STATE AND LOCAL

The House Ways and Means Committee will consider a bill on Thursday that would prioritize federal spending if the U.S. hits the debt ceiling later this year.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell fired back at Sen. Elizabeth Warren in a tense exchange Tuesday over the potential impact of the central bank's interest rate hikes.

Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee are expected to grill Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a Tuesday hearing on Capitol Hill.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown is expected at Tuesday's hearing to criticize the Federal Reserve's continuous interest rate hikes.

California Governor Gavin Newsom slammed Walgreens over its decision to stop selling the abortion drug mifepristone in 20 states led by Republican attorneys general.

Sen. Joe Manchin this week called on President Biden to release his budget proposal so that Congress can find a bipartisan compromise that will cut spending.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was the top recipient of political donations from BlackRock, a leading investment firm advocating for environmental, social and governance investing.

New York will double the number of licenses issued to marijuana dispensaries in its first round of applications, though both legal and illegal sales are flourishing statewide.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday appointed five members of the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board, which will govern the operations of Walt Disney World.

Two senators urged the Justice Department in a letter this week to continue investigating Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, for alleged anticompetitive conduct.

Of the 10 or so U.S. municipalities considering some sort of reparations program, at least two are mulling the possibility of using COVID-19 relief money to fund their initiatives.

Representatives of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party introduced bills to prohibit sales of non-electric yard equipment and ice resurfacing machines such as Zambonis.

Sen. Maria Cantwell sent a letter to Southwest Airlines on Thursday, seeking a "full accounting" of how the airline is refunding customers after mass holiday cancellations.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz pushed acting Federal Aviation Administrator Billy Nolen on a near-miss collision between two planes at an airport in Austin, Texas, this month.

Federal lawmakers rallied with representatives from the American Federation of Government Employees union on Tuesday to demand Congress pass an 8.7% pay increase for government workers.

IRS commissioner nominee Daniel Werfel is expected to tell a Senate committee that if he gets the job, he will not increase audits on those making less than $400,000.

Sen. John Kennedy spoke Tuesday at the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on "Protecting Our Children Online," expressing concern about social media's effects on kids.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has introduced a bill that would implement an age requirement for social media usage and another that would study the harmful impact of social media on children

The Florida legislature has passed a bill that would complete the state's takeover of Walt Disney World's special self-governing district, punishing the company for its public stand against parental rights legislation.