tampabay.comFlorida Republicans are pushing state legislation that would enact broad new layers of secrecy around nonprofit organizations’ corporate and individual donors, a move that would allow some political groups to shield sources of funding from local and state government scrutiny. startribune.comMore than 2.7 million Minnesota households would get checks of $175 or $350 from the state under a spending plan Democratic Gov. wvgazettemail.comThe proposed constitutional amendment that would give the West Virginia legislature, not the state Board of Education, the final say over all state school board policies, is back after almost passing last year. mississippitoday.orgWith a bipartisan vote, the Mississippi House passed an equal pay bill, which would provide state legal recourse for employees paid less for the same work based on sex. Mississippi is the last state in the nation without an equal pay provision in state law.

Source: New York Times January 21, 2022 16:26 UTC