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9 Feb 2021, 7:22 am by Robbie Kenney
Bucco, was passed out of committee, and versions of the measure have been introduced in both houses of the Legislature since 2010. [read post]
8 Feb 2021, 12:04 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
“As Senate Chair of the Public Health Committee last session, I had the opportunity to dig into the medical aid-in-dying legislation and listen deeply to Commonwealth residents,” says Jo Comerford (D-Northampton). [read post]
8 Feb 2021, 11:35 am by Derek T. Muller
After false rumors swirled in 2008 that Barack Obama was not born in the United States, some state legislatures introduced legislation that would require candidates to show their birth certificate as a condition of appearing on the ballot. [read post]
8 Feb 2021, 10:28 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Heated debate over the minimum wage, and the cascading consequences of the same, has moved from city council halls, to the floors of state legislatures, to the forefront of the national discourse. [read post]
8 Feb 2021, 7:51 am by skelly
Legislatures in New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington have all proposed legislation seeking to curb COVID-19’s impact on businesses in their state. [read post]
8 Feb 2021, 7:08 am
The West Virginia state legislature meets for 2 months every year, and this year's session begins on February 10, 2021. [read post]
5 Feb 2021, 11:33 am by Brad Schnure
“While the Senate Democratic Majority has blocked our efforts to form a select committee to investigate these failures using the full oversight powers of the Legislature, we will move forward with independent hearings to provide people the opportunity to tell their stories and share their concerns about the State’s failed response to COVID-19. [read post]
4 Feb 2021, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
After multiple leading Democrats called for the two Republicans to resign, Cruz and Hawley’s challenge to President Biden’s Electoral College win is now tied up in the opaque Senate Ethics Committee. [read post]
4 Feb 2021, 3:19 pm by Josh Blackman
  First, the trial memorandum states that "the First Amendment does not apply at all to an impeachment proceeding. [read post]
3 Feb 2021, 12:53 pm by Mario Dalessandro
Commissioners appointed Fabian Donate and Tracy Brown-May to seats in the Nevada Legislature, filling two vacant seats the day after the 2021 Legislature convened in Carson City. [read post]
3 Feb 2021, 6:01 am by Patrick Hulme
Interestingly enough, Biden’s first year in the Senate, 1973, was perhaps the most important year in war powers history. [read post]
2 Feb 2021, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
Texas Bill Bids to Put a Stop to It” by Philip Jankowski for Austin American-Statesman Redistricting Indiana: “As Indiana’s Legislature Considers Redistricting This Year, Experts Look Back on the Impact of Gerrymandering” by Alexandra Kukulka (Post Tribune) for Chicago Tribune The post Wednesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup appeared first on State and Federal Communications. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 4:00 pm
Wouldn’t this stack the deck too much in favor of the Legislature, tilting the separation of powers doctrine in unworkable ways? [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 9:09 am by Brad Schnure
Two years later, Kean was named to the upper house of the state legislature. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Carhart’s (2007) perilous holding that legislatures have “wide discretion to pass legislation in areas where there is medical and scientific uncertainty. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 2:14 am by Steve Lubet
Before the Seventeenth Amendment was ratified in 1913, U.S. senators were chosen by their state legislatures. [read post]
31 Jan 2021, 5:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
On its website, the state prosecutors' association told its members, "don’t be surprised if many Senate committees hold no more than two or three hearings on Senate bills for the entirety of this regular session. [read post]
29 Jan 2021, 6:52 am by Robbie Kenney
“This is one more example of why the Legislature needs to investigate and find out what was going on in senior homes in our state. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
Biden Is Firing Some Top Trump Holdovers, but in Some Cases, His Hands May Be Tied MSN – Lisa Rein and Ann Gearan (Washington Post) | Published: 1/24/2021 President Biden’s team moved quickly to dump several high-profile, Senate-confirmed Trump appointees whose terms extended beyond Inauguration Day, in some cases by several years. [read post]