Senate Democrats unveiled new revenue proposals Thursday as the state Legislature prepares to negotiate a 2025-27 budget and fill a multibillion-dollar budget gap.

Democratic budget leaders Thursday say new taxes on the rich and adjustments to property and sales taxes are needed to address the state’s multi-billion-dollar deficit while fixing a “regressive" and “unfair" tax code.

Washington Senate Democrats are proposing new taxes on the wealthy to combat a projected $13 billion budget deficit.

When Texas legalized hemp in 2019, it inadvertently approved the sale of hemp-derived consumable products with up to 0.3% THC, the primary psychoactive component in the cannabis plant. The Texas Senate on Wednesday, however, approved a measure to ban the sale of any products containing THC.

A bipartisan vote passed a bill to ban THC in the Texas Senate on Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced. Senate Bill 3, authored by Sen. Charles Perry, bans Delta 8, Delta 9, and all other forms of intoxicating THC,

Patrick says the measure will shut down the dangerous THC products business. The House’s proposal would tighten oversight of the industry without a full ban.

The House on Thursday morning voted 92-27 to agree with the Senate’s latest proposal to eliminate the state income tax and increase the gasoline tax.

U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey of Maryland has become the first Democratic congressman to call on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step aside after the New York Democrat voted last week for a Republican-sponsored continuing resolution and avoid a government shutdown Ivey spoke about Schumer,

A Maryland Democratic congressman urged his Senate colleagues to “pick new leadership” Tuesday after Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s controversial vote with Republicans last week to avert a government shutdown.