Ohio’s attorney general has asked to intervene in a challenge to a new state law that requires THC-derived beverages and other “intoxicating hemp” products to be sold only at dispensaries.
Georgia lawmakers closed out their session by approving bills to cut personal income taxes, and provide scaled-back property tax relief for homeowners, while maintaining a lucrative tax break for data centers in the state.
The Energy Department dropped its appeal of a court decision blocking the agency’s limits on financial assistance for state energy programs.
The CFTC is asserting federal authority over fast-growing prediction markets with lawsuits against Illinois, Connecticut, and Arizona that challenge state regulation of the multibillion-dollar industry, J.J. McCorvey and Nicola M. White report.
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US Border Patrol agents didn’t comply with a court order while carrying out immigration stops and arrests in July at a Home Depot in Sacramento, a judge said.
The City of Dallas, having already defended two gun-related lawsuits from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), argued Thursday that a third case from the state over a ban on firearms in public spaces is likewise flawed.
Four Massachusetts cannabis retailers asked the state high court to spike a certified ballot question to repeal the state’s broad legalization and recreational sales of marijuana.
The Trump administration Thursday announced sweeping arrests and criminal charges over health-care fraud in California.
Lawmakers in some states are advancing President Donald Trump’s workplace-related agenda through measures aimed at preempting local government authority, Chris Marr reports.
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.
