Senator Yin (R — Teton) was heard saying that the per diem he and all legislators receive doesn’t cover his costs for gasoline driving to the sessions. The $105 per diem used today was current in 2005. Today, the federal
How to override the House Speaker
Read here to learn more about bills pulled from drawers and such. The political oddities we hear about this Session relate to a set of rules that two-thirds of the nation’s legislative bodies observe, Mason’s Manual. We may be surprised
Exploited: Children work & learn FT, employers claim ignorance
Roald Dahl’s publisher offers a messy compromise for children’s books
Roald Dahl is dead but his stories such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “James and the Giant Peach”, and “Matilda” live on. Now they come in two versions: updated and classic versions. See some differences. Augustus Gloop is no longer
Suicide prevention 988 line becomes law
House committee votes down transgender treatments
SCOTUS hears 2 cases that could break the internet
SCOTUS will hear oral arguments for Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh. The former case centers on Section 230 relieves Internet companies of liability for defamatory or illegal content posted moves it the user. The latter concerns the liability
SCOTUS Decision on Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, discharge of debt
Take-away — fraudulently obtained debt cannot be discharged with bankruptcy. Kate and David bought a house in San Francisco intending to remodel it. The house was later sold for $2m to a developer, Barkley. Barkley sued for misrepresentation of the
ABA Legal Fact Check: Can the Electoral College be abolished?
Senate Labor Comm passed HB004 & answered many questions
The Labor Committee’s session today was an example of the power of public testimony. The Committee members were particularly impressed by the rapid-fire testimony of two high school debaters who seemed to have elusive data. For example: 95% of postpartum