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07/17/11 In the recently passed La. House Bill 2, over $28 million in state funding was granted to various projects in Vernon Parish, including money for a sewer system extension along La. 467 and a parkway connecting La. 28 and La. 467.
07/17/11 JEFFERSON CITY -- Young athletes will now have better protections from life-altering brain injuries with the recent signing of House Bill 300, ushered through the upper chamber of the Legislature by...
07/16/11 Republican Gov. John Kasich and his GOP colleagues in the General Assembly saw eye to eye on the budget, Senate Bill 5, and myriad other pieces of legislation this year.But not on House Bill 231, the controversial bill that would've allowed entities to withdraw up to 5 million gallons of water a day from Lake Erie without a permit.
07/15/11 Just this past Monday, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed House Bill 89 into law to establish and allow a Lake Authority to be developed at East Locust Creek Reservoir in Sullivan County.
07/15/11 The Republican governor says he will decide by the end of this weekend whether he will allow House Bill 231, passed by the GOP-controlled legislature last week, to become law.
07/13/11 A new set of state laws with ties to the Lake of the Ozarks took effect on Monday when Gov. Jay Nixon put pen to paper. State Rep. Darrell Pollock's, R-Lebanon, House Bill 89 will make several environmental changes possible. A legal change of local interest stems from a court battle over a rock quarry proposal that lasted more than three years.
07/12/11 Obama Creates Inter-Agency Coordination Group for Oil and Gas Development in Alaska, CSIS Holds Conference on Arctic Oil and Gas Development, House Bill Could Put Limits on 'Biometrics', Kohring Requests Outside Trial, and more...
07/12/11 Thursday, June 30, 2011 Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law six bills passed by the Missouri General Assembly. House Bill 70, which changes the compensation and mileage allowance for certain members of a county highway commission.
07/11/11 Following are the votes by local lawmakers and others from northeastern Pennsylvania last week in Harrisburg.Welfare changes: House Bill 960 will scale back welfare benefits and place new demands on welfare recipients. The House approved the measure 130
07/11/11 After the first couple of attempts failed to pan out, state Rep. Edward Staback, D-115, Archbald, is behind another bill that could open game hunting on Sundays in Pennsylvania.Mr. Staback is the second sponsor on House Bill 1760, which will amend the c
07/09/11 Among the 46 bills Governor Tom Corbett signed into law this past week, House Bill 797 allows volunteer and paid firefighters in Pennsylvania to file for workers compensation if they are diagnosed with cancer.
07/08/11 Drunk drivers will face stiffer penalties under new Delaware legislation. The law calls for longer prison sentences for drivers who have been convicted of Driving Under the Influence three or more times. The legislation also offers to cut those sentences in half in exchange for participation in drug and alcohol treatment and monitoring. House Bill 168, sponsored by Rep. Helene Keeley, D ...
07/08/11 On Friday, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed House Bill 1204 into law today, which will help tackle the problem of violence in the state's elementary schools and among elementary-aged children.
07/08/11 A bridge that crosses Marsh Creek and joins Freedom and Cumberland townships in Adams County has been officially named for fallen wildlife conservation officer David L. Grove. Gov. Tom Corbett signed House Bill 1255 Thursday designating the bridge as the Wildlife Conservation Officer David L. Grove Memorial Bridge.
07/01/11 LANSING - A bill which was intended to remove impediments to mining passed both the Michigan Senate and House Thursday, but in a much different form than originally introduced. House Bill 4746, initially introduced by Rep.
06/29/11 Citrus Memorial Health Foundation, Inc., the not-for-profit organization that leases and operates Citrus Memorial Health System, filed suit against the State of Florida and the Citrus County Hospital Board of Trustees today, challenging the constitutionality of a new law passed June 24 by Governor Rick Scott.The suit asks a Circuit Court judge to issue an injunction preventing House Bill 1043 ...
06/23/11 The Oregon Senate, in a bi-partisan 18-11 vote, approved House Bill 2726, limiting the growth of hookah lounges. The Senate also approved changes that exempt some cigar shops from the new rules and delays the bill's implementation.
06/22/11 Having passed the other 41 steps to become law, House Bill 1768 failed to pass the 42nd, as Gov. Rick Perry vetoed the bill Friday, which could have prevented the roadside sale of animals in Montgomer
06/22/11 - The Legislature agreed to remove a six-month residency requirement before someone can get a concealed handgun permit in Louisiana. House Bill 489 by Rep. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, received final backing with a 92-3 House vote and goes next to the governor's desk. Rep. Gordon Dove, R-Houma, was absent and missed the vote.
06/22/11 Here's how wacky the debate has become about House Bill 3465, which would create a mega-dude ranch in Grant County: the free-market, small government group Americans for Prosperity Oregon opposes the bill, while 1000 Friends of Oregon , long one of the state's most zealous protectors of open lands, does not. At issue is a bill that would allow Scott Campbell , the founder of the Banfield Pet ...
06/21/11 Proposed changes to House Bill 2726 would push back the implementation of a bill designed to limit the growth of hookah lounges in Oregon. It would also exempt certain cigar shops from the new rules. | 
