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7 Nov 2022, 8:31 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Lawmakers like State Senator Jason Lewis (D-Mass.), who played a key role in advancing farm animal protection legislation in his state, are important allies in our mission. [read post]
14 Jan 2014, 12:30 am by Shepherd Osborne
The Senate rejected a bill to decriminalize possession of up to one-quarter ounce of the drug last year and Hassan still opposes decriminalization.FOR SUPPORTERS: If you want to ask your legislators to support HB 492 when the legislature reconvenes in January go to: The Marijuana Policy Project  to sign up! [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 12:55 pm by Emma Zack
Malloy and the state legislature marks an important step in ensuring that wrongfully convicted Connecticans are able to prove their innocence. [read post]
9 Aug 2023, 1:15 pm by Chris Sivel
Senate Republicans announced their intention to introduce legislation that would repeal the state board’s decision and called on the Legislature to return to Trenton for a vote before the new policies go into effect after reports of concerns from even Democratic legislative leadership were made public about the NJ School Board. [read post]
16 Feb 2018, 4:37 am by Law Offices of David L. Freidberg, P.C.
Cassidy and state Senator Heather Stean have plans to come up with revised statute in the legislature’s new session to permit recreational marijuana. [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 12:37 pm by Brad Schnure
(SenateNJ.com) Under the tax increase proposal that is set to be voted upon by both houses of the New Jersey Legislature on Wednesday, the state’s current gas tax of 14.5 cents per gallon would increase by 158 percent to 37.5 cents per gallon. [read post]
10 Sep 2019, 10:29 am by Brad Schnure
“Instead of addressing the problem broadly in a bipartisan manner, Democrats chose to use the New Jersey Legislature to conduct a partisan political attack on the President of the United States. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 8:39 am by Steve Hall
And now we have the 68-year-old Senate president, who has been in the legislature since the Baltimore Colts beat the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V, calling for blood. [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 6:45 am by Allison Smith
  In contrast to the passage of Senate Bill 32 in 2016, which extended California’s greenhouse gas reduction (GHG) targets through 2030 with the enactment of one simple sentence into statute, AB 398 stretched for pages. [read post]
31 Jan 2022, 7:33 am by Brad Schnure
Senator Declan O’Scanlon has introduced legislation that would set new limits on emergency powers, ensure effective legislative oversight, and restore the balance of power as envisioned by our state constitution. [read post]
8 Nov 2022, 5:03 am by jonathanturley
Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman and other Democrats have filed a federal lawsuit to strike down parts of Pennsylvania’s election law after the state Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots with incorrect dates or no dates should not be counted.Fetterman is challenging the state law on constitutional and federal statutes. [read post]
23 May 2023, 6:42 pm by Todd Hanchett and Emily Atmore
  While this effort failed at last year’s legislative session, the new law has passed in the House and Senate and is headed to Governor Tim Walz for his signature, which he is almost certain to provide. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 4:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The idea of shrinking the state's prison populations was considered last month when the Senate spent the day informally discussing various ideas to overhaul state government.Sponsoring Sen. [read post]
4 Apr 2016, 6:44 pm by Benjamin Herbst
The overall tenor of the bill though is shared by both chambers of the Maryland Legislature; the House and the Senate share a strong desire to reduce the prison population and reinvest savings toward crime prevention through education and treatment. [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 8:32 am by Kevin Kaufman
While this is a cause that the legislature cares about, there’s no reason why it should be funded by a hotel tax. [read post]
16 Feb 2016, 8:04 am by Joe May
Lobbying Florida: “Lobbying firms pull in cash as year ends” by Jim Saunders in the Tallahassee Democrat Hawaii: “Lobbying Law Proposed For Kauai” by Chad Blair in the Honolulu Civil Beat Idaho: “Bill would make university, state agency lobbyists report their spending” by Betsy Russell in the Spokesman Review New Hampshire: “Political Wrangling Over ‘People’s Pledge’ in New Hampshire” by Simone Pathé in Roll Call New… [read post]