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13 Jun 2022, 8:17 am by Robbie Kenney
(Pixabay) The bill, S-219, is Pennacchio’s second measure bolstering the development of fusion energy in the state approved by Senate Committees in the last week. [read post]
13 Jun 2022, 8:09 am by Robbie Kenney
New Jersey drivers cited for traffic violations captured by cameras in other states would be shielded from predatory fines under Senator Declan O’Scanlon’s legislation cleared by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee today. [read post]
” In April, the New York Court of Appeals held that congressional and senate maps adopted by the state legislature were procedurally unconstitutional. [read post]
10 Jun 2022, 9:26 am by Bridget Crawford
The Iowa legislature passed Senate File 2367, which also repeals the state sales tax in diapers and adult incontinence pads and treats as tax-free income a governor-declared retention bonus for teachers, correctional officers, police officers and child care workers. [read post]
10 Jun 2022, 6:43 am by Jeff Welty
WRAL reports here that both chambers of the legislature have passed, overwhelmingly, a bill that “would automatically make legal in the state prescription drugs containing marijuana and . . . [read post]
10 Jun 2022, 6:06 am by Elena Hodges
Non-state actors are subject to liability for violations of international humanitarian law, including war crimes and some crimes against humanity. [read post]
9 Jun 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
One illustration of a nascent solution: a handful of states have delegated mapmaking duties to newly-created electoral commissions as opposed to self-interested legislatures (a move, by the way, with parallels in the Progressive Era’s creation of independent commissions). [read post]
A Senate majority leader who belonged to a different party announced that the Senate would refuse to hold hearings on the nomination or any other by that president. [read post]
8 Jun 2022, 11:35 am by JT Schuweiler
While adult-use marijuana legalization failed this session, the Minnesota legislature has paved the way for expanding the local cannabis market. [read post]
7 Jun 2022, 12:59 pm by Brad Schnure
Senator Michael Testa today called for the New Jersey Senate to hold hearings on legislation he cosponsors that would require the Secretary of State to clean up the state’s voter rolls to remove duplicate, incorrect, incomplete, and outdated voter registrations. en. [read post]
7 Jun 2022, 10:32 am by Roger Parloff
  Potential Blanket Legal Barriers Here is the text of Section 3: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any S [read post]
6 Jun 2022, 7:29 pm by Ellis W. Martin
The bill now goes to the North Carolina House of Legislatures. [read post]
6 Jun 2022, 6:05 am by Barbara McQuade
In addition, Rosen refused to sign a letter drafted by Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark providing a roadmap for states to throw out their election results and let Republican legislatures substitute their own slates of electors. [read post]
3 Jun 2022, 1:26 pm by Jon Brodkin
The bill's prospects looked dim earlier this week but was passed by the state Senate in a 36-27 vote after 12 am on Friday morning. [read post]
3 Jun 2022, 7:55 am by Brad Schnure
Senate Republicans Published Comprehensive Budget Plan Last Week A week after Senate Republicans publicly distributed a budget resolution detailing a comprehensive plan to update Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed FY 2023 State Budget, Senator Declan O’Scanlon called on legislative Democrats to be transparent and share their budget resolutions publicly. [read post]
3 Jun 2022, 4:37 am by Philip Mousavizadeh
The New York state legislature passed legislation yesterday to raise the age to buy a semi-automatic rifle. [read post]
3 Jun 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Connecticut – A Connecticut State Senator and Former School Board Chair to Go on Trial for Allegedly Conspiring to Steal Public Campaign Money Hartford Courant – Edmund Mahoney | Published: 5/31/2022 State Sen. [read post]
2 Jun 2022, 1:41 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
  The week before the legislature's special session, Alvarez wrote a helpful piece laying out the scope of the problem and the Republicans' political malpractice that brought us to the point where the state's backup public insurance fund has become the largest insurer in the state.Yes, Florida's Republicans actually tolerate the continued existence of a nonprofit insurer, run by the state, funded by insurance premiums and tax dollars. [read post]
1 Jun 2022, 12:28 pm by Brad Schnure
“It seems clear the Murphy administration exceeded that authority by appropriating $20 million for payments to illegal immigrants without the sign-off of the Legislature. [read post]