State Senate: Last News

A bill that wouldmake striking workers in California eligible to receive unemployment benefits was approved on Wednesday by a 4-1 vote of the state Senate’sLabor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee. Senate Bill 799, which has already been passed by the state Assembly, now goes to a vote of the full Senate. If approved there, it will be up to Governor Gavin Newsom to either sign it into law or veto it. Last year, he vetoed 169 bills while signing nearly 1,000.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a big win for major record labels, the Free Artists From Industry Restrictions (FAIR) Act failed to pass out of the California State Senate’s Judiciary committee late on Tuesday night.According to a report in Billboard, the act, also called AB Bill 983, received four votes, two short of the six needed to reach a majority from the 11-member committee.The bill was the latest in a long campaign to repeal a 1987 amendment to the state’s “Seven-Year Statute” that allows record labels to sue artists if they leave after seven years after their contract was signed before delivering the full number of albums required under the contract. Labels can also sue artists for damages.Artists’ rights groups — including the Black Music Action Coalition, Music Artists Coalition and Songwriters of North America — decried the decision but promised to continue the fight.

Rhode Island’s State Senate race will have one less candidate after a shocking incident over the weekend.

announced his bid for the state senate seat back in October. At the time, the Arkansas native said he felt it was his duty to run for office now because «these are unprecedented times in our nation.»Jim Bob's defeat came just days after the Duggar family was rocked by two separate scandals.

Jim Bob Duggar announced his run for the Arkansas state Senate Friday. The "19 Kids and Counting" star is a candidate for Arkansas State Senate District 7, according to the announcement made on Duggar's Facebook page.

Jim Bob Duggar of the TLC reality show 19 and Counting has announced plans to run for the Arkansas State Senate.

What in the hell?! If you were counting on not having to hear any more self-righteousness from the Duggars after their latest family scandal, we have some bad news!

The Duggar family patriarch, Jim Bob Duggar, is getting back into politics. The 19 Kids and Counting alum, 56, announced on Friday, October 29, that he has entered the race to represent State Senate District 7 in his home state of Arkansas.

Jim Bob Duggar is the latest reality star to run for office. The father of 20 announced Friday on his family’s Facebook page that he will be campaigning for Arkansas State Senate District 7.