Washington, DC, officials will likely be forced to suspend income tax-filing deadlines into the fall if congressional Republicans overturn the local law severing the district from parts of the 2025 federal tax law, the District of Columbia’s chief financial officer warned congressional leaders Monday.
A constitutional challenge to a California law requiring gun dealers to have video and audio recordings of all transactions appeared to split a three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit at oral arguments Monday.
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A US BANKING REGULATOR’S MOVE to block state laws forcing national banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts is an end run around post-financial crisis limits on federal preemption powers, state regulators and consumer advocates said.
Colorado asked the Trump administration to rescind its order to keep a coal plant open past when it was slated to close, arguing that keeping it open is expensive and won’t improve grid reliability.
Upcoming arguments in a challenge to the White House’s ability to create national monuments could determine whether state legislatures can bring lawsuits over the objections of the state’s governor and attorney general.
Florida will endure at least another day of bitter cold that has damaged the state’s citrus crop and prompted a local utility to ask residents to reduce electricity use.
The latest FEC filings show House Republicans out raising Democrats as they seek to hold on to their majority, while George Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff is leading all senators as he faces a competitive re-election bid.
A years-long debate over strengthening California’s antitrust laws shifts to the legislature after a state review commission voted to send lawmakers recommendations to crack down on anticompetitive business practices.
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.
