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In 1865, while white legislators gathered in Raleigh to revise the state constitution, 117 black delegates representing half of all the state’s counties met across town. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
As public education expanded in the South, North Carolina legislators proved adept at giving blacks equal educational opportunities on paper while funneling most state resources to white students. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
From the moment Burn and his fellow legislators arrived in Nashville, women on both sides of the issue had been pressuring them for their votes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
The booster club geared up a letter-writing campaign to him, state legislators, and the governor. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
But to do the policing job properly would cost money beyond any legislator’s courage to appropriate, given the present volume and toxicity of agricultural chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
She gave copies to every New York legislator and sold the others to cover the printing expenses. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
As a result, some legislators made herculean efforts to cast their ballots. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
A local legislator introduced a bill seeking compensation on Walter's behalf that prompted the local press to report that Walter was seeking $9 million. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
It also pointed out the lack of regulation and patient protections in tissue research, and called on legislators to remedy the situation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
The demanding voice of the black lobby should be in the ears of every legislator who votes on any issue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Over time, Reggie would become both a lightning rod and a prism through which people in the community, prosecutors, legislators, and others around the country would view themselves and their own behavior. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Year after year, the National Woman Suffrage Association held its annual convention in Washington, DC, so that its members could lobby legislators. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Across the country, legislators were grappling with whether to regulate cell phone use by drivers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
It was a genuinely clarifying public notice because it gave Southside residents a way to keep their memories alive and please the city legislators as well. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
She wrote, “Church and state, priest and legislators, all political parties and religious denominations have alike taught that woman was made after man, of man, and for man, an inferior being, subject to man.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
It was an even more obvious metaphor for Christians, as it was easy to think of God as a legislator imposing laws on nature and to personify nature as obeying him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Applause and affection weren’t the same as the support of legislators, however. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Everyone knew the vote was going to be close, so many legislators made extraordinary efforts to be on hand to cast their ballots. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
The first few years were frustrating, as legislators and planners bickered over money and protocols. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
State legislators did not look kindly on government regulations they felt would impinge on personal freedoms. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
A contractor by trade, he focused on commercial infrastructure projects, like plumbing and heating; he was a Republican, like most of the legislators, but a moderate one. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
“When you are grown up, and able to prepare a speech, you must go down to Albany and talk to the legislators; tell them all you have seen in this office,” her father said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
My husband was, in all of this, a complete nobody—a humble state legislator who’d never stood before a crowd like the one of fifteen thousand or more that would be gathered in Boston. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
No one had worked harder than she to gather signatures on petitions and contact state legislators; she had a right to have her opinions heard. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
White reaction was swift and stern: white legislators sent back a message instructing blacks to end “the assertion of impractical claims for social and political rights.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
It seemed that the legislators had made up their minds. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
There was once a state legislator in Wisconsin who objected to the introduction of daylight saving time despite all the good arguments for it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
She pushed the prosecutors to go after Reggie, then took on the cause of texting and driving, amassing a binder of evidence for media and legislators. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
The speaker of the senate, Samuel Powel, sought to reassure his fellow legislators by getting Dr. Rush’s advice on how to avoid the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
These energetic volunteers knew their state legislators and the local issues, so they knew how to maximize their influence. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Barack drove four hours to Springfield on Monday nights and checked into a cheap hotel where a lot of the other legislators stayed, usually returning late on Thursday. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
In 1912, Paul applied to lead the association’s congressional committee, the group that lobbied legislators on Capitol Hill. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Catt had remained dedicated to traditional lobbying—privately meeting with legislators and the president to persuade them to support suffrage—whereas Paul’s campaign had been designed to humiliate the president. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
In Greek, it became legein, meaning to gather and to speak; “legal” and “legislator” and other such words derived. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Both sides invited the legislators to receptions and dinners at the fashionable Hermitage, which was just down the street from the Tennessee State Capitol. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
In what became known as the War of the Roses, the antis slipped red roses into the legislators’ lapels. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Antis harassed the legislators in an attempt to get them to change their votes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
It promised to be an important meeting, because Ohio legislators were gathering at the same time to revise the state constitution, but Stanton didn’t feel she could leave her three young boys behind at home. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
But while the replacement legislation eliminates the requirement that people use the bathroom for the gender they were assigned at birth, it keeps state legislators in charge of future bathroom policies. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Several other legislators responded by arguing that the point was to turn the ban against texting into its own offense. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
The Housing Rights Act of 1968, making it illegal to discriminate in the housing industry based on race, had lingered in Congress for years, vehemently opposed by legislators both in the North and the South. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
A backer of Israel who called himself “A Friend of Justice” argued that if the oath were uniformly required, not a single legislator could claim to be legally elected. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
Every morning, every legislator should receive a communication about what the black man in America expects and wants and needs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
One by one, the clerk called the names of the legislators a second time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
That also meant that legislators could be held accountable for their positions. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
He could not believe that a dignified body of sober-minded legislators were allowing these “shaking Quakers” with their throbbing consciences to control the national agenda. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Stephen Clark, the legislator who brought the bill to ban texting to the Utah House, eventually was honored by being named an LDS mission president in Missouri. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Spend the whole day there hobnobbing with the legislators. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z
It has boasted black mayors, black police chiefs, black legislators, and is home to the nation’s first black president. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
To make sure the chair had done its job, legislators required that the brain of execution victims be autopsied. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“We would not sacrifice a child before we charge somebody,” said Representative Paul Ray, a Republican who was the legislator who had proposed the second, stricter, piece of legislation banning texting while driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Face-to-face with those whose lives hang in the balance, they are far closer to the human tragedy occasioned by the drug war than the legislators who write the laws from afar. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
The financial crisis engulfing states large and small has led to a conversion among some legislators who once were “get tough” true believers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
He’d earned the trust of legislators from all parts of the state, Republican and Democrat alike. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
She imagined a colorful extravaganza with bands and floats and thousands of marchers from all over the country, an event so bold and beautiful that it would demand notice from federal legislators. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Only a consummate politician could have balanced the interests of regents, legislators, professors, and philanthropists to build the University of California into the first-class academic institution it had become. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
It was that bad, then, despite the white Southern legislators who insisted that they had a “wonderfully harmonious relationship” with Negroes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Among the legislators who took the oath of office was Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first female member of Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Some state legislators from northern Virginia’s affluent suburbs have argued that this is a form of geographic discrimination and have quixotically proposed bills to outlaw it. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
The legislators promptly passed a law permitting gun owners to apply for licenses to carry concealed weapons. My father taught me to love guns 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z
She didn’t expect that when she shared the postcards online, 650 people would order them to write their own messages to send to police, friends, family and legislators. This D.C. press helps diverse young writers express themselves ‘from a place of power’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z
The problem is that none of our legislators seems to understand this, so it won't happen any time soon. Everything you need to know about the internet 2010-06-19T23:14:00Z
At a weekly breakfast attended by 40 legislators from East Texas, including Mr. Chapman, Mr. Sadler railed against the mixed-race casting. Barbara Smith Conrad, Singer at Center of Integration Dispute, Dies at 79 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z
The Hinson-Fischbach-Fallon-Mann-Spartz Act instructs male legislators on the proper method for “tucking in one’s shirt” when alone with a journalist in a hotel room. Style Invitational Week 1423: Muddled heads — anagram a headline 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z
Unless county legislators act quickly, a paragon of midcentury American idealism will be lost. Paul Rudolph Building in Goshen, N.Y., Faces Threat 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z
Bevin roasted American legislators for embracing free trade for everyone while they themselves raised tariff barriers. How the United States Achieved World Leadership 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z
Numerous companies are filling the financial gap left by legislators. The Fight for Fertility Equality 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z
New York legislators want to be the first in the country to address a teensy tiny problem: plastic microbeads found in cosmetic products. New York don’t want no scrubs: State seeks ban on microbeads 2014-02-17T01:00:00Z
“Representative Reeb is not constitutionally permitted to serve simultaneously as a legislator and a special prosecutor,” a lawyer for Mr. Baldwin, Luke Nikas, wrote in the motion. Alec Baldwin’s Lawyers Say ‘Rust’ Prosecutor Should Be Disqualified 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z
Jason Spencer – the Republican legislator who repeatedly used the N-word and exposed his bare bottom on an episode of Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime series "Who Is America?" – is resigning from office. Jason Spencer, the Republican lawmaker who screamed the N-word on “Who is America?”, to leave... 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z
The bill passed the state House in March, but legislators tried to add amendments referring to the book of Genesis and God's creation of the earth and the beasts. South Carolina adopts mammoth as state fossil after origin debate 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z
It was a tough decision, made easier by the fact that he considered the Senate “broken” and that he fancied himself more of an executive than a legislator. Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Trump. If he could only make it up. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z
His offer would accomplish everything legislators say they want, and even add Rudolph’s building to the county tax rolls. Clock Ticks for Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z
“You hear them between legislators and lobbyists. I’m at the capitol two, three times a week and it’s always there.” Louisiana Republican's stripper joke an unamusing reality in state politics 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z
The oil companies fought to cap the tax, and Bill Allen, founder of a prosperous oil-field service company, spread around oil wealth to help legislators see things the industry way. 'Crude Awakening': An inside view of Alaska 2011-11-02T21:10:04Z
I challenge all of our legislators to evaluate their assumptions about prisons and the people who live and work in them. Who understands "lockdown" and isolation? The formerly incarcerated are the experts we need now 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z
These unacknowledged legislators of the world of reading matter, this band of shaggy-sweatered warriors, share expertise and a nomenclature and a tendency to blink in strong sunlight. In ‘The Liar’s Dictionary,’ People Work on the Definition of Love and Many Other Words 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z
This paid off in April when state legislators passed a bill making it harder to sue sugar producers for polluting communities, mirroring North Carolina's "Right to Farm" laws that protect factory-farmed pork producers from lawsuits. What you need to know about sugarcane burning 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z
They also include, for part of the year, the legislators who supported, with their votes and their forks, Vermont’s 2009 Farm-to-Plate Initiative, underscoring the state’s commitment to a strong sustainable agricultural economy. 36 Hours in Montpelier, Vt. 2012-08-22T21:32:59Z
Attendance and revenue plummeted in the months following Blackfish’s release, partners and performers cut ties with the park, state legislators introduced bills banning Orca captivity, and company stock saw a 50% drop-off in value. Can a movie bring about major corporate change? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z
Frank filed the first gay rights bill in the history of Massachusetts as a state legislator in the early 1970s. Story time: Barney Frank brings his wit and Washington wisdom to Harvard
According to legislators in Florida, conversations about gender identity and sexual orientation are "not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate" for children. What my gay childhood in a "Don't Say Gay" landscape was really like 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z
What restrictions on the bodies of men do Alabama legislators have in the works? Men, we need to stay in the pro-choice fight — in Alabama and beyond 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z
Her greatest “creamy scoop of entertainment” was to ask her readers to clip and send her column to their legislators, saying they wanted serious money for cancer research, which was killing countless numbers of people. Letters to the Editor 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z
So Wheeler has to rely on building relationships, brokering deals and knowing which board member to send to state legislators when a project needs a boost. The final days of a semi-secret museum rebel 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z
Despite the intransigence of US legislators, Obama is using his last months in office to establish his legacy as the most environmentally effective president since Theodore Roosevelt created national parks. After Revenant … Leonardo DiCaprio stars as eco-warrior in climate battle 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z
The problems begin when we’re tasked with carving the state up into five districts which each elect one legislator. Late-night TV tackles gerrymandering: John Oliver leaves viewers with glimmer of hope but ignores solution 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z
As a legislator, he’s pushed for rural and economic development. Jim Clyburn changed everything for Joe Biden’s campaign. He’s been a political force for a long time. 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z
This time around, legislators and biotech concerns have been trying to use the reauthorization process to make reforms at the FDA that will help speed innovative medicines to market. How Big Pharma Undermined Medical Innovation for Financial Gain 2012-02-16T00:22:16Z
"To be blunt, governors and legislators over decades — three decades, maybe more — failed to really pay attention to this issue," Gov. said this week. Politics wreaked havoc on retirement code 2011-12-16T03:20:00Z
He recommended that they enlist the help of state legislators who perhaps could talk to Wells Fargo, which was demanding immediate repayment of the bond, and ask the bank to be more flexible. Censured Delaware Art Museum Plans to Divest More Works 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z
She’s been telling her story to legislators, legal experts, and advocacy groups for five years. Former inmate who killed her abuser takes on justice system 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z
Looking at each small black-and-white photo, it’s easy to place legislators like Thurmond and Schroeder into categories: the segregationist, the feminist. The Photographer Who Searched for the Humanity in Strom Thurmond 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z
Yet these less-moralized concerns receive much less attention from legislators or the general public.” 5 reasons drug testing welfare recipients is profoundly stupid 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z
He headed the Thursday Group, which brought together lobbyists and legislators. The Divided Mind and Politics of John Boehner 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z
“It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming,” he said in a letter to legislators. The Outdoor Cat: Neighborhood Mascot or Menace? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z
What’s even more frightening: Approximately half of all state legislators will have served for two years or less when the 2013 sessions convene. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z
So I do a lot of briefings for legislators and politicians and testimony and written comment so they understand what they’re dealing with. Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: We should be scared about what we’re going to see in this year’s elections 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z
Gates shares a local paper's obituary listing his achievements as a state legislator, publisher and senator. Angela Davis shows us why "Finding Your Roots" complicates and strengthens the American story 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z
One of her key accomplishments, she said, was helping former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder implement Healthy Michigan, the state’s Medicaid expansion program, which was opposed by many Republican legislators. The turbulent rise of Gretchen Whitmer 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z
In the past, state legislators were at the cutting edge of efforts to combat stalking and harassment. Mission Possible: Fixing Harassment Statutes 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z
Thousands of opponents of the new restrictions are expected to descend on Albany Thursday as legislators consider additional amendments. Banned firearms for TV, movies OK under NY gun law 2013-02-27T21:43:08Z
Labour legislator Ann Begg, the first full-time wheelchair user elected to Parliament, was made a dame for services to disabled people and equal opportunities. Annie Lennox honored by queen for charity work 2010-12-31T00:03:19Z
“It certainly didn’t turn me on,” a local legislator said in demanding that they be taken down. Anita Steckel, Artist Who Created Erotic Works, Dies at 82 2012-03-26T00:00:07Z
It’s the lab version of the decision to run for Congress being made by the state legislators. Why are men so foolish? 2013-02-17T18:00:00Z
For the Support Our Congress Trust: Each legislator asks constituents to dump a bucket of money over his head. Style Invitational Week 1096: Colorful captions for black-and-white cartoons
Put more colloquially, the courts said to state legislators, you can't make s**t up. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z
“Earmarks” and “compromise” aren’t necessarily dirty words for a senator who, unlike the newer legislators of tea party bent, happily fights for government spending back home. Jim Inhofe is a small-plane-flying, global-warming-denying senator. And now he’s got a gavel. 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z
Silence is all that remains, and yet again, Americans are forced to reside in a society where the legislators and people in power fail to protect them, the government’s most fundamental duty to its citizens. We’ve given up on saving our kids: This is our Sandy Hook anniversary shame 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z
Kerman was optimistic, however, about the ability to convince legislators of the clear value of education. Orange is the New Black's Piper Kerman: 'Schools in prisons are a positive investment' 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z
"The development of legislation is for legislators to consider," she wrote. Museums behaving badly: Are sanctions too little, too late? 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z
Most audience members got the concert’s free tickets by performing some action — signing an online petition, contacting a legislator, tweeting about a cause — through Global Citizen’s website. Review: Global Citizen Festival, Including Beyoncé and Pearl Jam, Mixes Music and Activism 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z
They weren’t planning to be benevolent mothers, they were planning to be legislators. Perspective | Who cares whether you think these women are likable. They’re in power now. 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z
He pursued animals’ enemies with fervor, taking on gun manufacturers and legislators and occasionally being sued for libel. Antiques: Digitizing Scrapbooks of the First Bronx Zoo Director 2013-08-29T21:12:11Z
The rationale was—and I remember hearing this from legislators—that we didn’t have to write into the law any protections for American kids because, as Americans, they already had protection. The scourge of human trafficking: It’s not just other countries’ problem 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z
Despite her subjects’ prominence, Ross’s portraits of legislators echo most closely the work of Sander and Arbus. The Photographer Who Searched for the Humanity in Strom Thurmond 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z
Shelley’s famous line about poets being the unacknowledged legislators of the world always strikes me as giving a little too much credit to poets, and a great deal too much credit to the world. How to Understand Your Computer 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z
A Massachusetts legislator, Sen. Stephen Brewer, has proposed a bill that allows only Bulger's victims to profit from his story. Wahlberg says he wants to meet reputed mob boss 2012-01-15T03:47:07Z
Sure, Mr. Trump plays the pugilist on Twitter, with N.F.L. players, legislators or whatever news show he happens to be watching at the time. President Trump Finds His TV Niche in Softball Interviews 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z
Challenges for the sake of publicity, he said, threaten to bring legislators back into the mix. Tension Lingers Over Harvey Weinstein Win on ?Bully? Rating 2012-04-06T23:29:35Z
Former Conservative legislator Harry Greenway called the decision "outrageous." UK lawmaker criticized for joining reality TV show 2012-11-06T13:40:09Z
The answer is that the legislators regarded magic as a special case, not for legal reasons, but for ideological ones. Hello magic and witchcraft, goodbye Enlightenment 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z
Maryland legislators even made it a prerequisite to criminal sentencing that a victim — and that term is often made broader than just an individual, by prosecutors and judges — gets to weigh in. I'm a public defender. I don't want my elderly client to die in prison from coronavirus 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z
That process is used often for non-controversial bills, but it can also allow legislators avoid taking a public position on a touchy issue. House bill lets airlines advertise pre-tax fares 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z
As legislators made developers’ lives easier, planners became the helpless accomplices of urban inequality. The Plight of the Urban Planner 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z
Percy Shelley famously wrote that “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z
The effort was criticized by two Democrat state legislators who represent San Francisco. Feds vow to shut Calif. marijuana sales 2011-10-08T11:39:00Z
Bishop is one of the most stalwartly anti-environmental legislators on Capitol Hill. Border fence’s devastating toll 2012-09-18T22:00:00Z
For years, the Fertilizer Institute, described as “the nation’s leading lobbying organization of the chemical and agricultural industries,” resisted regulation and legislators went along. Corporate greed is poisoning America — literally 2013-05-20T17:04:00Z
The team was advised to narrow its proposal to minorities and female New York-based writers in this initial stage, Fontana said, in order to "better speak to legislators" in the state. New York TV writers want piece of state's production incentive 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z
On the state level, newly elected legislators push their own agendas more vigorously whether they are on the right or the left, Storey said, because they don’t know how long they’ll be around. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z
“I saw only paintings, statues, busts of white men,” said the former state legislator. Placing Women on a Different Sort of Pedestal 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z
Both houses of Congress have voted to authorize the creation of the two museums as part of a $2.3-trillion year-end spending bill that legislators worked over the weekend to hammer out. Congress Approves New Museums Honoring Women and Latinos 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z
In announcing that New York’s Office of Mental Health would fund the program to the tune of about $7 million, legislators and public officials spoke of its promise. Meet the punk activist who’s changing the psychiatric system from the inside 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z
In Missouri, anti-choice legislators even tried to use subpoena power in order to get a list of women in the state who had abortions. Anti-choice tech stalking: Activists are using GPS to track women entering Planned Parenthood 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z
“He loved the Smith River,” Scott Seacat said of his friend, whose remains they were: Bruce Simon, a former Republican Montana state legislator. Can Montana’s Smith River Survive a Nearby Mine? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z
This music town embraces everyone―from eclectic musicians to buttoned-up legislators to cowboys to hippies. Fall City Escapes 2010-10-20T17:00:00Z
So they’ve spent 20 or 30 years essentially engaged in a fairly nonpartisan project, because what most state governors and state legislators do is simply fund infrastructure and promote business investment within their state. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z
He’d like to see changes that would allow governors to appoint successors to dead and incapacitated legislators so that there could be a functioning government within a week of an attack. The truth behind the ‘designated survivor,’ the president of the post-apocalypse 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z
It can’t be only women painstakingly sharing their stories in the hopes that legislators will listen. Perspective | It can be awkward for men to speak out on abortion rights. But we need them to try. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z
“In the course of doing them, I met legislators, health care workers, patients, who were all telling me how this is going down and that they feel like no one’s paying attention,” Ms. Winstead said. ArtsBeat: A Night of Comedy (and Political Jabs) for a Cause 2014-02-12T19:16:48Z
He was eulogized as one of the most important legislators in American history, an assessment reflecting not only the affection he enjoyed on both sides of the aisle, but also genuine awe at his achievements. The Best of the Kennedys? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z
The source was a Facebook posting, part of an Internet conspiracy reportedly leveled at Jewish legislators. Diane Rehm’s next act: Using her famed voice to fight for the good death 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z
She didn’t know me, but she somehow knew that I knew what kind of reputation Duke had in the Capitol, as did several other legislators. I shook hands with a Klansman 2013-03-10T13:00:00Z
It assured legislators that the museum would need no federal appropriations in the first six years after it was established, relying instead on private funding. House Votes to Create a National Museum of the American Latino 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z
Wade because the decision “invited no dialogue with legislators,” but wiped out, in a single stroke, every state’s abortion law. Review: ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’ 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z
Mr. Rasmussen hopes that this year’s election will force New Jersey legislators to reconsider the law prohibiting photos of marked ballots. Should You Take a Ballot Selfie? 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z
The legislators were responding to a U.S. rule requiring citizens of five European Union countries to obtain visas to enter the country. Is the European parliament’s call for visas the end of the American weekend in Paris? 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z
Soon, she packed her bags and began traveling the country, visiting high schools and colleges, speaking with professional organizations and legislators, and appearing on national television programs such as "Good Morning America." The story behind "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols’ iconic interracial kiss 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z
A similar approach worked for Barack Obama in 2008, when he was also a freshman legislator who hated the Senate; he mobilized massive numbers of young people to cast their ballots for him. Marco Rubio is just the guy to win the youth vote. Or so the old folks think. 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z
Hayden, who holds a doctorate in library science, wants the Library to do more than support legislators and scholars. Carla Hayden Takes Charge of the World’s Largest Library 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z
Instead, the background details of the telecommuting legislators competed with the public-health questions and speechifying. Fauci Hearing: Who Were Those Masked (and Unmasked) Senators? 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z
Hearing restaurant owners echo his concerns about the law's inflexibility, state legislators are considering a reversal before inspectors begin slapping fines on eateries this summer. In California, chefs fight for bare-hand contact 2014-03-24T13:05:20Z
Since then, Ms. Carmel has met several times with local legislators, lobbying on behalf of a bill to define consent that activists plan to introduce into the Pennsylvania legislature. For One Bill Cosby Juror, the Work Did Not End With the Trial 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z
The third thing is, and this sounds so square: People have to get in touch with their legislators. A night at the vibrator museum 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z
In 2014, a Louisiana legislator proposed making the Bible his state's official book, but withdrew the legislation. Tennessee legislator wants the Bible to become official state book 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z
But now when you listen to it — especially once the congas come in at 4:09 — you’ll want to kiss your state legislators square on the lips. Your state just legalized marijuana? You’re going to need some playlists 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z
Throughout the country, college administrators, often with the collaboration of academic unions, have gone to great lengths to keep their increasing numbers of adjunct faculty secret from students, parents, legislators, accreditors, foundations, and the public. The Wal-Mart-ization of higher education: How young professors are getting screwed 2014-02-16T11:59:00Z
To this end, legislators recently asked FDA to increase its oversight of seafood under FSMA. A new report shines a light on the seafood fraud rampant across the US 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z
This past weekend, The Times Herald-Record, a leading newspaper in the region, pleaded with legislators to reconsider Mr. Kaufman’s proposal. Clock Ticks for Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z
Privacy provisions in our state constitution were keeping our deeply conservative, Republican majority legislators from enacting restrictions on abortion. A liberal in the South: I didn’t mean to scream at that woman about abortion rights, but I was not in control 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z
“When these laws were passed, legislators passed them without adequate revenue,” Quinn said. Quinn: Sales tax windfall could pay for schools 2012-02-28T22:47:00Z
After all, the new legislators had better learn to work with their seniors. Style Invitational Week 1107: Bill us now — our biennial ‘joint legislation’ contest 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z
With the Legislature about to consider a constitutional amendment reining in the court’s decision, they could either push legislators to back civil unions as a compromise or face the full wrath of the opposition. Gay marriage’s long and messy road: What we misunderstand about this tortured legal saga 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z
Ms. Hedegaard added that changing the start date would require the law to be revised by European Union legislators. U.S. Steps Up Its Effort Against a European System of Fees on Airline Emissions 2010-09-10T04:40:00Z
Where the statutes survive, it is because state legislators worry that sponsoring repeal would “border on political suicide.” Your affair might be illegal: Inside the complicated world — and 21 states — where adultery remains against the law 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z
Some industries lobbied legislators in Sacramento for an exemption from that requirement. California Theaters, Facing a Shaky Future, to Get $50 Million in Aid 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z
But, as our country’s mostly male legislators are no longer trying to conceal, it is inseparable from the idea that women are born sinners—born murderers, even. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z
The best moments feature Johnson the master legislator, strategizing how to wheedle support from Republicans like Everett Dirksen and Southern Democrats alike. Theater Review: In ‘The Great Society,’ a Conflicted Lyndon B. Johnson 2013-08-13T21:45:35Z
Running parallel to that legacy was the other black experience: uniformed Civil War soldiers, park strolls, parasols, businessmen, legislators, houses of middle-class prosperity. 'Through a Lens Darkly' tackles a photographic divide in America 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z
This policy is defended by Trump officials and Republican legislators with nearly as much brio as Castro brings to the role of Bryce J. Korn: Always Too Soon: Writing Sketch Comedy in the Trump Era 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z
Perhaps her service as an elected state legislator gave her the gifts of listening and learning from her fellow citizens. Letters to the Editor 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z
He shared his concerns with his fellow residents, wrote editorials, implored officials at the mill and the hospital to investigate, and appealed to local, state and federal legislators. Her Town Depended on the Mill. Was It Also Making the Residents Sick? 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z
But a former state legislator, Daniel Squadron, who had sought to strengthen art market regulations in Albany, said that such restrictions were useful. New York City Eliminates the Rules That Govern Art and Other Auctions 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z
Deregulating and Denying Service Telecom policy is an area in which legislators very often don’t have a lot of expertise and are vulnerable to talk of fancy new technologies — and to big money. Stop-and-frisk, eviscerated 2012-05-29T19:30:00Z
That sense of working towards something bigger than themselves is what weaves each young leader’s actions into a movement that legislators will have to reckon with this fall. Youth groups are thinking outside the box when voting 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z
Still, the ruling immediately prompted outraged responses first from fans, who then lobbied pop stars on social media to address the case, like citizens urging their legislators to speak up on an issue. Big Names Use Social Media to Support Kesha in Legal Battle 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z
Previous research by political scientists Daniel Butler and David Nickerson suggests that when legislators are given accurate information about their constituents preferences, they are more likely to vote in line with those preferences. Why turnout matters, even in true-blue districts: Large margins of victory make politicians more responsive to progressive goals 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z
“We must use our voices to contact the politicians and legislators in our districts and demand social and judicial change.” Celebrities are our new first responders 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z
Affronted legislators wondered what kind of homework was required of the inductees. How to Be Gay by David M Halperin – review 2012-08-16T10:00:01Z
But that’s a discussion for another time, and it’s something legislators and consumer advocates are arguing about at the moment. Credit card dispute filed after a canceled flight complicates matters for would-be traveler | Travel Troubleshooter 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z
So, she called the legislator who wrote the law, who breezily told her to do what she thought best. Jennifer Gunter: ‘Women are being told lies about their bodies’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z
The Los Angeles legislator said fans from around the world would visit Michael Jackson's former estate. Calif. lawmaker ponders Neverland as state park 2010-07-14T02:00:00Z
She has successfully lobbied President Trump, spent time on the phone with governors and legislators, written letters in support of clemency petitions and paid legal bills for people trying to get out of prison. Inside Kim Kardashian’s Prison-Reform Machine 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z
Parker is a doctor at Mississippi’s last operating abortion clinic, which legislators in the state have been attempting to shut down. Weekend Reading: Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic, Airbnb Battles, and More 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z
Most legislators had not violated any ethics rules or broken laws, but Boehner and his allies made it seem that way. The Divided Mind and Politics of John Boehner 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z
“You hear comments between legislators, male legislators,” she says. Louisiana Republican's stripper joke an unamusing reality in state politics 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z
Meanwhile, Catherine Parker, the state legislator from Rye, withdrew her longstanding support of the Sustainable Playland plan. Park where end of ‘Big’ was filmed is in trouble 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z
The State Journal-Register reports the actor toured several historic sites Friday in Springfield, including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, the Lincoln Home and the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln served as a legislator. Daniel Day-Lewis in Ill. to prepare for 'Lincoln' 2010-11-21T02:20:00Z
There’s some coordination between passenger advocates and their legislators. Airline lobbyists and consumer advocates are poised to duke it out over the FAA bill’s fine print 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z
Yet these laws mostly date from a period when legislators and their agents – such as Keynes's Arts Council and Duncan Sandys' conservation committees – were confident in making judgments about beauty. We all care about beauty ? why don't politicians? 2010-04-08T07:06:00Z
Most legislators and average voters don’t see what a huge gap those on assistance must successfully soar across in order to get to the other side. Why I came out as being poor 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z
The arts budget agreed to by the governor and legislators authorizes $8.3 million from the state's general fund — $2.1 million more than Brown had proposed for the 2015-16 state budget that takes effect July 1. Budget agreement allocates $8.3 million to California Arts Council 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z
From the beginning, legislators, policymakers and activists clashed as some tried to extend, and others to limit, the law’s reach and power. Title IX at 50: How it Changed Congress, Campuses and Sports 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z
The moment is challenging corporations to decide how best to support a brand-loyal group of consumers without alienating conservative customers or legislators. At Taco Bell, the Drag Brunch Goes Corporate 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z
In the country where the irresponsible legislators misinterpret the Constitution and permit guns everywhere - oh wait - not everywhere - everywhere except where they work - like the Capitol Building or the inauguration of the current president. Review: ‘On the Exhale’ Addresses Grief and the Attraction of an Assault Rifle 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z
I'm concerned about the whole spectrum of the United States, the polarization within the electorate as well as geographic polarization, income polarization, political polarization, and the polarization of our legislators. Jared Diamond: Here are the four ways America is ruining itself right now 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z
“I recognized it was important to bring Cheryl to the meetings with the legislators because she could really explain,” said Ms. Short. For One Bill Cosby Juror, the Work Did Not End With the Trial 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z
That law will effectively remain in place after legislators struck a deal that retained its most discriminatory provisions. The NCAA caved to anti-LGBT hate: The real reason March Madness is coming back to North Carolina 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z
All three legislators decry, in public and on camera, the poisonous vines of financial incentives in Washington; all three also embody striking hypocrisies in staking their positions. The Swamp: inside a revealing look into Washington corruption 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z
Amazon canceled its plans for a New York City headquarters after residents, union leaders and local legislators contested the idea that the behemoth should receive $3 billion from the state to set up shop. ‘Techlash’ Hits College Campuses 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z
“I think awareness of this is spreading. I see it taking root, and I see state legislators who are starting to focus on this a bit more,” she said. Dark Money: how a documentary became a political thriller 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z
Mothers Against Drunk Driving and other groups teamed up with legislators and, together, they made it unacceptable and illegal to drive drunk or without buckling up. Julianne Moore claims US majority in favour of increased gun control 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z
But aside from some sharp points about how workers are expected to “deny their biology” and “how little American businesses and legislators care about care,” the analysis in “Squeezed” is thin and altogether unmemorable. Going for Broke, the Middle Class Goes Broke 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z
Richard Mell, 33rd, brought him around the City Hall press room, telling us the eager candidate for state legislator would be governor or president someday. Kass: Long prison term a stern warning 2011-12-08T06:01:00Z
And conservative evangelical legislators need not waste their time writing toothless resolutions establishing state religions. Should atheists fight for religion in government? 2013-04-16T18:50:00Z
Earlier this year, he published an opinion piece in favor of critical race theory, in a state where legislators were organizing to ban it. Beard Crusader 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z
Perhaps the thinking here is that the strike will somehow work its way up to anti-abortion Texan state legislators or Congress members. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z
That nation’s congress came under fire recently for planning to buy 60 TVs and a number of mini-fridges, purchases that many Peruvians suspect are related to the World Cup, a charge legislators have denied. As World Cup approaches, soccer-mad Brazilians rush to buy TVs 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z
It would be a mistake to assume that legislators, who hold the purse strings, will commit to spending what the theater industry’s devastation demands — especially where individuals, not institutions, would get the money. Where Is Hollywood When Broadway Needs It? 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z
Our movement noted that the same constitutional provision that prohibits KKK influence in state government also guarantees all citizens the right to instruct our legislators about matters affecting the general welfare. It’s not enough to disavow the Klan: Racists and Republicans have years of experience disavowing Klan, but supporting racist politics 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z
This month Republican legislator Bob Marshall introduced a law in Virginia that would bring North Carolina’s House Bill 2 to his state. Separate is never equal: What “Hidden Figures” says about America’s trans bathroom debate 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z
One group dressed in combat attire, used walkie-talkies, adopted code names such as “Gator 1” and “Gator 6” and, once inside the Capitol, appeared to be searching for legislators, according to the government. What were the Capitol rioters thinking on Jan. 6? 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z
Scaling back the budgets for many agencies was an attempt by legislators to strike back at Quinn for cutting an election-year deal with a major state employees union to avoid closings and layoffs. Source: Quinn plans layoffs of thousands 2011-09-06T05:01:00Z
In a handful of states, governors and legislators have been blocking vaccine mandates, which arts presenters and performers say makes it difficult to reassure potential audience members. For performers trying to get back onstage, it’s been a struggle to balance covid safety and the show 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z
Now,an Arizona legislator said it would make history for the state. John Oliver: equal rights are 'so obvious, you assume we already have it' 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z
The ruling effectively left voters at the mercy of state legislators. Whose Votes Really Count? 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z
And he talked about how protests are not nearly as helpful as communicating with legislators. Story time: Barney Frank brings his wit and Washington wisdom to Harvard
It has already led to some legislator calls for better oversight and regulation. A new report shines a light on the seafood fraud rampant across the US 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z
“I think legislators, litigators, and scholars are all watching this case and its parallels to see where the law settles after such a period of turbulence,” she said. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard to Face Off in Defamation Trial 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z
So my Republican legislators who sought to nullify Pennsylvania’s popular vote — some even proposed that the Legislature itself choose electors — are Calhoun’s heirs, not those of us demanding that “every vote counts.” Harpo Marx, South Carolina’s Voting History and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z
She’s going when even Japan’s own legislators are divided about whether to go. At fraught Tokyo Olympics, Jill Biden may win just by showing up 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z
The spread of the world wide web, which is now transforming our culture, allows anyone with a computer to set himself up as a reviewer, a participant in a critical discourse and a potential legislator. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z
Six months after its launch, no permits had been approved, and after two years, legislators let the program expire. L.A. street vendors are caught between COVID and the law 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z
The film chronicles Lewis’s Alabama upbringing; his work with Martin Luther King, Jr.; the march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.; and his tireless work as a legislator. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Family Romance, LLC’ and Fireworks 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z
When asked if he would ask state legislators to extend the authority of sunshine laws to nonprofits affiliated with governments, the mayor said he would "take that under advisement." Cameras green-lighted, trust plan delayed 2012-04-19T03:15:00Z
Because unless the public knows what is wrong, what is happening to women, there would be no need for legislators to correct that wrong by passing new laws. Gloria Steinem meets Gloria Allred: ‘Donald Trump has made us woke’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z
As these legislators and our governor increase efforts to mandate their presence in our doctor’s examining rooms I believe it is time we regulate men’s reproductive choices. “It is time we regulate men’s reproductive choices”: Kentucky lawmaker on why her new bill limits Viagra access to married men with notes from their spouses 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z
She has put money and time into helping state legislators in New York who voted to legalize same-sex marriage. For Anna Wintour, Power Is Always in Vogue 2012-06-15T22:24:08Z
The Writers Guild East asked members in March to urge legislators to put the proposal on the state budget. New York TV writers want piece of state's production incentive 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z
In December, after the legislators declined to impeach him but issued a harsh rebuke, and a day after Mr. Sanford opined publicly that he hoped for reconciliation, Mrs. Sanford filed for divorce. 2010-02-06T05:10:00Z
He had been goading legislators with his accelerating attempts to rule by decree, daring them to “go ahead” and impeach him — which the House voted to do in 1868 by an overwhelming majority. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z
Supreme Court decision which found it unconstitutional for judges to hand down such strict mandatory minimum sentences, which in turn prompted Kansas legislators to amend state law after Roeder’s conviction. Kansas Supreme Court upholds conviction of George Tiller’s murderer 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z
He said it's about whether there was a conspiracy to provide millions of dollars to legislators in return for their votes. Country singers may be part of AL corruption trial 2011-06-07T21:47:07Z
Although her efforts ran into controversy from upstate legislators, angry over the loss of some 1,000 jobs at the centers, Carrión says more changes are necessary, including raising New York’s age of minority. ‘Your dad’s in jail’ 2012-06-26T16:33:00Z
"In the days ahead I look forward to working with legislators of all parties to grow jobs for Wisconsin and move our state forward," Walker said in a prepared statement. Wis. victory may give GOP a national boost 2011-08-10T11:47:00Z
Soon, she packed her bags and began traveling the country, visiting high schools and colleges, speaking with professional organizations and legislators, and appearing on national television programs such as “Good Morning America.” TV’s first interracial kiss launched a lifelong career in activism 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z
If legislators change their minds, the station will reflect that in their language, but it won’t simply wipe the slate clean for them. Perspective | The politicians who tried to overturn an election — and the local news team that won’t let anyone forget it 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z
She was also one of the legislators who established the state’s first Asian Pacific American Legislative Task Force. She’s running for Congress, despite the anti-Asian attacks against her 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z
Some legislators questioned whether the bill would override states’ rights to set their own laws regarding statutes of limitations, hinting at potential obstacles to its becoming law. Senate Bill Would Help Recover Art Stolen by Nazis 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z
“I will not allow questions about my serving as a legislator and prosecutor to cloud the real issue at hand,” she said. ‘Rust’ Prosecutor Steps Down After Baldwin Challenges Appointment 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z
Last year, he warned a black former state legislator that she would not be “met with torches but something a lot more definitive” if she continued to call for the removal of Confederate statues. Georgia lawmaker refuses to resign after using racial slur on Baron Cohen show 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z
Ashley Judd has just declared she plans to press charges against the Twitter users who have harassed and threatened her, and legislators are now calling for the F.B.I. to crack down on online harassment. Monica Lewinsky Breaks Her Public Silence With a TED Talk 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z
“A lot of states saw the headlines coming out, and legislators had a lot of pressure coming on them to take a critical look at whether laws were limiting access to justice.” After Bill Cosby, States Shift on Statutes of Limitations in Sexual Assault Cases 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z
He said the East Hampton town supervisor recently told legislators that garbage volume was up roughly 300 percent this year over previous years, a measure of the population shift. Can You Hear Me Now, in the Hamptons? 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z
In Washington, legislators were scrambling to deal with the political fallout. Richard Plepler of HBO Stands Tall in New York’s Cultural Elite 2012-09-21T15:57:49Z
The new generation of casinos faces varying guidelines established by local legislators who didn't always support their arrival. 'Free cocktails?' a dying call at casinos 2010-06-14T23:07:00Z
She is on the board of Endowment for Middle East Truth, a pro-Israeli nonprofit group in Washington informing legislators and policy decisions on national security and the Middle East. Naomi Levin, Abe Cohn 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z
When the Supreme Court upheld the Voting Rights Act a year later, Southern legislators turned from preventing African Americans from voting to diluting their votes. 'Give Us the Ballot' is a sobering look at the modern struggle for voting rights in America 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z
Almost all of them work full-time jobs, since being a legislator only pays $600 a month. Texas Democrats are in their fifth week of exile, and grappling with the toll of an endless summer on the run 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z
Looking to the future, "Procuring Food Justice" ends with policies and best practices for legislators, institutions, suppliers, food service management companies and others working to clean up the procurement supply chain. Learn about the fight for values-based food purchasing — and recommendations from a new report 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z
Capitol as legislators were engaging peacefully, if disagreeably, in the transfer of presidential power. Perspective | The grand finale of the Trump show: America watches farce devolve to horror 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z
Bee dedicated a recent opening segment of her show to antiabortion developments and the legislators who “really, really need to get your facts straight.” Samantha Bee isn’t covering antiabortion laws because she’s a woman. It’s because laughter makes a statement. 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z
As New York State legislators wrestled with the question of same-sex marriage this week, I went back and reread the conversations on Motherlode over the past year about same-sex parenting. Motherlode: Let My Parents Marry 2011-06-16T19:30:24Z
Democrats denied minority legislators adequate staff, excluded them from committee deliberations, gerrymandered their districts and even, Republicans were convinced, stole elections. When American Politics Turned Toxic 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z
"Unfortunately, we have an increasing number of legislators in both parties who have adopted an unrelenting partisan viewpoint," Lugar said. Lugar defeat fits Obama campaign narrative on GOP 2012-05-09T10:15:00Z
Nazmi Gur, a legislator from Van, said his nephew's funeral was cut short because of the quake, and he rushed back to help. Death toll could soar in Turkey quake 2011-10-24T09:22:00Z
Dr. Bruce Wilder, a delegation member, said he will ask Pennsylvania legislators to introduce legislation to enact that requirement in schools. AMA wants obesity education 2012-06-21T13:46:00Z
The example I tend to give is that we have legislators trying to write clear laws and then lawyers and judges having a whole career based on interpreting those laws. Alex Garland on birth as horror in "Men" 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z
In the pluralistic American tradition, each legislator contributed a distinctive voice to the proceedings. In Search of a “Viral Moment” at the Robert Mueller Hearings 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z
If “Master of the Senate,” his 2003 book on Johnson’s years in the Senate, became a guide for Washington legislators, “Working” reads like a primer for authors and journalists. Robert Caro shares tips about his craft in ‘Working’ 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z
At 26, she won, becoming Florida’s youngest ever female legislator. What Warren Buffett, Richard Branson and Other Successful People Were Doing at Age 25 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z
One essential qualification, he said, will be an ability to work with legislators who primarily control the museum’s funding. African American Museum director Charmaine Jefferson steps down 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks about it on behalf of the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative; so does her former British counterpart William Hague and an array of US legislators. The illegal ivory trade may not fund a major terror group, after all 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z
Mississippi legislators passed a bill requiring the state to provide exit signs for the crash monument. Play ‘Free Bird,’ man: Signs point to Skynyrd crash monument 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z
Registration at .xxx is voluntary, and Lawley believes the first amendment guaranteeing free speech means any attempt by US legislators to corral sex sites into .xxx is doomed to fail. Pornography's .xxx factor 2010-07-02T23:32:00Z
Were Trump’s tweets portraying Democratic legislators of color as foreigners merely “racially tinged”? Were they just sprinkled with racially tinted pixie dust? Perspective | Tiptoeing around Trump’s racism is a betrayal of journalistic truth-telling 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z
In the past, the proposal has met with opposition from legislators concerned about budget pressures who said the Smithsonian should focus on improving the museums that it already had. House Votes to Create a National Museum of the American Latino 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z
But in general, I think we have to find some other routes to bring pressure on legislators on political people. MC5’s Wayne Kramer on why Trump is “very much so like Richard Nixon” 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z
But some legislators believe there is a need for further oversight, saying that many programs raise questions about the judgment of the parents who put their children on camera. Reality TV kids perform without a safety net 2010-06-28T03:57:00Z
How about hateful speech disguised as religion, which Republican legislators in Michigan tried to exempt from a bullying bill there last month? Motherlode Blog: How Do We Define Bullying? 2011-11-17T15:39:37Z
Meanwhile, state legislators are considering a bill that would allow people to record police officers working in public. Court strikes down eavesdropping law 2012-05-08T16:49:00Z
The More Oratory Reveals Only Nothingness bill to encourage legislators to sit down and listen once in a while. Style Invitational Week 1447: Give it to us straight 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z
In Michigan, where I live, one state legislator said that Trump comes off “a little raw,” and that’s what people love about him. What are they thinking? Talking to Trump voters without judgment (and while black) 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z
But the paper, understandably, doesn’t want to dedicate its “limited production resources” to covering the far more consequential mistakes of legislators and government officials. The New York Times Cries 'Uncle' on Defending Obamacare 2012-02-27T15:45:08Z
JC: Also the South Carolina legislators are not voting to take down the flag because they’ve changed their mind about it. Jimmy Carter and Jacqueline Woodson on Race, Religion and Rights 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z
In Oklahoma, a single-mom schoolteacher joins a strike, while a socialist legislator treads a lonely path in Virginia’s fusty State Assembly, where lobbyists close ranks with well-off politicians. ‘The Big Scary ‘S’ Word’ Review: Socialism for Beginners 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z
There are a lot of legislators all over the world who are still trying to control women’s bodies. Gloria Steinem meets Gloria Allred: ‘Donald Trump has made us woke’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z
Former California Republican legislator Tom Campbell recalls being surprised at the opposition. Conservatives and software companies will keep tax season miserable 2013-03-26T16:53:00Z
When “Interjections” depicted a doctor giving a child a shot, it did not anticipate legislators denouncing Big Bird for advocating childhood vaccination. ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ at 50: Those Are Magic Numbers 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z
The cost estimates, meanwhile, were not updated in time for legislators to weigh the full impact of the program. Politics wreaked havoc on retirement code 2011-12-16T03:20:00Z
The fourth of four siblings — one of whom was the late Washington legislator Cal Anderson — Miss Anderson was born in Seattle in 1950 and moved to Tukwila when she was 6. Musicians mourn owner of Pioneer Square club 2012-09-01T18:07:05Z
When you return to your states, invite your local governor, state legislator, congressman and senator to your theater and fill it with those who work with you along with video store employees and their families. Hollywood "terrible" at marketing itself: lobbyist 2011-03-29T23:32:58Z
The US Center for Reproductive Rights filed emergency lawsuits in five states to thwart moves by legislators to ban abortion during the pandemic. Alabama cannot block abortions during coronavirus crisis, judge rules 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z
But Rosie Rios, the chair of America250, said politics had not been an issue for the federal commission, which includes both Democratic and Republican legislators. Will America Be Ready for Its 250th Birthday? 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z
She asked legislators to repeal the law in order to protect future victims. Cosby accuser seeks change in law 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z
Hong Kong authorities have over the past year arrested dozens of pro-democracy activists and pushed through electoral reforms that would reduce the number of directly elected legislators in the city. Top Hong Kong singer loses concert venue amid crackdown 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z
“When you go into your legislator’s office, they may hear you. But they’re not going to be as concerned that if they don’t move on an issue that they’re going to lose their seat.” A tour of what may be the nation’s most bizarrely gerrymandered district 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z
A brilliant Virginian state legislator at 25, he authored the Declaration of Independence at 33, then helped lead the Revolution that inspired it. 'The Art of Power': Thomas Jefferson shapes the republic 2012-11-20T21:35:18Z
But in the end, it won bi-partisan support, including from legislators who had mixed feelings about the package. Illinois House OKs tax breaks for CME, Sears 2011-12-12T20:26:00Z
And in California, analysts say up to 50 percent of state legislators could be first-timers. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z
It’s on us as cultural leaders to constantly reinforce our institutions’ importance to not only our visitors, members and constituents, but to the nation’s legislators as well. Advice for the Smithsonian Institution’s new leader 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z
Breckinridge gave a weepy speech apologizing for his weakness and citing his talents as a legislator. A Predatory Congressman, His Jilted Lover and a Gilded Age Lawsuit That Foreshadowed #MeToo 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z
“When you are a legislator in a small county like this, you don’t think to ask, ‘well how many people are dying from heroin?’ Love couldn't break heroin's grip as sons became casualties of epidemic 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z
"We think it's crucial that Northern California legislators know this is really important to all the film community in Northern California; it's not a gift to Hollywood," Robbins said Tuesday. Hundreds rally in San Francisco to support state film tax credit bill 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z
“Our Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators. People who would come from the private sector, have that experience, understand what’s it like — not to sign the back of a paycheck, but the front of a paycheck.” The young and eventful Senate career of wealthy Georgia businesswoman Kelly Loeffler 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z
When Frank realizes Becca recognizes him as a legislator, his distress and surprise are not credible. ‘Tails of Wasps’: a politician stung by his own infidelity 2014-04-12T03:23:29Z
The result of such for-me-or-agin-me opposition results in gridlock when legislators consider suggestions for reducing the number of the tragic shooting that keep us all in fear. A gun lover’s case for gun control: Not all of us believe in the right to bear assault weapons 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z
I expect that, as often occurs in Congress, new members will follow more senior legislators' cues and go along with traditional decision making. These four challenges will shape the next farm bill — and how the US eats 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z
“Simply abandoned its opportunity to have influence in the state through opinion? I guess some people are happy with what Alice has done: legislators and big business. Maybe that was the goal all along.” What’s this Washington insider and billionaire’s wife doing in Alaska? 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z
Smalls became a crusading state legislator and United States congressman during Reconstruction. Charleston Needs That African American Museum. And Now. 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z
Instead, the bill would require turning a student who confesses to being gay over to his parents, with the legislators clearly hoping that punishment will somehow make the kid not-gay. 11 heinous lies conservatives are teaching America’s school children 2013-03-13T16:34:00Z
Everything you’ve been told about the war on women is a lie—at least, according to one Republican legislator. The “real” war on women?: Wisconsin lawmaker pushing awful anti-trans bathroom bill supposedly to “protect our women and girls” 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z
"It's like the Mafia, it's just business," he said, echoing an attack on News Corp executive James Murdoch by a British legislator earlier this month. Actor Coogan says UK tabloids operate like Mafia 2011-11-23T00:24:01Z
Poll vault: Would-be voters try to clear the high bar set by their state legislators. Style Invitational Week 1448: Hear, hear, it’s Limerixicon XVIII 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z
He said a statement included in the law demonstrated that state legislators did not want doctors to be prosecuted for trying to treat patients with legitimate pain issues. Anna Nicole judge sees flaws in prosecution case 2010-09-17T01:12:00Z
If two Mississippi legislators get their way, they'll all be official symbols of the Magnolia State. Will the Bible become the official state book of Mississippi? 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z
From there, they were able to change enough legislators’ minds to keep the bill from moving. Stop-and-frisk, eviscerated 2012-05-29T19:30:00Z
The university kept lists of undergraduate and Law School applicants sponsored by trustees, legislators and high-ranking administrators, and then bypassed the normal admissions process to admit some of them with subpar credentials. 1 in 4 college admissions officers pressured 2011-09-21T05:03:00Z
"We are confident that the legislators in New York will do what's best for consumers," a representative told TicketNews, "which is preserving open, competitive marketplaces." Secondary ticket sellers face law prohibiting inflated prices 2010-05-24T10:13:00Z
They, along with the over one million other American lawyers, will make the rules we live by; they will be legislators, they will sit on corporate boards, they will manage public institutions. Lawyers and Secondary Traumatic Stress, or: On the dispersal of brain matter in a Kentucky trailer 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z
A number of attempts since then to legalize abortion have been blocked by right-wing legislators. Chile's Bachelet takes on conservatives with plan to ease abortion ban 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z
For all that legislators like to sentimentalize family values and hard work, they’ve largely abdicated their responsibility toward families, who are left to navigate a job market that prefers its employees childless and unencumbered. Going for Broke, the Middle Class Goes Broke 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z
Six months later, he sent the legislators a special message reminding them that “we are dealing with a human problem, a world tragedy,” and urging Congress “to pass suitable legislation as speedily as possible.” Tales of an aging WWII refugee: “We can’t turn our backs on the refugees of today” 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z
So far, Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi and Colorado legislators have done so, while New York's governor has yet to sign off on the state's version. Nevada gambling regulators to weigh new fantasy sports model 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z
Jasper’s admonishment comes after two male legislators were criticized for crude Facebook comments aimed at Democratic congresswoman Amanda Bouldin, who opposed the legislation and noted that it had only male sponsors. Lawmakers spar over New Hampshire bill forbidding women to show nipples 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z
This year, she put out the call again and decided to bring the blankets to D.C., where legislators — who she says have the power to help fight homelessness — would see them. Handmade blankets for homeless crafted with ‘love’ come to Capitol Hill 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z
None of them mentioned how much they liked the female legislators. Perspective | Who cares whether you think these women are likable. They’re in power now. 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z
Many legislators may also share the views of Georgetown Law professor Paul Rothstein, who told a reporter, Your affair might be illegal: Inside the complicated world — and 21 states — where adultery remains against the law 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z
The answer was regulation, which brought legislators up against the two great pillars of a capitalist society: the free market and private property, as embodied in the sanctity of hearth and home. Grey and dreichy 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z
As Modern Farmer also reported, legislators celebrated the passage of the new raw milk law by taking shots of raw milk. How the fight to mainstream raw milk is bringing liberals and libertarians together 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z
A top New Hampshire legislator warned his colleagues on Wednesday to be civil following a social media spat over a bill barring women from exposing their nipples in public. Lawmakers spar over New Hampshire bill forbidding women to show nipples 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z
Her most recent success was “Society in America,” based on two years of travel during which she was feted by artists and legislators. Darwin’s Dim View of the Second Sex 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z
“I don’t consider it an historic building,” said Leigh J. Benton, an Orange County legislator. Rethinking a Spurned Landmark 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z
Less than two weeks after the conference, Austin was the scene of the seventh annual Texas Muslim Capitol Day, where participants gather to meet with state legislators and exercise their democratic prerogative. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z
For example, a recent story about a state legislator’s efforts to get Pennsylvanians vaccinated was accompanied by a sidebar of text about the lawmaker in question. Perspective | The politicians who tried to overturn an election — and the local news team that won’t let anyone forget it 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z
Obama stopped playing the part of "legislator in chief," in the words of one senior White House aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss strategy. Obama's tax cut victory reflects a change in tactics 2011-12-24T01:59:00Z
The CEO also didn't answer calls to pause political contributions to legislators who supported the bill. "What a complete fool": Disney CEO criticized for refusing to publicly oppose "Don't Say Gay" bill 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z
In the airline industry, for example, legislators are pushing for clearer disclosure of all taxes, fees and extras. A proposed bill limits third-party hotel booking, but consumers have greater concerns 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z
He’s trying to mobilize legislators, companies and community organizations to foster real connections, not the false intimacy of social media. Vivek Murthy wants to fix our mental health crisis. But how much can he do? 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z
Lately, as Mary Ziegler, a law professor at Florida State, noted recently in the Times, activists and legislators are framing abortion as a zero-sum game. The Messiness of Reproduction and the Dishonesty of Anti-Abortion Propaganda 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z
Dr. Bruce Wilder, a delegation member, said he will ask Pennsylvania legislators to introduce legislation to enact that requirement in schools. AMA wants obesity education 2012-06-21T13:46:00Z
It depicts the partisan horse-trading and other shenanigans among U.S. legislators as they ladle pork onto a congressional bill calling for the construction of a Nevada dam project. New on Seattle stages: ‘Third,’ ‘Mom Baby God’ 2014-02-27T22:26:06Z
Years of state Republican legislators passing restrictions on abortion in a piecemeal fashion has created a situation where the procedure may be legal, but out of reach for millions of women. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z
To sway legislators and opponents, the marshals and Sparber characterized couches and easy chairs as dangers to society, sometimes referring to the foam inside cushions as "solid gasoline." Big Tobacco wins fire marshals as allies in flame retardant push 2012-05-08T05:00:00Z
The governor noted that Emanuel's strong lobbying efforts meant that an "overwhelming majority of legislators from Chicago voted in favor." Speed cameras could cover almost half the city 2012-02-07T03:32:00Z
The odors from the company’s hog operations, one Republican legislator boasts, are the “smell of freedom.” When Thousands of Hogs Are Your Neighbors 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z
Book bans have also become a feature of these spasmodic reactions, but legislators haven't found a way to stop history lessons from being broadcast or streamed to people's televisions. "Justice requires repair": Nikole Hannah-Jones on why Hulu's "1619 Project" is essential viewing 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z
Thursday is the deadline for legislators to override a veto by Steven Neuhaus, the Orange county executive, who seems hell-bent on demolition. Clock Ticks for Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z
Master noted that in New York, it only took a little bit of spending to get normally progressive legislators backing the telecoms’ pet plan. Stop-and-frisk, eviscerated 2012-05-29T19:30:00Z
The rocker and classical musician played a jam session briefly together for a gathering of legislators and arts advocates from across the country who planned to visit congressional offices. Yo-Yo Ma joins rocker to call for US arts funding 2013-04-09T16:29:14Z
Your senators and your congressman, your governor, your mayor, your state legislators, they all mostly look and talk and worship like you and the men in your life do. An open letter to the “Ivanka voters” I grew up with: I hope you get what you want 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z
The two made an odd couple: The Washington Post described Mendelson at the time as “a legislator more concerned with details than charisma” and, more to the point, “a nitpicker.” In the Twittersphere, the D.C. Council went from dry to wry thanks to this guy 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z
"We were very successful in bringing legislators down, Democrats and Republicans, and I just sat outside in the tent and schmoozed with them," Schwarzenegger said. “Arnold”: The 6 most shocking revelations from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s intimate Netflix docuseries 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z
Some South Korean lawmakers have pushed the country to adopt a comprehensive anti-discrimination law that would embrace gay rights, but amendments have foundered due to conservative Christian legislators who oppose recognition. Gay South Korean film director to marry in bid to pry open closet 2013-05-15T08:36:35Z
That’s why I work with legislators to help pass not just privacy laws, but regulation of big tech. Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: We should be scared about what we’re going to see in this year’s elections 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z
Season 7 began with Bauer defending his ways before a group of skeptical legislators in a congressional committee. '24': Drones On 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z
“They’re trying to control what other people’s kids can read,” Cheryl L. Davis, general counsel of the Authors Guild, said of the legislators behind the measure. Booksellers Move to the Front Lines of the Fight Against Books Bans in Texas 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z
But Cigarroa said a complaint warranted a close exploration of how the university handles recommendations from legislators and others on behalf of applicants. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z
Since the circuit breaker bill had failed, a bipartisan group of state legislators proposed a constitutional amendment that would allow a Minnesota-like classification system. The Tea Party’s inspiration: A tax revolt that destroyed California 2013-09-15T13:30:00Z
Ms. Collins grew up in Jersey City, where her father was a funeral director who became a state legislator. Kathleen Collins’s ‘Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?’ 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z
He decided not to go to Congress for money; more than a decade ago, a far more ambitious $650 million rebuilding project collapsed after legislators balked at federal aid. She’s Putting Her Mark on the Kennedy Center 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z
Keisling said, “None of us think that these state legislators were sitting around thinking, ‘How do we keep trans people from voting?’ Voting while trans 2012-10-21T15:00:00Z
The stars feature in a new video designed to help persuade legislators to get the agreement through Congress when it goes to the vote in September. Morgan Freeman and Jack Black back Iran nuclear deal for fear of becoming 'super dead' 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z
Taxicab Commission Chair Ron Linton conducted a sting on an Uber driver, prompting a two-year legal and political battle that pitted the service’s fans and many city legislators against the commission and traditional cab drivers. Legal, political battles bedevil ridesharing 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z
In California and in other states, legislators, are wearing pink shoes in solidarity with Ms. Davis. On the Runway Blog: State Senator Makes a Fashion Statement 2013-07-03T18:43:02Z
He also said he will work with other legislators to craft "emergency legislation" that will address shortcomings detailed in the audit. More officials attack state agency over health care contracts 2012-03-09T00:31:00Z
They set out in 2001 to track efforts to overhaul immigration in the United States, following advocates and legislators in Washington in efforts to pass a comprehensive immigration bill. ArtsBeat: New York Film Festival to Showcase Documentaries on Science and Democracy 2013-08-26T19:57:58Z
It is also under investigation by US federal and Nevada state investigators for allegedly bribing a legislator in Macau to build its resort there, the investigative news organization ProPublica reported. EuroVegas, baby 2012-08-06T16:13:00Z
He set up a website and toured California CrossFit gyms to stump for the bill, encouraging members to contact their legislators. Mr. CrossFit vs. Big Soda: A profane fitness guru’s wonky war with the soda industry 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z
Quinn downplayed the lack of public support, saying citizens made their opinion known through "their legislators." Speed cameras could cover almost half the city 2012-02-07T03:32:00Z
She told the legislators that she’s thrilled to be back in her home state. Motown legend has Alabama lawmakers ‘Dancing in the Street’ 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced two days after the lawsuit was filed that she would not defend the case, which led to impeachment efforts that are ongoing by conservative legislators. Federal judge to rule on Pennsylvania’s law barring gay marriage 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z
A state legislator from Oklahoma justified his nightmarish abortion bill by non-ironically calling women and pregnant people "hosts." “Black Widow” challenges treatment of women without biological families as disposable 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z
They lobbied legislators, published a newsletter and drew more than two dozen statewide organizations into a big-tent coalition. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z
Now legislators are jockeying over raising the debt ceiling, which limits how much the federal government can borrow to pay its bills. These four challenges will shape the next farm bill — and how the US eats 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z
Try reading those Bible passages to Virginia legislators and watch their faces. Perspective | In the Va. governor’s race, ‘Beloved’ is reduced to its most explicit parts. That’s obscene. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z
When the Mexican legislators proposed their idea, which was not passed, the archdiocese there called it “absurd” and said it was anathema to the nature of marriage. Marriage Seen Through a Contract Lens 2012-09-28T19:35:40Z
Kansas Inches Toward Eliminating Abortion In Mississippi, where the sole abortion clinic is under threat thanks to GOP legislators, we could see the first state where there are zero providers. ‘Girls’ still racist 2012-06-22T16:56:00Z
Some city legislators have suggested the government is wary of fully embracing Lee's legacy for fear of unsettling Beijing by paying tribute to the star's enduring sprit of youthful rebellion. Bruce Lee's daughter recalls his energy as fans mark anniversary 2013-07-19T12:12:22Z
North Carolina and Vermont are currently working on putting “raise their age” bills before legislators this year. ‘Your dad’s in jail’ 2012-06-26T16:33:00Z
The new law also creates a committee to recommend that legislators designate additional state songs later. ‘One Mississippi’ replaces state song that had racist roots 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z
In the House chamber on Monday, Democratic legislators gestured toward that rhetoric as one reason for the necessity of a National Museum of the American Latino. House Votes to Create a National Museum of the American Latino 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z
Teddy Roosevelt probably came to the presidency with most experience: police commissioner, Civil Service commissioner, state legislator, governor, vice president, president. Rachel Maddow and Doris Kearns Goodwin on a Presidential Race for the History Books 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z
The argument was roundly dismissed by legislators and women’s rights advocates who had worked to raise awareness of femicide as a crime with distinct motivations from other homicides — and Gertz Manero walked back his suggestion. An Author Wrote About Her Sister’s Murder. It Led to a Breakthrough. 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z
No matter what happens, the hope that legislators will enact strong airline consumer laws has all but disappeared. This bill makes it unlawful to remove passengers from planes. But that’s not enough. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z
Mann says insensitive attitudes by male legislators – typified by Havard’s comments – are part of the reason why that ratio is so low. Louisiana Republican's stripper joke an unamusing reality in state politics 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z
“Last Flight Home” screened for the state’s legislators in May, and she and Ondi participated in a question-and-answer session with them. A Father Chose to End His Life at 92. His Daughter Hit Record. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z
A very small percentage of Protestants are Free Presbyterians, but a large percentage of DUP legislators are, so the church’s influence is completely disproportionate. ‘We’d been denied a personal life’: Northern Ireland’s long road to equal marriage 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z
Some legislators have proposed different ways to incentivize lower-income Americans to buy fresh fruits and vegetables, rather than barring what they can and cannot buy. Policing the grocery carts of poor Americans won't make for a healthier country 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z
There was talk of the hearings as “a chance for Democrats to tell a story,” and a forecast of legislators hoping for “viral moments.” In Search of a “Viral Moment” at the Robert Mueller Hearings 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z
Jordan and Trump may seem like an odd couple — the purist legislator and the ideologically malleable executive — until you consider the ways the rules of game have changed. Jim Jordan used to torment GOP leaders. Now he’s leading them in defending Trump. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z
But was Shkreli’s performance actually more objectionable than that of the legislators who were performing alongside him? Everyone Hates Martin Shkreli. Everyone Is Missing the Point 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z
He wasn’t the only legislator to recall being on the other side of Rivera’s efforts. For Sen. Marco Rubio, a question of friendship vs. politics 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z
Obama went on, as president, to dole out fist bumps to legislators as he walked into his State of the Union addresses. Biden greets MBS, and we once again obsess about a fist bump 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z
But though the laws have changed for the better, and the legislators and prosecutors from 1967 are mostly dead now, their attitudes and their legacy and in some cases they themselves live on. Review: In ‘Loving,’ They Loved. A Segregated Virginia Did Not Love Them Back. 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z
Andrea Reeb, the case’s previous special prosecutor, removed herself after Mr. Baldwin’s lawyers had argued that her appointment violated the State Constitution because she also serves as a state legislator. ‘Rust’ Prosecutors Are Dropping Charges Against Alec Baldwin, His Lawyers Say 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z
I think that sums up how our betters, the elite of elected and unelected legislators, government, arts councils, parties and media, think we should live. Our campaign to save Darlington arts centre 2011-01-28T12:30:41Z
Until now, he has managed to fend off the threat of competition with a barrage of lawsuits, TV ads and political contributions to Michigan legislators and key members of Congress. The Billionaire Vs. The Nerd: Who Gets To Control International Trade With Canada? 2012-06-22T15:56:09Z
The testifiers appear, flanked by advisers, and face a forest of cameras and microphones as they stare down a crowded bank of legislators. Fauci Hearing: Who Were Those Masked (and Unmasked) Senators? 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z
In early March, Republican North Carolina legislator Chuck McGrady sponsored what he called a compromise bill. Perspective | One year in, there’s no compromise on North Carolina’s bathroom bill. That’s a good thing. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z
"The court is not unmindful of the criticism that judges should not be super legislators," Piazza wrote. History shades Arkansas' gay marriage debate 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z
It allowed skeptical legislators to see the plant’s potential up close, and “helped demystify it for some”, Steenstra says. Hemp: how one little plant could boost America's economy 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z
Republican state legislators provided critical votes for gay marriage in New York and Maryland. GOP: Gays out of the party 2012-10-09T11:45:00Z
The longer legislators work together, there’s less likelihood one party’s members will try to undermine the other or refuse to work together. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z
Now heading the voting rights organization Fair Fight, she is a former Georgia state legislator and author of “Lead From the Outside.” Stacey Abrams book on voting rights to be published in June 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z
From 2010 to 2016, after Matt got a law degree, both he and his father were Florida legislators and roommates in Tallahassee. Rep. Matt Gaetz wants you to know who he is, and his plan is working 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z
Charles Booker, the state legislator running in the Democratic primary to challenge Mitch McConnell for Senate in Kentucky, mentions reparations on his campaign website, noting his own family’s history of lynching and enslavement. How Reparations for Slavery Became a 2020 Campaign Issue 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z
King Strang, as the press delighted in calling him, tried his hand at various roguish trades — lawyer, newspaperman, prophet, pirate, state legislator — but his true gift was for the pure flimflam of American celebrity. Meet the Man Who Spun the Media, Scammed Followers and Named Himself King 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z
Now, Culture Warriors, listen up: a legislator in Louisiana just submitted a bill calling for public school students to recite the Lord’s Prayer alongside the Pledge of Allegiance. Should atheists fight for religion in government? 2013-04-16T18:50:00Z
But the distinction between violent and nonviolent crime has proven tricky for lawyers, judges and legislators. It’s time to rethink “violent” crime: How mislabeling misconduct contributes to our bloated criminal justice system 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z
There's been the traditional reaction from hyperactive US legislators. Will Defense Distributed's shots be heard 'round the world? 2013-05-11T23:05:29Z
Exposing the hypocrisy of Republican legislators not only makes our political system more honest—it can actually change behavior. Why Ted Cruz’s sex life matters: The GOP’s toxic “family values” charade deserves continued scrutiny 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z
“You don’t know that,” she says, addressing the generic male legislator, “because you’re a man.” Trump has spurred hundreds of women to run for office. Guess what? Some are Republican. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z
“And of course, all it takes is for one legislator to make the bourbon incidents his / her plank, which would greatly damage bourbon’s current standing,” he wrote. Jim Beam's massive warehouse fire: Latest in a series of Kentucky bourbon distillery accidents 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z
While this will be the first time the Supreme Court has meddled in the $20 billion video-game industry, legislators have been waging a largely failed war against virtual violence for nearly 20 years. Brief History: Video-Game Violence 2010-05-03T17:50:00Z
Our children, who are not hurting anyone, feel the target legislators have put on their backs. Austin was supposed to be a safe space for my trans daughter. Texas Republicans ruined that 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z
Smith’s career had begun the way most female legislators’ did half a century ago: after the death of her husband, Clyde Smith, in 1940, she was selected to replace him according to the “widow’s mandate.” “A Lady for President?” Third Graders Respond 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z
In a motion published at Parliament on Thursday, two legislators said Leno had shown a complete misunderstanding of the Sikh faith. UK lawmakers complain over Jay Leno joke 2012-01-26T12:53:09Z
“As a state legislator, Lincoln once jumped out a window to avoid being cornered into a vote,” Mr. Holzer said. Lincoln’s Papers Find a Familiar Spot: In the Middle and in Jeopardy 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z
He is the unacknowledged legislator of the Roosevelt years, the bard of the New Deal. Frank Capra at the BFI - review 2010-12-18T00:07:26Z
Lost in this scenario, which has been discussed in magazines and Web sitescatering to state legislators, is the art of compromise to serve the public. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z
Rise is talking to legislators in New York. Meet the 24-year-old who could change how the US handles sexual assaults 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z
In April, Maine legislators introduced a bill that, if passed, would prevent the sale or distribution of products that are contained, protected or distributed using PET plastic with two cancer-causing additives beginning in 2025. A new report details the climate, health and human rights impacts of a plastic bottle 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z
First published anonymously, on the second edition Lewis, then an MP, included his name: Coleridge was only one of many who was scandalised to see that "the author of The Monk signs himself — a legislator!" Paul Murray's top 10 wicked clerics 2010-03-17T15:38:00Z
The Thompsons want legislators to lift the bureaucratic hurdles that are preventing them and other adoptive families from bringing the children home with them to the U.S. Russia-Ukraine war: Kentucky mom of 8 is desperate to rescue teen girl from Russia's attacks 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z
These experiences galvanized him to join those in the university community who were fighting for a new name; he lobbied legislators while also serving on a key name-change committee. How one pocket of Utah is confronting the word ‘Dixie’ and all of its associations 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z
Many legislators and taxpayers think that if those students are so smart, they don’t need extra help. How to expand who gets gifted services
Libraries also face increasing pressure from legislators, who are crafting new laws and procedures intended to make it easier to remove books that are challenged. With Rising Book Bans, Librarians Have Come Under Attack 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z
Just last week a Washington state legislator proposed a new bill that would let citizens comment on new legislation using videos submitted online. How the 'John Oliver Effect' Is Having a Real-Life Impact 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z
Who wouldn’t turn bright red with embarrassment for an adult scurrying around the state capitol showing legislators what she thinks are the dirty parts of a canonical novel by a Nobel Prize winner? Perspective | In the Va. governor’s race, ‘Beloved’ is reduced to its most explicit parts. That’s obscene. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z
In Wisconsin, two state legislators want to require school boards to designate restrooms as exclusive to one gender, and gender is defined as the “physical condition of being male or female.” In All-Gender Restrooms, the Signs Reflect the Times 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z
But it’s not every day that a comic’s jokes crash a government website or directly inspire legislators to push for new laws. How the 'John Oliver Effect' Is Having a Real-Life Impact 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z
This a modern twist on a practice that has long been demonized by the public and legislators. Scalping Isn't Scamming 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z
It was thereby a daily rebuke to how legislators “now run the county,” Mr. Baum said. Clock Ticks for Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z
At worst, this was a political misdemeanor, especially considering that more than half of the legislators who voted to impeach her were themselves under criminal indictment for offenses ranging from murder to owning slaves. The Fracturing of Brazil in “The Edge of Democracy” 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z
If so, it may represent one of the biggest shifts in political communication and subconscious button pushing via dress since female legislators were allowed to go sleeveless in Congress. John Fetterman and the Remaking of Political Image 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z
“He had one of the first successful amendments on the floor from a Republican in a Democratic supermajority,” recalled former legislator Bob Genetski, who sat next to Amash in the statehouse. Justin Amash was part of the conservative in-crowd. Now he’s trying to figure out who his real friends are. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z
New Mexico legislators are part time and do not receive a salary, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Alec Baldwin’s Lawyers Say ‘Rust’ Prosecutor Should Be Disqualified 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z
Ordinance supporters and opponents spoke to legislators in house and senate committees, telling of their personal stories and fears. North Carolina blocks local laws on transgender use of bathrooms 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z
In Wisconsin, a Republican legislator introduced a bill that would criminalize single parenthood as a form of child abuse. Scary single ladies: Rebecca Traister explains why single women frighten the hell out of the GOP 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z
It seems unlikely that anti-immigration sentiment can be changed through policy alone, and that we may need vigorous public re-education before we can manage to get legislators to change policy in the first place. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z
The actor cannot work without their passport and driving licence, which are photographed, in order for the film to meet the 2,257 criteria set by American legislators. Should accessing 'rape pornography' be restricted by law? 2013-07-24T12:02:45Z
Vermont, though politically liberal in many respects, has always had a robust hunting-and-gun culture; a state legislator’s proposed bill banning assault weapons after the Sandy Hook shooting, in 2012, was met with passionate resistance. Three Podcasts To Listen to In August 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z
But last week state legislators opted not to renew the program, despite heavy lobbying by the local film industry to preserve the incentives. North Carolina cutting film tax credit program 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z
It won her a large following, and a near cultlike status in the state where she later served as a legislator. In a Time of Crisis, Her Voice Was the One That Galvanized Alaska 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z
The railroad also bribes legislators, but its greatest sin is harassing farmers it informally allowed to settle on some of its land in California. Perspective | Never mind the Brits, here are five American novels perfect for ‘Masterpiece’ treatment 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z
Looking around the room, I realized that this group was one of hardened political thinkers — lawyers, a legislator, political organizers, businesspeople and activists. Study abroad — at any age 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z
For state legislators in Texas, the Furman ruling was a spur to get back to work. Why the Death Penalty Is Dying: A New Book Tells the Surprising Story 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z
After the handoff is botched, Chow Yun-Fat, in what the credits call a “special appearance,” plays a legislator who is on the committee that investigates the incident. Review: ‘Cold War 2,’ a Brisk Exercise in Hong Kong Suspense 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z
Politicians demand optimistic goals, or they can’t sell the program to voters and to enough legislators to gain a majority. Turning around schools with low achievement rates never seem to work 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z
One path Seattle should not take: moving local elections to even years, where city candidates would compete for attention with state legislators, members of Congress, and potentially contenders for governor and president. Seattle City Council victories usher in a new era | Editorial 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z
Instead, he said, the report would be released publicly to allow legislators to read it and “take whatever action that they felt necessary.” Santos goes on bonkers rant after damning ethics report finds spending on OnlyFans, Botox and more 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z
News of the high 520 bids came as a surprise to legislators, who expected cost escalation in line with inflation and supply chain pressures but not to the levels seen in the two proposals. WSDOT delays 520 bridge contract; hopes Legislature can cover huge cost increase 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z
More than 500 left their jobs under duress in 2020 and 2021, and legislators in at least 26 states passed laws to prevent public officials from setting health policies. How lawmakers in Texas and Florida undermine COVID vaccination efforts 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z
During the 2022 session, legislators enacted a plan to reduce the state income tax over four years - Mississippi’s largest tax cut ever. Mississippi governor rejects revenue estimate, fearing it would erode support for income tax cut 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z
The KBI also said it has no reason to believe the letter was connected to threatening letters containing a harmless white powder sent in June to dozens of Republican legislators in Kansas, Montana and Tennessee. A suspicious letter to the top elections agency in Kansas appears harmless, authorities say 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z
“If this means that obligations already entered into can no longer be met, the budget legislator must compensate for this elsewhere,” the court said. German Court Says Government Cannot Shift Covid Funds to Climate Projects 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z
"The legislator failed to sufficiently demonstrate the necessary factual connection between the emergency and the crisis management measures taken in response," said the court. German Court deals blow to Scholz govt with budget ruling 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z
Legal or regulatory mechanisms "can change on a whim ... legislators can be lobbied ... rules can be reinterpreted by courts and burdens of proof are very hard to meet", Manning said. Chelsea Manning: Tech more efficient than laws to ensure privacy 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z
Dozens of car clubs and community organizers pulled together across California, reaching out to state legislators. Cruising is back. A new law has made lowriders legit 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z
Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda has won a seat on the Metropolitan King County Council, joining Jorge Barón as one of two new legislators who will join the County Council next year. Teresa Mosqueda wins King County Council seat 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z
“I’m not a policy person. I know my lane, and we’re going to let the legislators and the senators and congressional members stake their lane out,” she said. RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel pins election losses on candidates 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z
Omar’s fellow House Democrats have portrayed her as a serious legislator who in the past four years has earned admiration for giving voice to marginalized groups often forgotten on Capitol Hill. Progressive Minnesota US Rep. Ilhan Omar draws prominent primary challenger 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z
Apple paid for a half dozen legislators to visit its Silicon Valley headquarters this year, and tried to impress on them how important security and safety were to repairs, Ms. Sollman said. You Paid $1,000 for an iPhone, but Apple Still Controls It 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z
But as a legislator with a solid record of writing bills and getting some big ones passed, she is known for her passion for the prosaic, such as traffic congestion. Danica Roem breaks through in Virginia Senate by focusing on road rage and not only anti-trans hate 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z
In my role as a state legislator, I remain committed to soliciting input from constituents, fellow lawmakers, environmental justice organizations, and our small-business community. Already a clean energy leader, WA can lead on energy justice, too | Op-Ed 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z
Keeler, who was a Republican legislator for 16 years in the 1980s and 1990s, was sentenced to two months in federal prison and fined $55,000. Former Indiana legislator agrees to plead guilty to fraud in casino corruption scheme 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z
A GOP candidate who lost his race to be a state legislator from the Houston area had a separate election challenge dismissed in January by the Texas House speaker. Texas judge rules against GOP lawsuit seeking to toss 2022 election result in Houston area 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z
But it told legislators that workers couldn’t remove samples inside the vessel because they did not have the correct equipment to access them. Disputes over safety, cost swirl a year after California OK’d plan to keep last nuke plant running 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z
Also left behind by legislators was a measure that would allow legislative staff members to unionize. Illinois lawmakers OK new nuclear technology but fail to extend private-school scholarships 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z
There are a few reasons legislators should consider enabling a true, scalable community solar program in our state. Already a clean energy leader, WA can lead on energy justice, too | Op-Ed 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z
When legislators were hammering out an education budget to comply with the state Supreme Court’s McCleary decision, they shied from making changes to the funding formula that rewards districts staffed with veteran teachers. WA has the wealth, but not the will, to fund schools equitably | Editorial 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z
For the last few years, Manchin has been the only Democrat elected to statewide office in West Virginia, a longtime politician who has served as governor, secretary of state and state legislator. Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is retiring, giving GOP a key pickup opportunity in 2024 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z
In the westernmost region of Kaliningrad, local legislators said they were mulling a ban for private clinics. Officials in Russia-annexed Crimea say private clinics have stopped providing abortions 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z
That point was furthered by Mr. Ogrydziak, who said that his student group’s attempt to host conservative media personality Michael Knowles was met with pushback from the administration, students and New York state legislators. Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt House hearing about antisemitic speech on college campuses 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z
I hope fellow legislators can see the same benefits that I see and support this bill in 2024. Already a clean energy leader, WA can lead on energy justice, too | Op-Ed 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z
The ADF was behind the Dobbs case, and as a legislator Johnson has three times introduced bills that would ban abortion nationally. Column: What does Ohio's vote on abortion mean for California? Ask the next governor 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z
Two Republican state legislators who say they strongly support the death penalty, Reps. Oklahoma board recommends the governor spare the life of a death row inmate who argued self-defense 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z
But legislators struggled with “loopholes” that allowed Planned Parenthood clinics that provide other health care to continue receiving funding. Missouri Supreme Court hears case on latest effort to block Planned Parenthood funding 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z
Rep. Jeff Jackson, who represents the 14th District, was drawn by legislators into a different district and is running for state attorney general next year instead. North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore formally announces bid for Congress in 2024 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z
The entire General Assembly elects judges after candidates are screened by a 10-person Judicial Merit Selection Commission that includes six legislators. South Carolina justice warns judicial diversity is needed in only state with all-male high court 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z
"The feel I get in this state is very similar to August," said Michael Curtin, a former Ohio state legislator and journalist. Issue 1: Ohio weighs abortion rights in closely watched vote 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z
A former state legislator and City Council member, Ms. Parker will be the first woman to lead the city. Cherelle Parker, a Democrat, Elected Mayor of Philadelphia 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z
However, he surprised legislators in October 2002 when he instead offered to contribute $25 million to employees who had invested pension money into the company. Gary Winnick, Global Crossing founder and once L.A.'s richest man, dies at 76 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z
Whether they are about state legislators in Virginia, a constitutional amendment in Ohio, or candidates for governor in Kentucky and Mississippi, the ads share a few themes. The Ad Wars Have Been Fierce. Here’s What Voters Have Seen. 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z
“Protecting civilians is a main pillar of the rules of engagement with the enemy,” Hezbollah legislator Ali Fayad said during the funeral. Lebanese woman and her 3 granddaughters killed in Israeli strike laid to rest 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z
Parker, 51, a former state legislator and former city councilmember, is favored to win in the heavily Democratic stronghold. Voters in Pennsylvania to elect Philadelphia mayor, Allegheny County executive 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z
At a news conference with a Portland teachers union leader, state legislators representing the Portland area said they were frustrated by the district’s claim of a lack of funding. Teachers in Portland, Oregon, strike for a 4th day amid impasse with school district 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z
Critics of the system want legislators who are lawyers off the panel because they might appear before the judges they screen. Judge likely to be next South Carolina chief justice promises he has no political leanings 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z
Charles will then travel the mile from Buckingham Palace to Parliament, and a legislator will be sent to the palace as a symbolic hostage to ensure the king’s safe return. King Charles III will preside over Britain’s State Opening of Parliament, where pomp meets politics 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z
Rep. Jeff Jackson, who represents the current 14th District, was drawn by legislators into a different, heavily GOP district and announced last week that he would run for state attorney general next year instead. North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore plans to run for Congress, his political adviser says 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z
The incident comes about six months after another state legislator was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Assemblymember, City Council candidate Wendy Carrillo arrested on suspicion of drunk driving 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z
In a letter to Portland Public Schools last week, Portland-area legislators including Steiner called on the district to cut “superfluous administration spending” and focus on classroom investments. Teachers in Portland, Oregon, strike for a 4th day amid impasse with school district 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z
“We do not want the treaty negotiators — or legislators or regulators — to be distracted by the false solution of chemical recycling,” Enck told journalists on Tuesday. A new report calls chemical recycling a "dangerous deception" — and a former plastic lobbyist agrees 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z
The North Dakota Legislature gave money to the state Department of Public Instruction, which essentially passed it along to Global Bridges to pay for trips for teachers and legislators. State funded some trips for ex-North Dakota senator charged with traveling to pay for sex with minor 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z
The senior legislator from Bukele's New Ideas party behind the original measure, Christian Guevara, was added to a U.S. blacklist for "corrupt and undemocratic actors" - commonly known as the "Engel List" - for promoting the law. El Salvador lawmakers repeal media crackdown, declare 'war on gangs won' 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z
Before legislators debated the extraordinary measure, Cortizo first proposed a national referendum on the contract. Panama’s Assembly looks to revoke contract for Canadian mining company after public outcry 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z
In June 2023, US legislators called for the relocation of the Agoa forum in November from Johannesburg because of the controversy surrounding South Africa's alleged arms shipments to Russia. Agoa Forum: Has the US trade pact benefited Africa? 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z
But barring a serious lift by Kotek and Portland-area legislators, it is unlikely that Portland Public Schools will get a state bailout. Portland Public Schools strike: What you need to know 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z
The trips are beneficial for legislators because of the knowledge they gain on topics such as energy and international relations, Jon Martinson said. State funded some trips for ex-North Dakota senator charged with traveling to pay for sex with minor 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z
"We have won the war on gangs and we can change our criminal policy," said Walter Coto, a New Ideas congressman, as the repeal was passed by all legislators present. El Salvador lawmakers repeal media crackdown, declare 'war on gangs won' 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z
It is our duty — as business leaders, legislators, and nonprofit execs — to advocate for our entire community and confront the striking disparity between affluence and need within our own city. Beyond the skyline: Bellevue's silent struggle with poverty | Op-Ed 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z
With an appeals court weighing the issue, New York legislators voted in May to amend the law, allowing congregational leaders and those in charge of security to carry guns. Two pastors worry for their congregants’ safety. Are more guns the answer or the problem? 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z
A Fredericksburg-based group, Students for Life, which advocates for protection of unborn lives at conception, said Durant pledged to them to vote “100% pro life” as a legislator. Battle for control of Virginia Legislature may hinge on a state senate race with independent streak 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z
“The Biden presidency is a disaster, but in Arkansas, Gov. Sanders and Republican legislators are fighting for you,” the narrator in the ad by New Generation PAC says. Arkansas governor’s $19,000 lectern remains out of sight, but not out of mind 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z
In 2015, legislators passed a state law requiring police agencies to send kits for testing within 30 days and for the lab to test a kit within 45 days of getting it. WA has cleared its backlog of sexual assault testing kits, AG says 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z
District Steve Jones gave legislators until Dec. 8 to enact a new map that includes an additional district with a Black majority or near-majority, which would likely flip a Republican seat to Democrats. US judge orders new congressional map in Georgia, citing harm to Black voters 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z
Though none of the facts had changed except the composition of the court, the justices promptly threw out the 2022 ruling, opening the door for Republican legislators to restore their party’s advantage. North Carolina Republicans Approve House Map That Flips at Least Three Seats 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z
While the lawyer and former state legislator is much lesser known to the public than his nominee predecessors, he boasts — and projects — a similar right-wing ideology to many of his culture-warrior colleagues. Biden slams "extreme MAGA takeover" after House Republicans finally settle on a new speaker 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z
Fourteen bills were passed to reconstruct the voided legislation, including a modified bill to appoint more legislators to serve on the state’s public employee retirement board. North Dakota special session resolves budget mess in three days 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z
A Georgia lawyer, Cheeley presented video clips to legislators of election workers at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta and alleged the workers were counting votes twice or sometimes three times. The 19 people accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to keep Trump in power 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z
Lawmakers first chose Tom Emmer of Minnesota as their candidate, only for him to withdraw after facing backlash from hard-right legislators and from Donald Trump. Long on Hype, A.I. Is No Guarantee for Profits 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z
The 98-page indictment alleges Ellis urged state legislators in key swing states Biden won to appoint presidential electors who would vote for Trump. Another Trump lawyer, Jenna Ellis, pleads guilty in Georgia 2020 election subversion case 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z
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