bill”—which Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law in May—will prohibit most abortions at around the six-week mark, or the detection of a heartbeat.

The Democratic senator gave a satirical speech Tuesday night in response to a Republican amendment that called to punish jurisdictions that defund their police.

In recent months, Republicans from multiple states have made repeated pushes—several of which have been successful—to target people's protest rights.

Joe Exotic recently got an offer from longtime rival Carole Baskin to help reduce his time in prison on one condition, and now he’s responded.

Bernie Sanders and Pramila Jayapal's College for All Act would, among other things, open up tuition-free and debt-free college access to millions of Americans.

The Virginia General Assembly approved Gov. Ralph Northam's push to legalize marijuana on July 1, 2020, rather than the initial date of Jan. 1, 2024.

Nancy Pelosi retained her seat as Speaker of the House over the weekend, after receiving a narrow margin of votes including one from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Andahl was a cattle rancher and former race car driver who ran on a platform of advocating for farmers in the rural district outside of Bismarck.

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Hong Kong residents have taken to the streets to protest an extradition deal with mainland China.

A few Democratic lawmakers have gotten together with the goal to change the grading scale for school performance evaluations in North Carolina.

State Rep. Richard Creagan has created legislation that would incrementally increase Hawaii's legal smoking age over the next five years.

"The Senate vote marks a true step forward towards fairness for the people at the heart of music who have long been undervalued due to outdated laws," National Music Publishers Association CEO David Israelite said.