PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island – Rhode Island has enacted three artificial intelligence laws that significantly regulate the use of AI in mental health, clinical therapy, and healthcare documentation, creating one of the most comprehensive state-level frameworks in the United States. Governor Dan McKee signed the measures on June 22, 2026, after...
New York. On Thursday, June 25, the city's Rent Guidelines Board voted 7-1 to set 0% increases for one-year and two-year rent-stabilized leases, effectively freezing rents for about one million regulated apartments beginning Oct. 1. Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the decision a fulfillment of a central campaign promise, and tenants...
SACRAMENTO, California — Union leaders said Thursday that a proposed ballot measure to impose a one-time 5% tax on residents worth more than $1 billion will appear on the November ballot; the measure targets approximately 250 billionaires and cites Jan. 1, 2026 residency for liability, aiming to raise roughly $100...
Boston — A federal judge in Boston has halted key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting nationwide, marking a significant legal setback for the administration’s efforts to reshape federal election rules. In a ruling issued Thursday, June 25, 2026, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani found that...
In Washington on Wednesday, President Donald Trump had a heated exchange with Republican Senator Bill Cassidy during a private lunch with Senate Republicans, according to the Associated Press. The confrontation centered on the ongoing war in Iran and a Senate war powers resolution passed the previous day aimed at restricting...
Senate Republicans held an emergency late-night vote Wednesday in Washington to reverse their previous support for a war powers resolution that had passed the chamber one day earlier. The original measure was intended as a rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of the ongoing military conflict in Iran. According to...
Topeka, Kansas. On Wednesday the U.S. Justice Department sued Kansas, asking a federal judge to invalidate the state law that grants certain undocumented residents in-state college tuition; Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach joined the DOJ’s filing seeking an order to bar universities and state officials from enforcing HB 2145 this...
OCHOPEE, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the Everglades detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" will close after nearly a year of operation; contractors have been ordered to begin full demobilization this week and detainees were relocated earlier as officials cited hurricane-season safety concerns. Federal authorities coordinated transfers and state...
Baton Rouge. Louisiana lawmakers approved Gov. Jeff Landry's executive order this week to redirect $168 million from the state's K‑12 funding formula to provide one-year stipends of $2,000 for teachers and $1,000 for qualifying support staff; both chambers recorded supermajority votes on the measure on June 24. The vote follows voters...
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2026 — President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to open an immediate investigation into major energy companies for alleged fuel price manipulation. In posts on Truth Social on Wednesday morning, he accused large oil firms of failing to pass on sharply lower crude...
