Second Reading reports what became binding: laws, final rules, court holdings that change obligations, and the hearings that get them there. We focus on US federal action and California, Texas, New York, and Florida — housing and land use, workplace rules, health coverage requirements, and energy or large-project decisions. We do not publish horse-race politics, punditry, or geopolitics. If it does not change what you may, must, or will pay to do — or what is about to be decided — it is out of scope.