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State Legislatures

Single Party Majorities Drive Sweeping Changes

stateline | Jim Malewitz | Posted 06.19.2013 | Politics

This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily repo...

Democratic Legislators: Making Veterans a Priority Every Day

Michael Sargeant | Posted 05.24.2013 | Politics
Michael Sargeant

Supporting our veterans is not cheap; it involves a real investment in both policy and budget priorities. But our veterans put our country first and stepped up, and on this Memorial Day, state legislators of both parties need to be standing up for veterans with real resources as well.

The Importance of Roe vs. Wade

Joseph Blady, M.D. | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
Joseph Blady, M.D.

What is "the abortion industry?" When was the last time you saw an abortion commercial on TV? Even Planned Parenthood doesn't talk about this small part of its activities.

Lawmaker Blasted For Dog Background Checks Idea

The Huffington Post | Preston Maddock | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics

North Carolina state Rep. Rodney Moore (D-Charlotte) supports background checks -- for dogs. Moore sponsored a failed bill in the state Legislature...

How Should the U.S. Stop Profit Shifting?

Martin Sullivan | Posted 06.11.2013 | Business
Martin Sullivan

I would say that lawmakers have not addressed the issue effectively because they are replacing one poor enforcement device with a poor enforcement standard that is difficult to enforce.

Purple-to-Blue: Fighting for State Legislatures

Arshad Hasan | Posted 05.28.2013 | Politics
Arshad Hasan

I also spend every day fighting to encourage people to participate in the electoral process, and most importantly telling them that their vote matters. Yet these same Virginia Republicans have pursued legislation that directly undermines our voting process.

Michigan Republican National Committeeman Promotes Anti-Gay Article

The Huffington Post | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics

One Michigan Republican National Committeeman promoted an article’s claim that ā€œpart of the homosexual agenda is to get the public to affirm their...

Howard Dean Announces New Move

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) announced Tuesday that the political action committee he founded would launch a campaign to flip state legislature...

State of Alaska Withholds Annual PFD Check From Olympian Kikkan Randall

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics
AlaskaDispatch.com

Alaska Olympians Kikkan Randall and Holly Brooks might be among the best ambassadors the 49th state has on the national and international stages these...

John Celock

New Study: Lawmaker Listening Could Benefit

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.07.2013 | Politics

New research suggests that when state legislators spend more time listening to their constituents, more marriage equality legislation is likely. A...

What We Are Missing in the Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound Debate

Tracy Weitz | Posted 05.05.2013 | Politics
Tracy Weitz

Everyone please step away from the ledge. The public discourse about mandated trans-vaginal ultrasounds for abortion patients is completely out of control--among both abortion rights opponents and abortion rights supporters.

California Is Back!

Jack Jennings | Posted 04.17.2013 | Los Angeles
Jack Jennings

California shows that deep political and governance deadlocks can be broken, and progress made. This holds a lesson both for the national government but also for other states. Maybe, the rest of us outside the state ought to pay attention.

John Celock

Legislators Should Get Same Job Rights As Soldiers, Anti-Union Republican Says

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.11.2013 | Politics

A Republican Kansas state senator has proposed legislation that would give state lawmakers protections in their private-sector jobs similar to those o...

Who Really Wins The War on Women?

Nina Burleigh | Posted 04.07.2013 | Politics
Nina Burleigh

If the War on Women is going to mean anything more than an election-year slogan, the pro-choice organizations and the Democrats must leverage their new supporters and bushels of cash to stand up to the extremist agenda.

Republican Seeks Return To 19th Century

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 02.04.2013 | Politics

A Republican state senator in Tennessee is seeking a partial repeal of the direct election of U.S. senators in the state, but not before a fellow Repu...

GOP Gov: 'You Guys, You're Idiots'

Bangor Daily News | Posted 01.22.2013 | Politics

Gov. Paul LePage swore, pounded a table and stormed out of a meeting with three independent House members last week, according to the lawmakers. The t...

Thoughts on Parenting, Grief and Lobbies in the Wake of Tragedy

Crystal Brown | Posted 12.18.2012 | Parents
Crystal Brown

No one in America feels at peace this week. Each time our country endures tragedy -- whether it is the stripping away of homes, belongings and community, or the loss of life in Newtown, Conn. -- we are reminded just how fragile, complicated and, at times, senseless, our world can be.

It's Time to Stop the NRA

Tom Athans | Posted 02.13.2013 | Politics
Tom Athans

As I listen to the news of the horror that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I'm terrified at the irony that only a couple days prior, both ...

Dems Hand Second State Senate To GOP

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 12.11.2012 | Politics

Two Democratic Washington state senators have decided to caucus with the opposition party, handing control of the state Senate to Republicans -- the s...

Unions Flex Muscle In Successful Electoral Push

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 01.19.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — When Maggie Hassan won the New Hampshire governor's race, it wasn't just a victory for her fellow Democrats. Unions spent millions...

John Celock

Dems Celebrate Statehouse Gains Over Tea Party

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.07.2012 | Politics

Democrats are celebrating gains in state legislatures around the country -- including capturing control of eight chambers -- two years after a Republi...

Ian Gray

State Legislators Sent Back To School

HuffingtonPost.com | Ian Gray | Posted 09.26.2012 | Politics

State legislators from around the country are stopping into classrooms this year to meet with students as part of the "America's Legislators Back to S...

Democrats Promote Good News

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 08.06.2012 | Politics

Democratic legislators are trumpeting new polling data that show the party leading or in a dead heat in generic polls for control of several state leg...

Amanda Terkel

Will 2012 See More Women In State Legislatures?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.26.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- While women are on track to increase their representation in Congress, their prospects are less certain in state legislatures. A rec...

Aurora's Argument for Gun Control

Gideon Resnick | Posted 09.22.2012 | College
Gideon Resnick

Making gun laws even more lax than they currently are, is by no means anywhere near close to the right answer to the plaguing weapons conundrum this country faces every day.