In the most recent legislative session, Holscher introduced a bill to move marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug, classifying it among less addictive and harmful drugs.
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Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
9 July 2026
The council concluded that there was insufficient evidence to support classifying obesity as a disease.
The 2015 staff report recommended indexing the thresholds to inflation on a go-forward basis.
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Matt Stephens,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Economists generally have calculated that whatever economic growth could be ascribed to the change would be washed out by the revenue loss from inflation-indexing only new purchases, and utterly swamped by the cost of indexing all holdings, past and future.
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Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Insider tip If a full villa is not in the cards, look at one of the mid-tier suites and then lean heavily into in-room dining; ordering an omakase-style spread plus cocktails to your room is one of the most fun ways to use this hotel.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 July 2026
Summer House Canada follows Hayu earlier ordering its first original series, The Real Housewives of London, which was recently renewed for a second season.
Currently, basic Medicare, the public health insurer of many adults over 65, does not cover grab bars, categorizing them like nonslip flooring or bathtub seats as convenience items rather than medical necessities.
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Panashe Matemba-Mutasa,
Mercury News,
13 July 2026
To streamline the private-public partnership and ensure the most rapid response to the biggest risks, Anthropic said the AI industry’s goal should be categorizing risks to ensure proper interventions both internally and from the government.
Congress is considering codifying a similar provision into law.
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Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Following the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at the hands of federal agents in Minnesota earlier this year, Democrats sought to block additional funding for ICE and Border Patrol—at least not without codifying reforms to immigration enforcement.
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