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This year the California Legislature added over a dozen new employment laws, many of which take effect on January 1, 2016. [read post]
9 Mar 2009, 12:21 pm
"I'm hopeful that with a new Senate president and a new governor, that this is a new era," he said. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 2:29 am
  In 2007, when the disparity between the much lighter  penalties (mostly white) cocaine users got when compared to what (mostly black) crack users faced become impossible to ignore, the state Senate unanimously passed a bill resolving the problem — by raising the penalties for cocaine to that of crack. [read post]
15 May 2008, 11:41 pm
Senate Bill 1, however, is yet another wrong approach that has once again forces the State into court to defend the General Assembly's ill-advised and unconstitutional actions. [read post]
24 Apr 2013, 7:11 pm by Nicholas Gebelt
  I again quote Alejandro Lazo, this time from the April 17, 2013 Los Angeles Times: A bill before the California Legislature would restrict the number of payday loans to any one borrower — an attempt to break the “debt cycle” that ensnares some of the state’s poorest residents. [read post]
17 Jan 2021, 11:28 am by Dale Carpenter
Madison (1803), the Constitution makes the United States "a government of laws, and not of men. [read post]
31 Oct 2017, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
” He observed: We are likely to see pitched battles in courts and Congress, state legislatures and town halls. [read post]
1 May 2011, 2:59 am
With billion dollar holes in state budgets, legislatures have more important things to do than making our food supply even less transparent. [read post]
6 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Arizona – Republican-Led Arizona Ballot Review Grinds to Rocky Conclusion, with Results Expected Next Month MSN – Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post) | Published: 7/29/2021 The Arizona Senate returned nearly 2.1 million b [read post]
24 Feb 2011, 1:30 pm by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
The Republican majorities in both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature are expected to pass the governor's proposal which has been the subject of major protests in the state for several days now. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 9:40 pm by SOIssues
A panel of Nebraska state senators seemed to agree that many low-risk, minor offenders shouldn’t be on the state’s public registry, but there was disagreement over how to accomplish that. [read post]
21 Nov 2007, 4:31 pm
The Constitution specifies in Article VI, clause 3:"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. [read post]
31 Jan 2018, 5:38 am by Eric Turkewitz
The Legislature dumped them from the Court of Claims (cases against the state) back in 2007, which I celebrated at the time. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 4:21 am by Kevin LaCroix
”   The resolution goes on to state that Delaware’s governor and legislature “strongly support a level playing field that provides the ability for stockholders and investors to seek relief” and that the proliferation of fee-shifting bylaws “will upset the careful balance that the State has strived to maintain. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 5:35 pm by Frances Rogers
  Even with the objections of those at the hearing that there had not been sufficient time to review this proposal, the Conference Committee voted to pass on the proposals to the State Assembly and Senate for a vote this coming Friday. [read post]
4 Apr 2022, 9:00 am by DONALD SCARINCI
North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP: The case involves a legal challenge to North Carolina’s voter-identification law, specifically whether two Republican members of the North Carolina legislature should be able to intervene in the suit. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 8:29 am by South Florida Lawyers
Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, who sponsored the Senate bill in Florida. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 2:27 pm by Randy Barnett
Although black voters had immediately elected black members to southern state legislatures—and even the United States Senate—they were being rapidly disenfranchised, and their elected representatives excluded from office, and the federal government was showing an increasing reluctance to do anything about it. [read post]
21 Jul 2021, 11:14 am by Robbie Kenney
The bill (S-3867) overwhelmingly passed both houses of the Legislature in June and now rests on the Governor’s desk awaiting action. [read post]