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12 May 2017, 8:00 am
Members of the first are elected from each state in proportion to that state’s population; in the second, each state is represented by the same number of senators (in Australia, it is currently 12 senators for each state, while the two mainland territories have two senators each). [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 7:42 am
The above suggestions would reduce the state budget, perhaps allowing the Legislature to close three to five state jails, probably through eliminating private prison contracts set to expire in the near future. [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 4:00 am
Senate attendance, a consecutive voting streak that has stretched nearly a quarter-century. [read post]
14 Aug 2023, 7:09 am
” Senate Republicans have pushed to reform the state’s school funding formula to avoid large funding cuts to help states address student needs, such as learning loss. [read post]
30 Aug 2018, 7:53 am
Over the course of her career, Sara has been a major presence before Congress and state legislatures, testifying on bills focusing on the “retail pet store” rule to regulate puppy mills, the addition of a bittering agent to antifreeze to render it nontoxic to pets, wildlife and children, and a requirement for alternatives to animal testing of chemicals and cosmetics. [read post]
27 Oct 2021, 1:33 pm
For those who have forgotten, Senate Bill No. 1 was heralded by the Missouri Legislature as the reform that would protect Missouri preneed consumers (Senator Delbert Scott’s Press Release). [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 3:12 pm
Senate Bill 310, introduced by Sen. [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 2:23 pm
Senator Steve Tolman's bill (Senate 1635) would require courts interpreting Massachusetts trademark law to construe it in a way that is consistent with federal trademark law. [read post]
31 Oct 2023, 6:54 am
That includes state Sen. [read post]
9 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm
He wrote, "No evidence exists that any member of Congress, member of a state legislature, political activist, journalist, or hopeless crank during the 1860s thought a president was not an officer of the United States. [read post]
5 Mar 2007, 8:51 pm
As the article notes, 13 states (including Texas) effectively ban payday loans,and the other 37 regulate it to varying degrees. [read post]
20 Sep 2021, 9:05 pm
Georgia’s Senate Bill 202—signed into law on March 25, 2021—authorizes the state legislature to appoint a majority of the state elections board’s members, and it empowers the state board to remove and temporarily replace local election superintendents who are responsible for certifying election results. [read post]
23 Apr 2013, 4:18 am
The Missouri legislature is again considering a number of proposals to change its workers' compensation system. [read post]
13 Mar 2019, 10:45 am
But it’s also worth pointing out that he is now part of an accelerating nationwide trend in the legislatures, courts, and governors that have weighed the death penalty’s fatal flaws and rejected it accordingly.The Washington State Supreme Court ended the death penalty in 2018, becoming the third high court to reject the death penalty under state constitutional grounds because of racial bias. [read post]
29 Jan 2015, 7:36 am
Meaningful solutions - whether reforming the system or ending it - can really only happen while the Legislature is in session. [read post]
27 Apr 2015, 4:41 pm
In the past, ABT in Florida has been litigious rather than turning to the Legislature for change. [read post]
29 Jun 2015, 1:54 pm
Sources: Evans, Heidi and Kenneth Lovett, “Lavern’s Law dies as state Legislature is set to finish session,” NY Daily News, 25 June 2015. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 8:31 am
Dems gained a little more influence in state government, but not yet real power. [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 11:51 am
Hart Senate Bill No. 731, Introduced by Senator Darrell Steinberg in February 22, 2013, as amended on April 23, 2013. [read post]
19 Sep 2010, 2:23 pm
The Seventeenth Amendment, added to the Constitution in 1913, replaced the former system of having U.S. senators appointed by state legislatures (Article I, Section 3) with a new system of direct election of senators by the voters of the states. [read post]
