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Texas lawmakers start a 30-day special session July 21. They will tackle consumable THC, flood dangers, redistricting, ...
A newly-enacted limit from Pierre on how much property tax revenue can be collected means less revenue for the City of Sioux ...
The legislative process, over the last 50 years, has become less and less open, and more and more staged. Debates on the House and Senate floors are rarely attended and rarely matter.
A simple Google search will produce a map and directions on how to find the state capitol, where staffers can help citizens locate legislative chambers and hearing rooms. But this seemingly easy ...
California’s legislative process may not follow the normal structure in these abnormal times. How the process works out—including the Senate’s possible use of remote voting and the Assembly’s meeting ...
It has its benefits. “One potential that Initiative Process has is that it’s easier to circumvent lobbyists and get around things getting buried in the legislative process,” he said.
Senators who opposed ending the legislative filibuster included Joe Biden, D-Del., as well as Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., both of whom still serve in the Senate today.
A more open, more deliberative legislative process gives them the means to do so. Let us hope that, after the speakership fight, they will give it a serious try.
After little more than four months in office, a group of freshman Waukegan aldermen — collaborating with a colleague elected to his second term May 1 — are trying to accelerate the legi… ...
How Republicans Killed the Legislative Process In rushing its tax reform bill through the Senate, the GOP has jeopardized the legislation’s claim to legitimacy. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images.
Rats are an ugly manifestation of CT’s deteriorating legislative process – and rats purposely mute proper process in the light of day and the public’s voice on measures and bills that will ...