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2 Apr 2018, 2:38 pm
In 2018 alone, at least six state legislatures (Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania) are considering such legislation. [read post]
2 Apr 2018, 1:07 pm
Indeed the NY State legislature might receive useful information from contributions to the two programs regarding donors' substantive policy preferences.Under Part MM, the Employer Compensation Expense Program, employers that are required to withhold income taxes from their employees' wages can elect to pay a special payroll tax that equals a specified percentage of the payroll amounts paid to covered employees. [read post]
2 Apr 2018, 5:27 am
She was the president pro tem of the Senate for a period and also served a single day as acting state governor. [read post]
31 Mar 2018, 4:30 am
Students graduating from law schools in Maryland and attorneys looking to join large, established firms got some good news this week while a state senator from Baltimore exited the legislature amid a guilty plea to fraud charges. [read post]
30 Mar 2018, 9:38 am
On March 26, 2018, California State Senator Scott Wilk, R-Antelope Valley, introduced SB1024, the Animal Welfare and Violence Intervention Act of 2018, to address the link between animal abuse and violence towards humans and to stop the escalation of dangerous behavior among offenders who hurt animals. [read post]
30 Mar 2018, 12:00 am
— (a) Within thirty days before the convening of the 2017 regular session of the legislature, and each twentieth year thereafter, there shall be established a constitution revision commission composed of the following thirty-seven members: (1) the attorney general of the state; (2) fifteen members selected by the governor; (3) nine members selected by the speaker of the house of representatives and nine members selected by the president of the senate; and (4)… [read post]
29 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm
Linked to the settlement are guidelines aimed to prevent federal-to-state transfers from becoming a loophole around New Mexico campaign finance law, said Joey Keefe, a spokesperson for the secretary of state’s office. [read post]
29 Mar 2018, 11:26 am
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals [official website] on Wednesday denied [opinion, PDF] Governor Scott Walker's [official website] attempt to delay special elections for two vacant seats in the state's legislature [official website]. [read post]
28 Mar 2018, 11:01 am
Recently, the Louisiana Senate Judiciary Committee voted Senate Bill 243 out of committee. [read post]
28 Mar 2018, 8:56 am
The Constitution’s Article V requires that an amendment be proposed by two-thirds of the House and Senate, or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures. [read post]
28 Mar 2018, 8:29 am
Allen Equal Pay Act, is named after state senator Diane B. [read post]
28 Mar 2018, 3:00 am
Jackson was locked in a fierce battle against Henry Clay and the Whigs over the First Bank of the United States. [read post]
27 Mar 2018, 5:16 pm
In the current session, there are two bills sponsored by state senator Scott Wiener that are worth watching: SB 827 and SB 828. [read post]
27 Mar 2018, 5:16 pm
In the current session, there are two bills sponsored by state senator Scott Wiener that are worth watching: SB 827 and SB 828. [read post]
27 Mar 2018, 9:45 am
Yesterday, the New Jersey Senate and Assembly passed comprehensive pay equity legislation. [read post]
26 Mar 2018, 3:23 pm
In the wake of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the state legislature passed a reform bill, Senate Bill 7026, in order to enhance school safety. [read post]
26 Mar 2018, 1:52 pm
On March 21, 2018 South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that Governor Dennis Daugaard signed into law the state’s first data breach notification law, after unanimous approval by both chambers of the state legislature a couple weeks prior. [read post]
26 Mar 2018, 7:38 am
“This bill is about protecting innocent people from unfair settlements and increasing transparency at a state agency – two issues that are of grave importance when it comes to protecting the public trust,” Senator Singer (R-30) said. [read post]
26 Mar 2018, 2:15 am
In what became known as the Danbury Baptist letter, Jefferson stated: “I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ‘make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,’ thus building a wall of separation between Church and State. [read post]
22 Mar 2018, 11:19 am
Accepting mandates from legislatures rather than our own leaders is even harder (and we have struggled with this on many issues, too). [read post]
