When lawmakers bring a bill to the chamber floor, one of the first questions their colleagues might ask is: How much will this cost? Fiscal notes offer an answer to that perennial question, by estimating the financial impact of a piece of legislation.

Netspend analyzed Census data to illustrate the portion of renters in Rhode Island considered rent-burdened, with over 30% of their income going to rent.

In a case brought by Stephen Lara, a judge ruled that Nevada law enforcement cannot use an “equitable sharing” civil forfeiture program to bypass state laws.

The recent decision by 41 states to stop taxing Social Security benefits by 2025 is a significant development for retirees across the United States. This change means that only nine states will continue to tax these benefits in 2025.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — More than a dozen Democratic state attorneys general said Thursday they plan to defend two gun regulations now being challenged in court, including one banning devices that enable semiautomatic guns to fire more quickly.

The US Senate this week could vote on the Laken Riley Act and approve it in time for the incoming president to sign it into law on day one.

For more information about a particular bill, simply click the bill number. This will open a separate page with additional information. Ballotpedia has tracked the following ballot measures relating to election and campaign policy in Nevada.

The overall average breast cancer incidence rate in the U.S. was 131.8 per 100,000 and the overall average breast cancer mortality rate was 19.3 per 100,000. Among women in the U.S., breast cancer accounts for 32% of all cancer cases and 14% of all cancer deaths, the report found.

New Jersey Democratic Attorney General Matt Platkin said his state and others with Democratic attorneys general, plan to intervene in cases already in the court system.

New Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Thursday that Oregon and more than a dozen other states are joining together to defend two federal rules aimed at reducing gun violence nationwide. Here's Rayfield's news release about the action,

Attorney General Dan Rayfield has joined other states in Texas gun rights cases in support of Biden administration gun safety rules.

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