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New York lawmakers nearing passage of $237B budget planNew York state lawmakers are on the verge of passing a $237 billion budget that includes sweeping plans to build housing, shutter unlicensed cannabis storefronts and help manage the city’s migrant crisis.The raft of proposals is expected to pass through the Legislature late Friday and potentially into the weekend, almost three weeks after the budget was due.The governor and leaders of the state Senate and Assembly weighed countless political and business demands during their negotiations behind doors. They also contended with a cyberattack that temporarily shut down the statehouse’s bill drafting office just as legislation started to flow.NEW YORK LEGISLATURE HIT BY CYBERATTACKThe housing agreement, the crown jewel for Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, was the most contentious issue of the spending plan.The goal is to tackle one of the state’s most pressing problems: a housing crisis in New York City, where supply…

Democrats’ Unproven Plan to Close Biden’s Enthusiasm GapOn Indivisible’s website, the first words you’ll find—in large font and all caps—are “Defeat MAGA. Save democracy.” The progressive organizing group, formed shortly after Donald Trump’s 2016 win, sees the stakes of this fall’s presidential election as enormous, even existential. Yet when it deploys more than 2,000 volunteers to canvass neighborhoods in Arizona over the next seven months, the presidential race is the last topic it plans to bring up.“We’re not going to be knocking on doors trying to convince people to vote for Joe Biden,” Indivisible’s co-founder Ezra Levin told me. Instead, its volunteers will be trying to turn out voters for just about every other Democrat on the ballot—including the party’s nominees for U.S. Senate and House seats and its candidates for the Republican-controlled state legislature—as well as a referendum that could restore abortion rights in Arizona.The message isn’t meant as…

Trucking Industry Blasts Gov. Evers’ Veto of Commonsense Lawsuit Abuse Reform  The trucking industry is voicing strong criticism following Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ veto of Senate Bill 613, a proposed legal reform intended to cap non-economic damages in civil litigation at $1 million. This legislative measure, which passed the State Assembly by voice vote and the State Senate with a 21-11 majority, aimed to curb what the industry perceives as rampant lawsuit abuse that unfairly targets trucking companies. Ed Gilroy, Chief Advocacy and Public Affairs Officer of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), expressed disappointment over the veto, characterizing it as a “missed opportunity” to bring fairness to the Wisconsin legal system. He argued that the reform would have prevented the civil litigation system from being exploited for profit by the plaintiffs’ bar, thus reducing the financial burden on the trucking industry and ultimately on consumers through lower insurance rates and…