General Assembly News

General Assembly The Herald-Mail / Apr 3, 2022

A measure to extend Medicaid coverage in Maryland to individuals receiving gender-affirming surgery and treatment that’s now stalled in the House hasn’t quite vanished, but some of the developments in the bill’s legislative journey can no longer be found on the General Assembly’s website.

General Assembly The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News / Feb 20, 2022

Bipartisan legislation aimed at improving the delivery of mental health and substance abuse services in Georgia got its first hearing in the General Assembly on Wednesday.

General Assembly The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News / Feb 20, 2022

With about three weeks left in the General Assembly session, hard bargaining remains on such issues as the budget, tax cuts and school choice.

General Assembly The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News / Feb 20, 2022

Kratom — an herbal substance that can have opioid-like effects — is widely available and unregulated in Ohio, but an industry-backed bill that’s halfway through the General Assembly could set standards for the substance.

General Assembly The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News / Feb 20, 2022

In mid-December, Texas’ highest criminal court revoked the state attorney general’s ability to use his office to prosecute election-related cases without the request of a district or county attorney. In an 8-1 opinion, the all-Republican court weakened Attorney General Ken Paxton’s power to independ…

General Assembly The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News / Feb 20, 2022

The National Assembly’s Committees on the review of the 1999 Constitution has rejected the moves to make food security a fundamental right of citizens. The Bill, which has been pending before the two chambers, generated uproar among stakeholders in the agricultural community...