TikTok has up to a year to be sold by its China-based owner for face a ban in the U.S., potentially impacting 170 million users and small businesses nationwide. The bill won bipartisan support on fears China could use TikTok to collect and exploit Americans’ private data.
HB 8002—the sweeping housing bill jammed through in the 2025 special session—is sold as “affordability reform.” Home equity isn’t some abstract line on a spreadsheet for families like mine. For a lot ...