The governor has 30 days to act in 2026. In the first year of the Legislature’s two-year cycles, the governor is limited to 12 days. Once the governor signs the measure, it is sent to the secretary of ...

Arizona’s 90 lawmakers will return to the state Capitol in less than a week to kick off the next legislative session, which ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas constitution limits its Legislature to a 140-day regular session every other year, and the final three weeks of a session include several deadlines, setting a rapid and ...

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. It’s one state budget crisis after another. That’s the takeaway from quarterly economic and ...

Legislators are officially back to work in the statehouse this week — and redistricting is obviously top of mind. Gov. Gavin Newsom last week officially launched his campaign for mid-cycle ...

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz talks talks with members of the press on Thursday after a compromise on the state budget framework in the Minnesota Capitol. NINA MOINI: Well, in the nick of time, a budget ...

When politicians are candidates for office, they like to say that they'll run government like a business. This is a promise that's easier said than done. Let's say a would-be entrepreneur approached a ...

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This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. In an effort to ease the state’s affordability crisis, Colorado lawmakers this year ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — As the use of artificial intelligence expands into new aspects of society, a new use was ...

SALT LAKE CITY — More than a year after the Utah Supreme Court said lawmakers overreached by changing a ballot initiative on redistricting, a lower court judge ruled Monday that the current maps can't ...

On the last day of the regular session, the Louisiana Legislature settled two major debates: A bill that would have banned companies from owning both pharmacy benefit managers and drug stores died, ...