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The Cartographers and the Coders: Two Maps Being Drawn at Once
Florida just redrew its congressional map four years ahead of the next census, flipping its delegation from 20-to-8 Republican to a projected 24-to-4—and three lawsuits were filed within hours of the bill's passage. Two days later, the Wall Street Journal reported the White House is pressuring Southern Republican leaders to redraw their maps mid-decade too. Within 48 hours, twenty-five South Carolina Republicans introduced a bill to do exactly that.
In the same seven days, Connecticut passed the most comprehensive state AI law in the country (Senate Bill 5, 32-4 / 131-17), Iowa became the first state to put hard rules on AI chatbots talking to children (Senate File 2417, 48-0 / 95-0), New York moved to let residents sue companies that scan their faces without consent (Senate Bill 1422), and California advanced a bill to cut the license-plate-reader pipe to ICE (Senate Bill 1013). We also cover North Carolina's $319M Medicaid rescue (House Bill 696), Louisiana's pharmacy benefit manager reform (House Bill 1236), New Jersey's reproductive-care shield (Senate Bill 2260), Georgia's statewide tow database (Senate Bill 569, 45-5 / 160-0), the Senate's fifth war powers vote on Iran (47-50), and the EPA rescinding the 2009 endangerment finding.
Two state-level projects, running at the same time. The cartographers are redrawing the maps. The coders are writing the rulebook.
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The Tenth is produced with AI-generated hosts working from human-edited, fact-checked briefings; every bill, vote, and quote is real and sourced.
Bills in this episode:
- Florida congressional redistricting (HB1)
- South Carolina congressional redistricting (HB5683)
- John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (HR14)
- Connecticut comprehensive AI law (SB5)
- Iowa AI chatbots and minors (SF2417)
- New York biometric privacy act (S1422)
- California license-plate scan data limits (SB1013)
- North Carolina Medicaid funding (HB696)
- Louisiana pharmacy benefit manager reimbursements (HB1236)
- New Jersey reproductive and gender-affirming care protections (S2260)
- New York paid sick leave for domestic workers (S4515)
- Massachusetts zero-emission heavy-duty truck excise cap (S2694)
- Rhode Island salaried-manager overtime threshold (S2166)
- Homeland Security continuing appropriations / ICE funding (HR7147)
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By AmendmentFlorida just redrew its congressional map four years ahead of the next census, flipping its delegation from 20-to-8 Republican to a projected 24-to-4—and three lawsuits were filed within hours of the bill's passage. Two days later, the Wall Street Journal reported the White House is pressuring Southern Republican leaders to redraw their maps mid-decade too. Within 48 hours, twenty-five South Carolina Republicans introduced a bill to do exactly that.
In the same seven days, Connecticut passed the most comprehensive state AI law in the country (Senate Bill 5, 32-4 / 131-17), Iowa became the first state to put hard rules on AI chatbots talking to children (Senate File 2417, 48-0 / 95-0), New York moved to let residents sue companies that scan their faces without consent (Senate Bill 1422), and California advanced a bill to cut the license-plate-reader pipe to ICE (Senate Bill 1013). We also cover North Carolina's $319M Medicaid rescue (House Bill 696), Louisiana's pharmacy benefit manager reform (House Bill 1236), New Jersey's reproductive-care shield (Senate Bill 2260), Georgia's statewide tow database (Senate Bill 569, 45-5 / 160-0), the Senate's fifth war powers vote on Iran (47-50), and the EPA rescinding the 2009 endangerment finding.
Two state-level projects, running at the same time. The cartographers are redrawing the maps. The coders are writing the rulebook.
Follow every bill at amendment.app.
The Tenth is produced with AI-generated hosts working from human-edited, fact-checked briefings; every bill, vote, and quote is real and sourced.
Bills in this episode:
- Florida congressional redistricting (HB1)
- South Carolina congressional redistricting (HB5683)
- John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (HR14)
- Connecticut comprehensive AI law (SB5)
- Iowa AI chatbots and minors (SF2417)
- New York biometric privacy act (S1422)
- California license-plate scan data limits (SB1013)
- North Carolina Medicaid funding (HB696)
- Louisiana pharmacy benefit manager reimbursements (HB1236)
- New Jersey reproductive and gender-affirming care protections (S2260)
- New York paid sick leave for domestic workers (S4515)
- Massachusetts zero-emission heavy-duty truck excise cap (S2694)
- Rhode Island salaried-manager overtime threshold (S2166)
- Homeland Security continuing appropriations / ICE funding (HR7147)