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14 Apr 2009, 12:28 am
[JURIST] Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] signed legislation Monday that would establish Islamic Sharia law [CFR backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in the volatile North West Frontier Province (NWFP) area of Swat, sending the bill [Daily Times report] to the Pakistani parliament for approval. [read post]
20 May 2008, 2:49 am
California's top financial officer, John Chiang, is backing legislation aimed at dealing with conflicts-of-interest at the state's $3 billion stem cell agency. [read post]
31 May 2006, 9:53 am
[JURIST] The Conservative Party government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced new legislation in the federal House of Commons Tuesday that would set fixed dates for regular federal elections [Privy Council Office backgrounder; Bill C-16 text] and would potentially limit members of the country's weak Senate [official website; CBC Senate reform backgrounder] to eight-year terms. [read post]
27 May 2016, 5:44 am
An AP article posted yesterday provides a useful state-by-state summary of legislative activity and executive orders this year in 35 states relating to religious freedom, including bills that specifically protect religious views relating to sexual orientation and gender identity. [read post]
25 Apr 2008, 9:24 am
[JURIST] The US Senate on Thursday voted 95-0 [roll call] in favor of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) [HR 493 materials], legislation aimed at preventing employers and health insurers from discriminating against people who have a genetic predisposition to disease. [read post]
23 Jul 2008, 3:56 pm
A directors subcommittee of the California stem cell agency will discuss on Thursday their opposition to legislation aimed at ensuring affordable access to state-financed stem cell therapies. [read post]
1 May 2007, 9:12 am
The lawyers, who also included public defenders and sole practitioners, held over 50 meetings with Washington legislators, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California), to [read post]
11 Jan 2015, 9:22 am
You can print the legislature's schedule at www.legis.state.wv.us/Bulletin_Board/calendar_2015.cfm 2015 LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR First Day - January 14, 2015: First day of session. [read post]
18 Apr 2007, 7:55 am
[JURIST] The US Senate voted Wednesday against a motion to advance legislation that would permit the Department of Health and Human Services [official website] or another federal government entity to intervene in Medicare [JURIST news archive] drug pricing negotiations between drug makers and private insurance plans on behalf of the nation's elderly and disabled beneficiaries. [read post]
22 May 2018, 2:00 am
[…] The post Council Introduces Legislative Package To Eliminate Lead Poisoning In Housing appeared first on CityLand. [read post]
22 Feb 2007, 6:30 am
The House of Representatives' Public Health Committee [official websites] voted 6-3 in favor of the bill [legislative materials], which is sponsored by more than 90 of the 150 House members. [read post]
31 Jan 2024, 9:07 am
As we enter 2024, we once again review the most significant legislation, policy changes and regulatory actions with respect to climate change taken by California in the past year. [read post]
27 Dec 2007, 8:05 am
[JURIST] Leading legislators from Lebanon's majority party were expected to file a petition in parliament Thursday seeking a constitutional amendment to allow Gen. [read post]
15 Dec 2005, 4:07 am
The new legislation also increases jail sentences for rioting and affray and expands police power, providing the authority to stop and search people and vehicles, ban alcohol, and seize [read post]
19 Jan 2007, 1:01 am
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) [official website] committed House Democrats to joining the Senate Democrats Thursday in supporting nonbinding legislation declaring that "it is not in the national interest of the United States to deepen its military involvement in Iraq, particularly by escalating the United States military force presence in Iraq. [read post]
24 Jan 2006, 9:36 am
The legislation, initially proposed by Gov. [read post]
11 Apr 2006, 10:22 am
[JURIST] French students and union members staged sporadic "victory marches" Tuesday to celebrate the government's withdrawal of the First Employment Contract (contrat premiere embauche, CPE) [JURIST news archive] as legislators prepared for a vote on a replacement $180M job training and subsidization package that could come as early as Wednesday [Bloomberg report]. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 2:00 am
The bill would amend the New York City administrative code to prohibit discriminating against “any person or group of persons” in the use […] The post Councilmember Introduces Anti-“Poor Door” Legislation appeared first on CityLand. [read post]
25 Apr 2019, 2:00 am
To track the source of contributions, the bill would […] The post Council Member’s Legislation to Reveal Campaign Contribution Sources appeared first on CityLand. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 5:43 pm
John Conyers, the Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said that FBI proposals for data retention legislation "would be most welcome. [read post]
