By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
Expect state lawmakers to wrap up a short workweek today ahead of an extended Easter weekend.
Following threats from President Donald Trump to pull federal broadband funding, at least six Louisiana legislators have decided against advancing their pills to regulate artificial intelligence. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
By Julie O’Donoghue
At least a third of the nearly 20 bills Louisiana lawmakers proposed to put guardrails on artificial intelligence have been scrapped following threats from President Donald Trump to pull federal funding from states that regulate the industry.
A set of boxes at a crisis pregnancy center in Wakulla County, Florida, with information about pregnancy options. (Photo by Nada Hassenein/Stateline)
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris
States with and without abortion bans are advancing bills that would shield anti-abortion pregnancy resource centers from certain government mandates and attempts at regulation, allowing them to sue for damages if any part of the law is violated.
Parents could be held liable for school threats their children make under proposal advancing in the Louisiana Legislature. (Eric Schultz for Alabama Reflector)
By Izzy Wollfarth, LSU Manship News Service
Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a bill that would hold parents liable for fines of up to $5,000 for threats their children call into schools. That’s in addition to the potential punishment young offenders could face.
By Anna Claire Vollers
A coalition of 22 states told a federal court that the Trump administration appears to have violated a court order that limited the types of health data that could be shared with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation proceedings.
By Jonathan Shorman
President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order that attempts to restrict mail-in voting, a White House priority certain to face significant legal challenges. The order directs Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to compile a list of voting-age American citizens in each state and share it with state election officials. It also requires the U.S. Postal Service to only send and receive ballots that include tracking barcodes.
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