Survivors of U.S. military strike in Caribbean were legitimate targets for second attack, admiral to tell lawmakers
Survivors of U.S. military strike in Caribbean were legitimate targets for second attack, admiral to tell lawmakers
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Texas Lawmakers Criticize Local Leaders for Rejecting Flood Warning System Funding
Three weeks after flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country killed more than 100 people, state lawmakers chastised Kerr County leaders for rejecting money a year earlier to create a warning system that could have alerted residents to rapidly rising water. Several lashed out as a Kerr official representing the local river authority tried to explain
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Michigan Attorney General Urges Lawmakers to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism Law
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Deputy Solicitor General Eric Restuccia testified before the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee last week in support of a bill that would strengthen the state’s anti-terrorism law. Senate Bill 502, sponsored by Senator Sue Shink, would amend the Michigan Anti-Terrorism Act to specify that a person
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Texas Lawmakers Fail to Reach Agreement on THC Ban
The Texas House gaveled out of the second special session late Wednesday, leaving behind Senate Bill 6, which would have broadly banned consumable hemp products with any “detectable amount of any cannabinoid.” Only those with cannabidiol or cannabigerol, which are both non-psychoactive, would have stayed legal. That means most forms of consumable hemp-derived products stay
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Lawmakers, Unions Oppose Railroad Plan to Automate Track Safety Inspections
A U.S. railroad industry plan to rely more heavily on technology instead of humans to conduct routine track safety inspections has drawn a backlash from labor groups and lawmakers who voiced worry that automated inspections will result in more accidents. The dispute reflects simmering tensions in the global transport industry over the rise of automation.
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Texas Lawmakers Advance Flood Bills With Grieving Parents in Attendance
Nearly seven weeks ago on July 4, the Guadalupe River raged out of its banks and killed more than 130 people, including two teenage counselors and 25 young girls at Camp Mystic who had been asleep in their cabins before waking up to disaster. On Thursday, many of the girls’ parents held each other in
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