National security supplemental funding bill articles
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Amendment killing nationally legal cannabis makes it into House farm bill
A ban on intoxicating hemp products has made it into the House version of the farm bill. If the amendment makes it through a polarized House and divided Congress, it would end America's brief experiment with nationally legal cannabis. The language added to the House version of the farm bill by Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) in effect repeals a sweeping legal change
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Province seeks to withdraw land from Windsor's national urban park bill
During a Senate hearing Thursday on MP Brian Masse’s private member’s bill to create Windsor’s Ojibway National Urban Park through legislation, the province announced it wants to withdraw its parcel of land from the bill. MPP Andrew Dowie (PC — Windsor-Tecumseh) told the hearing, however, that Ontario still plans to include its land in the […]
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Illinois bill allows out-of-state minors to apply for taxpayer funded abortions
(The Center Square) – A measure allowing minors from out-of-state to come to Illinois and apply for public funds to get an abortion through the state’s Family Planning Program is now ready to be sent to the governor. State Sen. Senator Celina Villanueva, D-Chicago, sponsored House Bill 5239 in the Senate and said the bill will allow minors to apply on their own behalf for financial aid for the taxpayer funded Family Planning Program. "It also grants a private...