BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered a new joint North Dakota legislative district for two Native American tribes that successfully argued a map created through redistricting in 2021 violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting their voting strength. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter Welte’s decision to adopt and implement a […]
Utah’s 2024 legislative session begins in just over a week. As of this writing, there are 238 numbered bills, but if recent history holds, there will be more than 1,000 bill files opened, more than 900 introduced and close to 600 passed into law. Here are five broad categories to watch this legislative session: Education: […]
Incoming House Speaker Don Scott is ready to get to work. “I think there are a lot of things that we can agree on with the governor,” said Scott, D-Portsmouth. “I think there will be a lot of bipartisan legislation coming out.” After a heated election season marked by tight races and record spending, leaders […]
Jan. 7—Making driver education more accessible in small towns, lowering gas prices and boosting school construction coffers are among the top priorities of 9th District lawmakers heading into the 2024 Washington Legislative session. For the next 60 days, Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, and Reps. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy and Joe Schmick, R-Colfax, will be in Olympia […]
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky legislature’s Republican leaders outlined their goals for the session in a press conference Wednesday, showing they are together on priorities that may not match with those of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. At the top of the list is the budget, Senate President Robert Stivers and House Speaker David Osborne said. The […]
For the past several months, all eyes have been trained on Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s winning gubernatorial campaign in November and the start of his second term.. Now, the Republican-led legislature gets its turn. And GOP legislators have plenty on their plate. Crafting a state budget will be the priority, as it always does in […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A new year means new laws in Tennessee and a new legislative session in a matter of days. With the countdown already starting, LGBTQ+ advocates are preparing for the year ahead, with some old and new concerns in mind. Some Tennesseans are already going into the new year feeling short-changed. Harsher […]
Lawmakers across the Empire State are due back in the legislative chambers this week for the start of the session, where a range of topics — including housing production and mayoral control— are expected to dominate the agenda in the first half of 2024. Members from the Assembly and Senate will once again start the […]
FILE – Georgia Rep. Mack Jackson, D-Sandersville, looks at a map of proposed state House districts before a House hearing, Nov. 29, 2023, at the state Capitol in Atlanta. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, plaintiffs who successfully sued to overturn Georgia’s legislative and congressional districts asked a federal judge to reject Georgia’s new Republican-backed maps. (AP […]
It’s been a long day. Homework stuffed into backpacks, dinner plates thrown in the sink, teeth half-brushed. “OK, time for family prayers,” mom tells her boys, pulling out a phone so dad can join over FaceTime from his Washington, D.C., office. So repeats the end-of-day ritual Rep. Blake Moore has developed with his young family […]
Dec. 26—HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania General Assembly’s 2023-24 Legislative Session is approaching its halfway point. So far, more than 2,700 bills and 480 resolutions were proposed in both the Democratic-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate. It’s been a slow grind after a bill or resolution has been introduced. The country’s only full-time divided Legislature — a […]
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s heavily gerrymandered state legislative maps are unconstitutional and ordered lawmakers to draw new maps ahead of the 2024 elections. The case over the Republican-drawn lines, which emerged as a political flashpoint in the closely watched swing state, was the first major one to be heard and […]