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14 Nov 2022, 6:24 am by Dan Farber
Katie Hobbs (D) is the state senate’s minority leader. [read post]
11 Nov 2022, 7:05 am by David Super
     In some state legislatures with tenuous majorities, the minority party has made deals with a faction of majority-party legislators to elect one of the faction’s number to lead the chamber in lieu of the majority party’s leader. [read post]
11 Nov 2022, 5:31 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  Interestingly, Democrats in Michigan apparently flipped both non-gerrymandered houses, so the Wolverine State is no longer part of this story, and Gretchen Whitmer might play a very different role in 2024 -- not as a governor fighting with her legislature over who won her state but as the possible Democratic nominee whose election is overturned by the legislatures in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.Again, close is simply not good enough. [read post]
11 Nov 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Democrats Buck Midterm History to Win Control of 4 States Yahoo News – David Lieb (Associated Press) | Published: 11/9/2022 Defying historic midterm trends, Democrats wrested control of state legislative chambers away from Republicans in Michigan and Minnesota while also gaining full control of state Capitols in Maryland and Massachusetts. [read post]
10 Nov 2022, 4:00 am by Anna Price
This law granted civil rights to Puerto Ricans and created a locally-elected bicameral legislature, composed of the Senate and House of Representatives. [read post]
9 Nov 2022, 11:06 am by Marilyn Wesel
This limitation does not prohibit a person elected to the office of state senator in 2022 from being elected to that office for the three times permitted at the time the person became a candidate for that office. [read post]
9 Nov 2022, 10:48 am by Marilyn Wesel
Kentucky Voters defeated constitutional amendment 1, which would have permitted the Senate President and House Speaker to jointly call special sessions of the legislature lasting up to 12 days annually. [read post]
9 Nov 2022, 6:26 am by kblocher@hslf.org
—along with other animal-friendly candidates for state legislatures across the country. [read post]
8 Nov 2022, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
The word “Congress” in the Constitution sometimes means the House and Senate, and other times means the House and Senate and the President. [read post]
8 Nov 2022, 10:43 am by Molly de Blanc
The bill passed the state legislature, but today it sits on Governor Hochul’s desk waiting to be signed. [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]
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]
7 Nov 2022, 7:27 am by Robbie Kenney
That bill, S-2821, cleared the Military and Veterans’ Committee with a 5-0 vote, but stalled in the Legislature. [read post]
4 Nov 2022, 1:27 pm by Guest Author
Put aside the fact that the Constitution doesn’t make the president directly accountable to the people at all, choosing instead to employ the electoral college for this purpose and allow state legislatures to determine how electors are chosen. [read post]
4 Nov 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Architect of Capitol Abused Government Car Privileges, IG Report Finds MSN – Jim Saska (Roll Call) | Published: 11/1/2022 A report from the Architect of the Capitol inspector general suggests Architect Brett Blanton drove to Florida at the government’s expense, let his daughter use the office’s “free gas” for Walmart runs, allowed his wife to give prohibited private Capitol tours, and may have misled others into thinking he was an off-duty cop.… [read post]