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Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Verification Law for Porn Sites
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday regarding a Texas law that makes it more difficult for children to access pornography. The ruling in the case… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Republican State Legislators Defying Trump’s Efforts to Lower Health Care Costs
President Donald Trump was swept into office last November with a promise to lower prices for Americans who had suffered under 40-year-high inflation under President… Read More
LawNews
Records Reveal How Democrat AGs Collaborated on Anti-Trump Legal Strategy Before Inauguration
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—As early as July of last year, during the heat of a presidential race, a group of Democrat state attorneys general… Read More
PoliticsNews
Alabama’s Tuberville Announces Bid for Governor
Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced Tuesday that he will run for governor of the Yellowhammer State, following a recent trend of Republican congressmen and… Read More
PoliticsNews
Texans to Vote on Constitutional Amendment Banning Noncitizen Voting
Texans will decide in November whether to add an amendment to their state constitution banning noncitizens from voting. If approved, the amendment would be added… Read More
PoliticsNews
Maine Poised to Become First State to Withdraw From Popular Vote Compact
Just last year, Maine—one of only two states that apportions its Electoral College votes—opted to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. But the New… Read More
PoliticsNews
ALEC Ramps Up Election Reform Initiatives for States
The American Legislative Exchange Council, the largest voluntary coalition of state lawmakers, established a voting integrity task force to concentrate on state policies regarding voter… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: Anti-Trump Governors Scheduled Briefings on National Guard ‘Protections,’ ‘Deployments’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of Democrat governors resisting the Trump administration scheduled at least two Zoom discussions focused on how to avoid assisting… Read More
LawNews
Texas Rounds Up Public Officials in Alleged Vote Harvesting Scheme
A small county allegedly has a Texas-sized voter fraud problem, as a grand jury indicted six people, including local officials. The six were charged in an alleged… Read More
PoliticsNews
Advocates of Bans on Foreign Money for Ballot Measures Urge Governor to Veto Montana Bill
Conservative groups who have successfully backed legislation in six states this year to ban foreign funding of ballot initiatives have one message for Montana Gov…. Read More
PoliticsNews
Texas House Considering Changes in Law Protecting Free Speech
Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that critics say would threaten freedom of speech with frivolous lawsuits, by altering the state’s so-called anti-SLAPP law. The… Read More
PoliticsNews
Earle-Sears Campaign Faults Spanberger Over Lack of Disclosure
The campaign of Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is calling out former Rep. Abigail Spanberger for failing to disclose her role as a trustee while… Read More
PoliticsNews
How 2 Democrat Governors Handled Popular Bans on Foreign Election Funding
One Democrat governor signed a bill banning foreign funding of ballot initiatives, while another begrudgingly allowed it to become law, in what is becoming a… Read More
PoliticsNews
Bill Amending Oklahoma’s Anti-ESG Law Dies
A bill in the Oklahoma Legislature to amend the state’s three-year-old anti-ESG law died last week after criticism that it would water down efforts to… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Media Laments Virginia’s Youngkin Vetoing Near-Record 157 Bills
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin likely just did the people of Virginia a favor by vetoing 157 out of the 966 bills that came across his… Read More
PoliticsNews
Oklahoma Debates How to Fight ESG, Amid AG-Treasurer Clash
Oklahoma lawmakers advanced legislation that could gut a three-year-old anti-ESG law and leave state taxpayers vulnerable to environmental, social, and governance-based investing, critics contend. The… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Governors Get Strategy for National Guard Deployment, Executive Orders to Resist Trump
Democrat governors have a “resistance” playbook created for them that includes draft executive orders to defy the administration’s immigration policies as well as instructions on… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: As DOGE Targets Spending, 2 State Attorneys General Groups Seek to Protect Foreign Grants
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—As the Department of Government Efficiency continues to flag unusual federal government expenditures, state attorneys general are asking the Trump administration… Read More
PoliticsNews
Democrats Plan State-Level ‘Resistance’ to Federal GOP Trifecta
Democrats started planning their opposition to President Donald Trump’s agenda just days after he was reelected last year, according to a new report, and are… Read More
PoliticsNews
Trailblazing CEO Tracie Sharp, Who Built 50-State Policy Powerhouse, Stepping Down at SPN
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Tracie Sharp, the longtime president and CEO of State Policy Network, announced Monday she will step down from her leadership position… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: Nonprofit Laid Out Road Map for Prosecuting Trump Supporters, and Arizona’s AG Seems to Have Followed It
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A nonprofit drafted a plan to prosecute backers of Donald Trump under Arizona law nearly a year before the state’s Democrat… Read More
SocietyCommentary
G-MEN: Governments Employ Record Number of People
The state of Florida had a population of 22,610,726 as of July 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That ranked third among all states—exceeded… Read More
LawNews
New Mexico Accused of Hiding More Election Records
New Mexico’s top election official won’t disclose key information about a new electronic signature-verification system for putting candidates on the ballot, a lawsuit alleges just… Read More
SocietyNews
‘Her Daughter Was Given a Chest Binder by Her School’–Fighting the Liberal Agenda in the States
While a lot of attention is often focused on battling the liberal agenda in Washington, D.C., much of the battle actually occurs in the states…. Read More
LawNews
Justices Nix ‘Independent State Legislature Theory’ on Administration of Elections
Justices ruled 6-3 Tuesday in Moore v. Harper to reject the “independent state legislature theory,” the idea that legislatures have unrestricted power under the Constitution… Read More
State and Local Governments Cutting Work Hours Due to Obamacare
It’s no longer just restaurants and stores cutting hours and employees due to Obamacare—state and local governments are making changes as well. The law defines… Read More
Are 14 Percent of Americans Chronically Hungry?
Earlier this week, a New York Times editorial claimed that 14.5 percent of U.S. households are experiencing “pangs of chronic hunger.” This figure is based… Read More
LawNews
The Last Stand: The Fight of State Attorneys General to Preserve Federalism
On Thursday, September 12, the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation along with the State Government Leadership Foundation is… Read More
Coal Ash Bill Empowers States
The House will soon consider Representative David McKinley’s (R–WV) Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act (H.R. 2218), which would block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)… Read More
Defunding COPS: Eliminating a Wasteful and Ineffective Grant Program
The House of Representatives Appropriations Committee marked up the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2014 last week. While the… Read More
