Morning Reads — Feb 27

Happy Monday, everyone! It’s going to be a great week.

State

• John F. Kennedy, Buzz Brockway, “Able” Mable Thomas, and other surprising names.
• Transit? In MY neighborhood?!
• Give me liberty and beer, hold the death.
• Lawmakers who supported Trump’s Dec 2015 Muslim ban also support “Religious Liberty”.
• A brief history on “Kumbaya” and Gullah-Geechee culture.

National

• A new poll has Trump’s approval rating at 44%.
• Pro-Trump rallies are taking place nationwide.
• Democrats demand leadership changes beyond the DNC.
• There’s a 100% chance 13% of Americans won’t read this.
• There are problems with political consumerism.

Important

• La La Land, Moonlight, the 2016 election, and celebrities. 

 

The following bills will be on the Senate floor on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27:

• SB 201 – Labor and Industrial Relations; employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate family members; allow (Substitute) (I&L-49^th)
• SB 133 – Corporate Net Worth Tax; less than a certain amount; make such tax inapplicable to corporations (FIN-20^th)
• SB 121 – “Jeffrey Dallas Gay, Jr., Act” (H&HS-49^th)
• SB 156 – Sales and Use Taxes; equalized homestead option sales and use taxes; provide certain restrictions (Amendment) (FIN-40^th)