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20 Jun 2021, 9:00 am
RFRA was spearheaded in the Senate by Republican Senator Orrin Hatch and Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy. [read post]
20 Jun 2021, 6:30 am
Without the Civil War, three-quarters of the state legislatures would not have agreed to any of the Reconstruction Amendments. [read post]
18 Jun 2021, 8:29 am
Everyone from local politicians to community groups to the state legislature to agencies of the federal government signed off. [read post]
18 Jun 2021, 4:00 am
Manchin Outlines Demands on Voting Legislation, Creating an Opening for Potential Democratic Compromise MSN – Matt Zapotosky and Tom Hamburger (Washington Post) | Published: 6/16/2021 Joe Manchin, the lone Senate Democrat who is not sponsoring a sweeping voting rights and campaign finance bill, outlined for the first time a list of policy demands on election legislation – opening the door to a possible compromise that could counter a bevy of Republican-passed laws that… [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 12:54 pm
The surviving Senate Bills will now wind their way through the committee and floor vote process in the Assembly, and vice-versa. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 11:44 am
In addition to the states listed, the Ohio Senate has passed sports betting legalization. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 10:50 am
The National Conference of State Legislatures advises lawmakers around the US and defines decriminalization as making possession of small amounts of marijuana a civil infraction or the lowest class of misdemeanor, with no possibility of jail time. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 8:40 am
” Republican state legislatures spent this past spring writing “election integrity” laws in response to Trump-fueled suspicions of fraud last November. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 5:20 am
By contrast, had a few key state legislatures taken the bait to try to unchoose their electors after Election Day, it is easier to imagine them getting away with it. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 4:52 am
(credit: Getty Images | Joseph Sohm) Ohio's Republican-controlled legislature is on the verge of imposing a state law to dramatically restrict the rights of cities and towns to build and operate municipal broadband networks. [read post]
16 Jun 2021, 10:10 am
The bill was originally sponsored by State Senator Chris Gorsek (D-25), who is a former police officer, and was also sponsored and championed through the leadership of State Senator Michael Dembrow (D-23), Senator James Manning, Jr. [read post]
16 Jun 2021, 5:53 am
If you’ve been reading this blog long enough, you know that the budget implementer bill in the state legislature always contains more than just budget items. [read post]
15 Jun 2021, 2:02 pm
The New York State Legislature adjourned on June 11. [read post]
15 Jun 2021, 1:16 pm
By Andrew Albanese ***New York is now the second state to pass a bill that would ensure public libraries the right to license and lend e-books that are available to consumers in the state. [read post]
15 Jun 2021, 9:50 am
Senator Sam Thompson warned that transparency has reached a new low in Trenton as Governor Phil Murphy and the Senate President and Assembly Speaker, all Democrats, have eschewed any semblance of a public process to determine how tens of billions of dollars of State and federal funds will be spent. [read post]
15 Jun 2021, 9:13 am
“It gives me an opportunity to learn about the opportunities and challenges these companies face, and gain feedback on how the Legislature can help improve our state’s business climate. [read post]
14 Jun 2021, 3:17 pm
” And, also like the Maryland legislation, New York’s bill passed unanimously in the Assembly.Publishers Weekly: “New York is now the second state to pass a bill that would ensure public libraries the right to license and lend e-books that are available to consumers in the state…” [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 2:14 pm
In each legislative term, the State Bar of Texas makes recommendations to the legislature about new laws attorneys would like to have passed, and about modifications to estate planning and probate laws which will make the system work more smoothly. [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 2:14 pm
In each legislative term, the State Bar of Texas makes recommendations to the legislature about new laws attorneys would like to have passed, and about modifications to estate planning and probate laws which will make the system work more smoothly. [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 10:02 am
Each of these measures passed by overwhelming majorities in both the House and Senate, signaling that the legislature is unified in its desire to make Louisiana’s tax code more competitive and business-friendly. [read post]
