Time is running out this year in Kentucky for Breonna’s Law, a police accountability bill, and one state lawmaker is not giving up.
The ban was temporarily blocked by a federal judge. Abortion-rights advocates say the legislation is the first major abortion restriction passed out of a statehouse in 2021.
Lawmakers in at least five states have introduced legislation that threatens to cut funding to schools that share curriculum about the award-winning project.
Experts say that though passing anti-LGBTQ+ bills is a losing battle, some could end up before the Supreme Court.
Nevada has the only legislature with more women than men in both chambers. Some academics are studying what that representation means.
Republicans expanded their statehouse majorities in the 2020 election. We’re looking at major issues they’re considering now.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has indicated that she will push for at least one voting rights bill. Some voting experts say new legislation is needed following a contentious general election.
The attorney general of Massachusetts is among the law enforcement officials preparing for potential violence at state capitals and other sites following a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Women hold the three top positions in Vermont’s legislature. With them they bring an understanding that to focus on economic recovery means to focus on caregiving.
Two other Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill to fine their colleagues who refuse to wear a mask on Capitol grounds during the pandemic.