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Maryland Delegation Members Applaud Final Passage of Veterans’ Health Care Bill with Funding for Two Maryland Veterans Clinics
August 02, 2022 Bill now goes to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) announced the final Senate passage of legislation to open two veterans clinics in Baltimore and …
Three extensive bills targeting children’s mental health win final passage
Senate President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney in the Senate chamber. Looney called the legislation “a recognition that this is an area that has been a crisis in our state for some time.” Yehyun Kim / ctmirror.org The legislature gave final passage Tuesday to three wide ranging measures that would expand access to and boost …
Texas voting bill: House Democrats break quorum, effectively blocking passage of restrictive bill for now
Their move effectively killed Senate Bill 7 for this year’s legislative session. But it could soon be revived: Republican Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted Sunday night that he is adding “election integrity” to a list of topics lawmakers will address in a special session he plans to call. “Legislators will be expected to have worked out …
‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic, husband Dillon Passage ‘seeking a divorce’
It appears Joe Exotic won’t be married much longer. The controversial star of Netflix’s “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” — whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage — and his husband Dillon Passage are “seeking a divorce,” Passage revealed on Instagram on Friday. Dillon Passage, 23, shared a sunny selfie alongside a lengthy caption explaining the …
In break with Trump, McConnell urges passage of defense bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare break with President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging passage of a wide-ranging defense policy bill that Trump has threatened to veto. McConnell, R-Ky., said Thursday that it was important for Congress to continue a nearly 60-year streak of passing the National Defense Authorization Act, which …
Self-serve beer, wine, cider technology moves closer to passage
Click here for updates on this story Connecticut (Hartford Business Journal) — Self-pour technology may soon be coming to Connecticut bars, restaurants and craft breweries. A bill that would allow the use of self-pour technology in those establishments was approved Tuesday by the legislature’s General Law Committee. Both chambers of the General Assembly would need …