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Virginia has 766 laws that take effect today. Here is a partial list of the state’s House and Senate bills: [...] (The Washington Post)

The singer, who founded the Elton John Aids Foundation in 1992, attended a Senate committtee hearing on Wednesday 6 May, where he implored the legislative body to maintain its leading, global role in funding HIV/Aids prevention. (The Guardian)

Murray, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has sent letters urging the department to simplify requirements that ask students to verify their living situation every year and supply documentation stating they’re homeless. (Washington Post)

A dictator is a ruler who wields absolute power. A state ruled by a dictator is called a dictatorship. The word originated as the title of a magistrate in the Roman Republic appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency (see Roman dictator and justitium). (Wikipedia)