Gov’t Affairs News: summer break, budgets, and more
Legislature leaves for summer break
This week the legislature adjourned for its annual summer recess. Well, mostly. Each chamber designates one session day in July and August in order to take up any urgent business that may arise during the break.
Gov’t Affairs News: Concealed carry, “Tobacco 21,” and more
Gov’t Affairs News: swipe fee victory, alcohol reforms and more
Swipe fee victory in Congress
Earlier this week we learned that leaders in Congress removed language that would have repealed debit swipe fee reform (often referred to as the Durbin Amendment) from a bill that makes broad reforms to the Dodd-Frank banking laws.
