| 单词 | legislature |
| 例句 | Governor Mifflin and the state legislature had sent him an urgent note insisting that “gunpowder, and other salutory preparations, be flashed through the streets” as the College of Physicians had suggested. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Requests for money for wildlife- insecticide research were included in annual budgets submitted to the Illinois legislature by the Natural History Survey, but were invariably among the first items to be eliminated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Just as Southern legislatures had passed the black codes in response to the early steps of Reconstruction, in the years immediately following Brown v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This tendency to make laws that are convenient or advantageous rather than right has mushroomed in Southern legislatures. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only could the material be used to build a prison, the state legislature reasoned, it could be quarried, placed on riverboats, and sold into the indefinite future, helping the prison turn a profit. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the postwar years, when an influx of demobilized students threatened to burst the seams of Berkeley’s outdated scientific facilities, California’s legislature and the university’s private patrons responded with unprecedented generosity. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A group of businessmen from the chamber of commerce had tried to persuade Arthur to run for the Washington state legislature. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then the state legislature handed over all emergency powers to the governor and adjourned until December. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The former planters and new-money industrialists like Buck Duke controlled all the important institutions: courts, legislatures, schools, police. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We were denied funding from the state legislature, which we needed to get federal matching dollars. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Literacy rates climbed, and educated blacks began to populate legislatures, open schools, and initiate successful businesses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Atticus was away in Montgomery in the legislature, Jem might as well have been with him for all she saw of him. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The Pennsylvania legislature realized that the state government had ceased to exist when its members scampered from the city in panic. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Governments across America at the time, including state legislatures and the US Congress, were too much under the influence of big business for the workers to gain the benefits they hoped the strikes would bring. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In response, the British governor of Massachusetts closed down the legislature, and Gage ordered more troops from England. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1887, he was sent to an insane asylum after brandishing a revolver in the legislature. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The crime bill had failed to pass the state legislature, losing by five votes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The Alabama legislature could pass a special bill granting compensation to a person wrongly convicted, but that almost never happened. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “The Utah legislature is very conservative,” Clark says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Fortunately for Jefferson, the leadership of the Kentucky legislature decided to delete the sections of his draft endorsing nullification, presumably because such open defiance of federal law seemed excessive and unnecessarily risky. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Elections to regional legislatures would take place at the same time as national elections, and the regional bodies could draw up their own constitutions consistent with the national constitution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z White rural communities that house prisons wind up with more people in state legislatures representing them, while poor communities of color lose representatives because it appears their population has declined. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The government finally agreed to accept a single, elected constitutional assembly, which would adopt a new constitution and serve as a transitional legislature for the new government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z McMillan spoke to Governor David B. Hill, who asked the state legislature to consider whether electricity might somehow replace hanging. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran for the Nevada legislature and failed again. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It did not mean so much to have a father in the state legislature and a sister who was engaged to a champion skier. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He’d testified in front of the legislature before, and he didn’t figure his voice would make all that big a contribution. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The president cannot force the passage of constitutional amendments, which must be passed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress and ratified by three-quarters of the state legislatures. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Several ran for public office, and there were two superior court justices, one municipal court judge, two members of the California state legislature, and one prominent state official. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Last year, the state legislature cut Dad’s workday from fourteen hours down to eight. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z When they lobbied their state legislatures, women found that without the vote they were ignored. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Instead, the legislature contented itself with passing a symbolic “resolution of protest” against Brown. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The Supreme Court shackles the police, compounds confusion in the legislatures of the states, and turns loose murderers and rapists to repeat their evil deeds upon the innocent and law-abiding members of society. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Read this! Those plucky women are going after the legislature now!” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z We flew to Hawaii on December 23, after the legislature finally hit pause for the holiday, though it still hadn’t managed to find a resolution. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The state legislature was scheduled to assemble on Tuesday, August 27, and he was to deliver a formal speech on the condition of Pennsylvania. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z During her first term in Congress, the Montana legislature changed the boundaries of its voting districts, and Rankin found herself in a politically unfavorable area. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z There’s enough money right here in Maycomb County to sink a—how would you like to have a husband in the legislature?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z By 1919, however, one southern state legislature after another had passed laws preventing these men from exercising this right. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z For example, he questioned a bill proposed in the state legislature that would authorize use of tax funds to support the White Citizens Councils. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the second stage, general elections would be held for a constituent assembly and legislature in which all political parties winning 5 percent or more of the vote would participate in the cabinet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After the Georgia legislature declared a prohibition against alcoholic beverages in 1907, Papa quit making or drinking beer—he believed in being law-abiding—and the churches started using fruit nectars instead of wine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Officials of state-supported black colleges had to be more circumspect since they depended upon the funding provided by the all-white state legislature. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The legislature back home decided not to reappoint the two men. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “The legislature can say all they want to about not giving up runaways, but as long as them rewards are high, somebody’s going to report them.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Clarkson did not think these “salutory preparations” would do much more than scare citizens, but he knew the legislature and the governor were in a panic. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She went on to work in government as a member of the Russian legislature and deputy chair of the Committee on Defense. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Now that it was winter and the legislature was in session, we were separated for a good part of every week. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Phelps explained that she had run away from an abusive and unfaithful husband, who was a prominent member of the Massachusetts state legislature. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z After his first victory in 1915, Thompson had appointed the black alderman Louis B. Anderson to be his floor leader in the city legislature. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He went on to mock the speech, pointing out that most of the men in the legislature were married and had experience dealing with women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Those on the committee received due praise from the returning council members and from the state legislature, but voices of criticism were also heard. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The legislature approved his plan shifting responsibility for desegregation from the state to local school boards. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But he was not a mover-and-shaker, only a draftsman; the words he wrote were merely the lyrical expression of ideas that had been bandied about in the Congress and the various colonial legislatures for years. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Tennessee governor Albert H. Roberts had called the state legislature into special session to consider whether to support the Nineteenth Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z State legislatures enacted harsh new punishments for crimes, naming statutes after particular victims. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Gains can be made, yes, but the new caste system will not be overthrown by isolated victories in legislatures or courtrooms. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In charge of them all and entrusted by the legislature to build the new prison was a cruel but innovative disciplinarian, Elam Lynds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At noon on Monday, August 9, 1920, the Tennessee legislature opened a special session. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Most state legislatures were out of session, and some met biannually and would not gather until the following year, unless the governor called a special legislative session. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Both Stanton and Anthony were delighted with the achievement, but eager for the legislature to move forward on the question of giving women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z These legislatures were following a long tradition, dating back to ancient Greece, of treating those convicted of crimes as less than full citizens. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A law is not good merely because the legislature wills it, but the legislature has the mortal duty to will only that which is good. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing this scheme lacked was democracy, for ultimately power resided exclusively in the “executive branch,” which could veto any measures passed by the “legislature.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Adams tried to laugh himself out of the monarchical morass, claiming that he simply wanted to assure that the executive branch of the government enjoyed a fighting chance against the awesome powers of the legislature. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Her father, after making his initial campaign, served in the state legislature for as long as he wished, without opposition. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Board, five Southern legislatures passed nearly fifty new Jim Crow laws. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Valentina herself was a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the highest branch of the government’s legislature. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The seventh congressman to vote was Harry Burn, twenty-four, the youngest member of the legislature. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z After the murder of Eric Morse, the Illinois legislature made a new law saying that children as young as ten could be locked up in youth prison. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the lack of state funds, federal money continued to trickle into Alabama, and in 1961 the legislature was again persuaded to make a small appropriation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z You raised a legitimate issue that I think the legislature needs to look at seriously. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Harry Burn, the youngest member of the state legislature, wore a red anti-suffrage rose on his lapel. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Despite the demeaning response, Stanton and Anthony considered the speech a victory: Women had spoken before the legislature. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In 1782 the Virginia legislature passed a law permitting slave owners to free their slaves at their own discretion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “We had to. Before the legislature recessed for the year.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Strayer had been invited to speak to the legislature, but he was traveling. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z State legislatures were eager to jump on the “get tough” bandwagon, passing harsh drug laws, as well as “three strikes” laws mandating a life sentence for those convicted of any third offense. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The New York legislature, without trial or warning, expelled five of its Socialist Party members even though they had been freely elected. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “The governor got the legislature to pass laws closing the schools. But a new school board,” Mother said, “might make a difference. They’re the ones who set the start dates for the schools and...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Most white people believed African Americans lacked the proper motivation to work, prompting the provisional Southern legislatures to adopt the notorious black codes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Few Alpharetta lawns sprouted campaign signs during the last election season because the area’s four contenders for the state legislature and a new candidate for Congress were all Republicans and ran unopposed. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “When I’m in the legislature we can’t take midnight plunges,” said Henry. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The legislature debated the issue for an hour, but the arguments had all been heard before. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Of his being Fayette County’s elected representative to the legislature and driving over to Charleston to put his head together with other important heads and enact profound laws. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z After all, obtaining reform through the city council or state legislature may seem unlikely, for black “criminals” are perhaps the most despised minority in the U.S. population. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She once suggested that the members of the state legislature should be awarded a prize “for their earnest and efficient work in not passing all the bills that were brought to them to pass.” At the March for Our Lives, you’ll see her name again. But who was Marjory Stoneman Douglas? 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Across the country, more and more parents are showing up for their trans kids, and testifying before state legislatures to advocate for their children's rights to receive gender-affirming health care or play sports. Jamie Lee Curtis on learning how to support her trans daughter: "I'm a grateful student" 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The Georgia legislature in March also passed a similar bill. Florida set to approve sales of 'alcohol to-go drinks' beyond pandemic 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z In his hometown of Akron, Ohio, Hassan had been an angry young man looking for direction when he saw the Panthers' first televised action: their armed entrance into the California legislature in May 1967. After the Party: Music and the Black Panthers 2010-09-02T21:45:00Z They are almost all women and people of color, which means much of the Black, Latino and Asian American membership of the legislature was gone in an instant. 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 True, Wisconsin was long known for its progressive traditions; in the early 20th century, its state legislature established the nation’s first workers’ compensation program and a progressive state income tax, among other measures. How Conservatives Bet Big on Wisconsin and Won 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z It’s generally the victims who take their case all the way to the state legislature who see any progress in their case. Criminalizing “revenge porn” 2013-04-07T01:00:00Z State legislatures across the country followed suit: Ohio, Texas, and Virginia enacted the most severe abortion restrictions in any legislative session in memory. GOP insider: Religion destroyed my party 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z When a stealth attempt by Wisconsin Republicans to gut the state’s open records law drew national criticism last weekend, Gov. Scott Walker announced he’d push the legislature to undo the sneaky changes. “More Nixonian than Nixon”: Scott Walker’s latest scandal lays bare his shady tactics 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The new bill banning profiteering on charity events will not be taken up until after the legislature convenes in January. ArtsBeat: Bill Introduced to Make Resale of Tickets for Charitable Events Illegal 2012-12-12T19:35:18Z While teaching at Williams College in Massachusetts in the 1950s and early 1960s, Mr. Smith lived in Vermont, where he was elected to a two-year term in the state legislature. William Jay Smith, former U.S. poet laureate, dies at 97 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Why even try to progress legislative issues in the disfunction of today's Republican Party-led legislature?! ‘Veep’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ Echo Our Politics, as Farce and Tragedy 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z "I would make a big distinction, that we haven't seen a political movement in state legislatures, or executive orders, that targets a ban on books on the right," Coates said. Ta-Nehisi Coates on banning books: "That's no longer education, that’s indoctrination" 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Her work has also taken her offline; earlier this year she campaigned for consent-based legislature at the Danish parliament and worked on Amnesty International’s “Let’s Talk About Yes” campaign. These Educators and Activists Can Help You Navigate Intimacy Now 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z What began in New Hampshire may well sound like an excellent idea to legislatures in other states. Motherlode Blog: In New Hampshire, parents rule the curriculum. Phonics? Civil Rights? Not if Mom and Dad say no. 2012-01-17T18:23:36Z This is tempting because the tensions in church leaderships between orthodoxy and reform, purity and pragmatism, are exactly those that play out in the Commons, Congress, and other legislatures. Crooked preachers and sexy priests: has TV got a problem with Christianity? 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z "We call on all people of conscience to decry this growing wave of repression and to encourage a recommitment to the free exchange of ideas in our schools, workplaces, legislatures, and communities." By snubbing Nikole Hannah-Jones, UNC buys into biased objectivity standards 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z At a time when the nation’s eyes are on New Hampshire and its leadoff presidential primary, Jasper said, inflammatory remarks bring negative attention to the state and the legislature. Lawmakers spar over New Hampshire bill forbidding women to show nipples 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z When university officials submitted to the legislature’s demands, Ms. Conrad was publicly gracious, allowing that administrators were “trying to achieve the most harmonious fulfillment of integration at the university.” Barbara Smith Conrad, singer who overcame discrimination in celebrated operatic career, dies at 79 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z It works closely with the state farm bureau, chamber of commerce and Republican Party, whose members introduce bills in the legislature to protect Smithfield from liability. When Thousands of Hogs Are Your Neighbors 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “It’s a cross between a library and a museum, the same way the Capitol building is a cross between a working legislature and a museum,” Winik said. The Library of Congress wants to attract more visitors. Will that undermine its mission? 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Despite passing the legislature in May, the gambling package has yet to be sent to the governor for action. Quinn: Slow down on Chicago casino 2011-08-16T17:17:00Z “Where other people look at the Baltimore Sun and the city of Baltimore and see challenges, Stewart sees opportunities,” said Tim Maloney, a longtime friend of Bainum who served in the Maryland legislature with him. The Baltimore Sun was spared a hedge-fund owner. Now it will try to survive as a nonprofit. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Gov. David Zuckerman said that the fact the state legislature was able to push the bill through shows how in touch the governing body is with Vermont’s people. Vermont becomes first state to pass legislation legalizing all pot use 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z First, the outcome was largely driven by what the Supreme Court deemed the "cynical" motives of the legislature, which, in amending the law, had singled out "hippies" as undeserving of food stamps. Friends are saying "I do" — but might not understand the legal risks of their platonic marriages 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z The Illinois legislature quickly follows suit, announcing that from now on the financially troubled state will pay its debts with the “porko,” a digital currency backed by bratwurst. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z "Out of context," Norton said, "you start sounding like the Arizona state legislature." Edward Norton visits Seattle for Seattle International Film Festival tribute 2010-06-07T05:23:00Z The book mostly follows four women, all Democrats, in their successful campaigns — one for Congress, the others for state legislatures. The Women’s Revolution in Politics 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Lobbyists convince state legislatures to adopt these mandates, in order to enrich their service-providing clients. Putting the 'Insurance' Back in Health Insurance 2012-05-21T04:55:08Z Oklahoma’s state legislature approved a bill Thursday that would make it a felony to perform abortions and strip the medical license of any doctor that performs the procedure. Unreal: Oklahoma legislature passes bill that would outlaw abortion in state 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Last year, the state legislature passed three laws regulating educational or reading materials. Florida School District Is Sued Over Book Restrictions 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Two years later, he became a member of Virginia's House of Burgesses, the Virginia legislature. 25 things you might not know about Thomas Jefferson 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Meanwhile the Democrats, now on a multi-year losing streak that has cost them the presidency, both houses of Congress and a majority of the state legislatures, desperately seek an explanation for their party’s failures. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The Sazerac’s popularity endured throughout the decades, and in 2008, the Louisiana state legislature proclaimed it New Orleans’s official cocktail. A spirited tour of the United States 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z As that discussion continues in homes, legislatures and places of worship, please make room for “All My Puny Sorrows,” by Canadian writer Miriam Toews. Book review: ‘All My Puny Sorrows,’ by Miriam Toews Cathrynn N. Brown found herself doing some swift damage control. still currently appears on the New Mexico legislature’s page, Bill HB206 is blazingly, insanely straightforward. Cathrynn Brown wants to abort mission 2013-01-25T15:50:00Z At the request of the state's legislature, the Mexican Interior Ministry is investigating the incident, Rep. Francisco Treviño said. Miley Cyrus ticks off Mexico by flossing big fake butt with its flag 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Pesina received the proposal, which was reviewed by The Washington Post, from their mom, who is running for a seat in the Idaho state legislature. Idaho drag performers mobilize as right-wing forces target their shows 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The #InstaPride campaign comes at a time when the T-word is increasingly ubiquitous, courtesy of icons like Laverne Cox, projects like Amazon’s Transparent and political fights in state legislatures around the country over “bathroom bills.” Exclusive: Inside Miley Cyrus' Photo Shoot With People Across the Gender Spectrum 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z And that she did a great deal of this while her husband was away serving in the state legislature, leaving her to administer the shots that are a part of that process herself. In revealing new memoir, Michelle Obama candidly shares her story 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z But black representatives in Reconstruction legislatures were clear that more was needed; they demanded equal access to education, voting rights and equal protection under the law. 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 In most jurisdictions, I see little evidence to suggest that state supreme courts and legislatures will ever provide adequate resources for public defenders. ‘Chasing Gideon’: shocking failures of the justice system in defending the poor 2013-05-01T18:25:42Z He tells us that despite the practices indulged by Congress in the past, the phrase is not an empty bottle to be filled with whatever meaning the national legislature thinks appropriate. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Elected four years ago to Pennsylvania’s state legislature, Brian K. Sims threw his hat into the ring last fall in the Democratic primary for the state’s 2nd Congressional District. Civilities: 8 LGBT names to know in 2016 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z The Massachusetts bill, which has 25 cosponsors, had its first hearing before both chambers of the legislature this January. Meet the 24-year-old who could change how the US handles sexual assaults 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z “Louisiana is America’s answer to Guatemala. Our legal system is a joke. Our legislature is a mental asylum. How’d you like to spend a few days in our parish prison?” Back to the Bayou: James Lee Burke’s Latest Novel 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z After being beat back by gay rights and sexual health advocates, Republicans in the Tennessee legislature are once again trying to bring back the “don’t say gay bill.” 11 heinous lies conservatives are teaching America’s school children 2013-03-13T16:34:00Z These steps deepened the partisan gains and divisions in many state legislatures and their congressional delegations. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z And yet, what this thinking ignores is by that point, the damage will already be done — in 2018, Democratic politicians swept Congress and several state legislatures, with record-breaking voter turnout, especially among women voters. Cable news needs to stop treating abortion like political horse race 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Instead, legislatures in states like Mississippi, Kansas, and Oklahoma have largely backed down from attempts to protect “religious freedom” after a national outcry branded the proposed bills discriminatory. Atheists have their number: How the Christian right is hastening religion’s decline 2014-03-25T11:50:00Z And so they were stymied until March 2019, when the state attorney general issued a legal opinion that said Arlington could bypass the legislature. When a county changed a Confederate highway name, some navigation apps were slow to change it 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “I remember him going through them – and he looks up and says, ‘You know, if the legislature finds out what’s in these reports, they could cut the funding to the task force.’ 'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Carol Ghiorsi Hart, the executive director of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, said her institution faced the prospect of closing because of financial problems and went before the county legislature. 2010-01-15T05:04:00Z Isn’t it time for some state legislature somewhere to get around to legalizing it? Well, maybe. 5 states rapidly moving toward marijuana legalization 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z However, according to Kjome, the money was not immediately forthcoming; he could not get a letter of intent from the legislature to present to the bank for a short-term loan. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians officially locked out 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z “Look, state legislatures are hilarious. There’s only one problem,” the HBO host began. John Oliver tears into on ALEC and the “shadow government” of state legislatures 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z He was once elected to the state legislature in Vermont. William Jay Smith, former U.S. poet laureate, dies at 97 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z A measure is set to be introduced in the Texas legislature when it meets in January to declare Collins to be an "Honorary Texan," he added. Rocker Phil Collins brings Alamo collection 'back home' to Texas 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Other, less violent means of intimidation and purposeful exclusion include the record number of anti-trans bills introduced in state legislatures. We fill queer spaces with joy and belonging. That’s why they’re under attack 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Pence resisted starting a needle-exchange program, as did many conservatives in the state legislature. Surgeon General Jerome Adams may be the nicest guy in the Trump administration. But is that what America needs right now? 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Spencer Chandra Herbert is among members of the British Columbia provincial legislature who are pushing legislation to guarantee equal rights in the area of gender identity. Sex change bars Canadian wannabe beauty queen 2012-03-30T08:46:06Z The most vocal opponents include Gloria Steinem and Deborah Glick, the first openly gay member of New York’s legislature, who view paid surrogacy as patriarchal, exploitative and even akin to slavery. The Fight for Fertility Equality 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z It follows Summer Lee as she knocks on doors and runs her campaign for the state legislature from within a local barbershop. “Braddock, PA,” a Brisk, Remedial Documentary of a Rust Belt Town 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z In the states, Republican-controlled legislatures are similarly trying to roll back minimum wage increases and block cities from raising wages, despite overwhelming voter support for action to raise wages. McDonald’s ends its war against higher salaries, so what does that mean for the minimum wage? 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The largest of those crises was Chapek's mishandling of a stance in regard to controversial Florida legislature. A tale of two Bobs: Bob Chapek out, Robert Iger in at Disney 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z In 2013 the state legislature passed a bill to raise the minimum wage to $8.50, but it was vetoed by the Governor. 5 of the worst states to grow up poor 2014-02-21T12:50:00Z The bills all sprinted through the state legislature. Playing for Michelle Obama 2012-06-11T21:25:00Z He points to California, which enacted state legislature term limits in 1990 and in 2012 modified them to create a lifetime maximum of 12 years. This Senate is the oldest in American history. Should we do anything about it? 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z When the Alabama legislature passed that hideous law, I just called Kathy up and I said, "We have to have a pig and a blanket." On a mission to make America bake again 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z California's legislature is currently considering a bill to include reproductive coercion as a form of domestic abuse in the state's civil code. "Britney does not need to be protected from herself": How society treats those perceived as disabled 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z "It's extremely smart of the legislature to realize if a brand new musical is spending all that money in Seattle, why shouldn't they be spending it in Chicago instead?" Tax credit luring pre-Broadway shows to Chicago 2012-11-26T18:27:08Z Last year while Saira was still in high school, she took part in a government program in which students put a mock bill through the state legislature. West Virginia’s Saira Blair is learning to balance college life, state politics That means that some state legislatures are freer to act at will without the watchdog function — and the public reaction to it — that once was routine. Perspective | The civil rights and Vietnam protests changed America. Today, they might be illegal. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z I nearly wrote about the Hermitage Hotel’s Oak Bar since it’s the Tennessee legislature’s hangout when it’s in session and a nexus of political gossip and intrigue. Along with great cocktails, the Patterson House has rules. That’s why I love it 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The election was required under state law, and the legislature failed to pass a measure to move the date into next month. Santorum wins 'beauty contest' in Missouri 2012-02-08T02:53:00Z The GOP-controlled legislature failed to strike down HB 2 in late December during a special session of the General Assembly called specifically to repeal it. Worst of 2016: Picking the year’s 10 biggest anti-LGBT foes wasn’t easy 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z As the board became a national story and a national embarrassment, the state legislature attempted to put a lid on the chaos in 1995 by restricting the board’s oversight to “factual errors.” Texas is editing the science out of our textbooks 2013-09-11T15:37:00Z “Most members of the Alaska legislature had not spent time on the East Coast and didn’t understand why it was good to have people on the East Coast understanding Alaska,” she told me recently. What’s this Washington insider and billionaire’s wife doing in Alaska? 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z "The governor and the legislature have acted in a blindly cynical manner here, it seems." New York’s bars, restaurants and distillers say they’re suffering from the abrupt end of to-go cocktails 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z And what they did was they invested $30 million in a program to flip state legislatures, little local races around the country in Ohio and Michigan and Pennsylvania and North Carolina. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z In sitting down with these Sanders supporters, Bee tried desperately to understand their unflappable belief in a candidate whose platform would, in all likelihood, be obstructed to death in the legislature. Samantha Bee gives Bernie Bros a “communal orgasm” with Elizabeth Warren VP prank 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The prime minister appoints and sacks government ministers without needing to consult the legislature or electorate because he is using the Queen's powers: these are the Crown's ministers, not the people's. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z “If the support isn’t going to come from there, it certainly isn’t going to come from state legislatures.” As Historians Gather, No Truce in the History Wars 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z The district is 49 percent Black after congressional lines were redrawn by the Georgia legislature, down from 51 percent. A Black Republican tries to bring in Black voters to the GOP 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z When he entered the Florida legislature in 2000, he was making $72,000 a year as a lawyer at a Miami law firm. Inside Marco Rubio’s messy American Express statements 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z The legislature will be forced to take up the issue again, since the current law expires in April. ArtsBeat: Bill Introduced to Make Resale of Tickets for Charitable Events Illegal 2012-12-12T19:35:18Z Three years ago, New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation started an annual program, funded by the state legislature, to scoop up unused medications before they were flushed. America’s other drug problem: Prescriptions are being wasted while the needy are shut out 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Republicans also lost several governorships, including Kansas, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, and a number of state legislatures. Filmmaker James Stern on the era of “American Chaos”: “Worst situation since the Civil War” 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z EB White said of Punch – originally launched in 1841, and subtitled the London Charivari – that it was "as British as vegetable marrow", and that it constituted a legislature in its own right. Rude Britannia: British Comic Art, at Tate Britain 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z In June 2013, Wendy Davis made headlines across the country while standing on the floor of the senate chamber in the Texas legislature. Wendy Davis on the Filibuster That Mattered to Her Most 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Many legislatures, including Britain’s House of Commons, do not allow babies in, which offers a challenge for any breastfeeding mothers among the lawmakers, whose day often starts early and ends late, with few breaks. Highchairs and cuddles: how parliaments are catering for lawmaker moms 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z A few years later, Barack Obama began his political career with a bid for the state legislature. Michelle Obama biography explores race’s role in her worldview 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z “GOP legislatures in 20 states are eager to Texas up.” Style Invitational Week 1456: The hunting of the snark 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z She speaks to the Montana legislature on suffrage the following year, as a representative of the Missoula Political Equality Club, and leads the suffrage movement to success in Montana, in 1914. A Century Before Hillary 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z By the time the circuit breaker law failed, other parties were well on their way to circumventing the legislature by getting a tax limitation referendum on the ballot. The Tea Party’s inspiration: A tax revolt that destroyed California 2013-09-15T13:30:00Z And in many states, including your own, legislatures are going in the opposite direction and loosening access to guns. Lucy McBath on the “Religion” of Guns in America 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Then came Metropolis, also in Illinois, declared "Superman's hometown" by the state legislature in 1972, despite having no connection to the superhero beyond its name. Mississippi yearning 2010-12-04T00:05:15Z Republicans picked up seats in the House and the Senate and 675 in state legislatures. Review: Jane Mayer’s ‘Dark Money,’ About the Koch Brothers’ Fortune and Influence 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z But women are still vastly underrepresented in the Senate, House, state legislatures, virtually any other governing body. Anita Hill's seismic testimony and its reckoning 30 years later: "She was in no woman's land" 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z That’s not the case when Morrow files dispatches on his usual beat: Ontario’s provincial legislature. Despite the beatdown, reporters love the Trump beat 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The gun-rights crusade is now being vigorously pursued in the courts as well as the legislatures. Books Of the Times: Craig R. Whitney’s ‘Living With Guns’ Nods to Both Sides 2012-12-25T22:41:52Z This and similar bills take time to go into effect, but as more and more state legislatures look at similar provisions, it'll likely force changes to the plastic industry overall. Looking ahead: Top food and agriculture stories for 2023 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Kline says the pressure from the Oklahoma legislature adds a wrinkle, particularly because the university receives public money. Why two American museums are fighting to keep art stolen by the Nazis 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Now, Cassils said, “we have over a hundred bills that are sitting on the state legislatures,” and there are dozens of judges appointed by President Trump with the power to block challenges to these bills. For This Artist, the Medium Is the Body 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z That very real scenario happened in 2013, leading the state legislature to pass a bill creating an exemption allowing 6 a.m. 7 Truly Bizarre Beer Laws 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z This conundrum is less the case in some other countries, where the Greens, enabled in part by laws friendlier to greater political diversity, have won seats in national legislatures. Can Roseanne Barr help the Green party break out? 2012-02-09T20:44:00Z At the event in Albany last month, the crowd roared its approval when Abrams, who quit the legislature after 10 years to run for governor, said she will definitely run for elected office again. Stacey Abrams lost the Georgia governor’s race. But her star is rising. 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Outside the legislature, he was part-owner and editorialist of the Monroe Journal newspaper. Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z At the same time several state legislatures are considering bills that would authorize teachers to carry guns in school. Books Of the Times: Craig R. Whitney’s ‘Living With Guns’ Nods to Both Sides 2012-12-25T22:41:52Z Still, the demise of that bill — which enjoyed overwhelming support in the legislature — seems like a pretty hollow reason to celebrate. Inside the hottest gay bar in the most homophobic state in the nation 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Tennessee’s legislature was going to be the last to vote that year, and intense pressure was felt by lawmakers on both sides. One ‘good boy’ helped give women the right to vote 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Second, they had to craft cultural and legal arguments that would sway male-dominated legislatures and courts. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z In the legislature, he quickly became a favorite of then-Minority Leader Ward Armstrong. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z He fears this gap may open the door for the legislature to shift power to the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Connecticut Department of Education. Connecticut high school students want mask mandates dropped now: 'Kids are traumatized' 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Because, as Speaker, Boehner found out, representing the interests of the fractured Republican Party while maintaining a functioning legislature is an impossible task. Trevor Noah sends GOP right-wing a brutal wakeup call: Paul Ryan is not that into you 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Over the past five years, as states slashed budgets, legislatures in Ohio, Wisconsin, South Carolina and Missouri cut their investigative staffs by half or more. The wage theft epidemic 2013-02-20T16:00:00Z Arts projects are often overseen by culture officials in City Halls or state legislatures who may be out of their depth in handling major construction works, Mr. Gralla added. Budget Blowouts and Delays Blight Germany’s Major Arts Projects 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Make a presentation to your state representatives and ask them to sponsor a bill in the legislature. Students shine a light on a turtle and get a lesson in politics 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z And in April 2012, Colorado amended its direct file provision as a result of a campaign by the Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition and bipartisan support in the state legislature . ‘Your dad’s in jail’ 2012-06-26T16:33:00Z Joseph Bankman, a Stanford Law School professor who helped design ReadyReturn, says he spent close to $30,000 of his own money to hire a lobbyist to defend the program in the legislature. Conservatives and software companies will keep tax season miserable 2013-03-26T16:53:00Z When the group posed for a photo with Obama, the Rev. Richard Tolliver, who has known him since his days in the Illinois legislature, stood to his old friend’s right. Two months out of office, Barack Obama is having a post-presidency like no other 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The legislatures of at least 36 states needed to say yes for this change to become law as the 19th Amendment to the U.S. One ‘good boy’ helped give women the right to vote 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z And on the flip side: How to square his racist musings in “Notes on the State of Virginia” with his determination to petition the Virginia legislature on behalf of the men he freed? The Historian Annette Gordon-Reed Gets Personal in ‘On Juneteenth’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z And 35 Senate seats are in play, as are almost 40 governorships and the control of most state legislatures. The president isn’t on the ballot, but voters see midterms as a chance condemn or support him 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Instead, the DIA and its supporters in the Michigan legislature and several major charitable foundations in effect ransomed the art collection by cobbling together what became known as the “Grand Bargain.” Graham Beal to retire after guiding Detroit's DIA through peril 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z And recent votes in state legislatures in Georgia, Missouri, Louisiana and other states seek to limit abortion to a prohibitive degree, bringing the ultimate goal within reach — a Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Review | Some grim news about ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: It’s getting boring 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z However, the vast majority of Republican Party politicians before they get to Washington have served in state legislatures or they have been governors. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z Not only did the laws fail to bring justice, but Screws went on to win election to the state legislature. A novel about police brutality in 1948 Atlanta that sounds eerily relevant today 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Women make up less than a quarter of China’s National People’s Congress — the nation's rubber-stamp legislature — and are poorly represented in boardrooms too. Better Than Elizabeth Taylor? Meet Liu Xiaoqing 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Darling, co-chair of the legislature's budget writing panel, was a key target for labor unions. GOP tries to maintain power in Wisconsin 2011-08-09T21:36:00Z Several other state legislatures are considering letting teachers carry guns, should they choose to do so. Can more armed guards keep our schools safe? 2013-05-07T21:17:00Z Even though the legislature is overwhelmingly Republican, Pennsylvania has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1992. It’s Philadelphia, hon, so relax! 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z In her Thursday statement, Parton thanked the legislature for their consideration of the bill and said she was honored and humbled by their intentions. Dolly Parton asks Tennessee not to put her statue at Capitol 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Fair enough – I'm happy to defer to Marshall-Andrews, who is now the legislature's first ever comedy impresario, having booked the veteran comic Ivor Dembina to perform to an audience of peers and MPs on Monday. Ivor Dembina gives parliament its first standup gig 2010-03-16T21:30:00Z It’s also about everyday African-American life, intrinsically political and captured in images of 19th-century cotton field workers; World War I soldiers; black members of the South Carolina legislature during Reconstruction. ‘Perpetual Revolution’ Shows Artists Shaping Their Times 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “By the governor signing this, it’s now a blueprint for how it can get passed in other legislatures and at the federal level,” Jones-Sawyer said. California makes it harder to use lyrics as evidence against rappers 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Lee, a lawyer who, like his daughter’s fictional character, served in the state legislature and favored pocket watches. Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Scott Walker and the GOP took control of the governor's mansion and both houses of the legislature. GOP tries to maintain power in Wisconsin 2011-08-09T21:36:00Z Then there were those who thought the legislature shouldn’t be devoting any time at all to such a trivial issue. Why officials from Colorado to Texas to D.C. are trying to protect lemonade stands 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z The Virginia legislature even continues to pay US$5 per year to cemeteries in the state for every Confederate soldier buried in them. Why the case for the removal of Confederate memorials isn’t so clear-cut 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Oliver had a suggestion for what to do with the flag, if the legislature did vote to lower it. Here's What John Oliver Thinks We Should Do With the Confederate Flag 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z This is Summer Lee, a progressive Democratic candidate for the state legislature; she returns later in the series. “Braddock, PA,” a Brisk, Remedial Documentary of a Rust Belt Town 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Last week, the Georgia legislature passed a bill that would accelerate the process for removing books seen as “harmful to minors.” Library study finds ‘challenged’ books soared in 2021 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The California legislature recently passed a law that would change those standards for the state’s colleges and universities, requiring institutions receiving state-funded student aid to adopt affirmative consent policies. New York Times comes out in favor of affirmative consent laws 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Then Colson learns that the stolen safe contained proof of illegal deals carried out by the businessman, Stagg and corrupt members of the state legislature. ‘The Redeemers,’ by Ace Atkins 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z By spring, there were more than a dozen bills moving through state and federal legislatures opposing refugee admissions. While other countries turn Syrian refugees away, Canadians are taking them home 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The New Jersey legislature is expected to approve Christie’s proposed changes on Feb. 26 and send the bill back to him to sign. Now you can lose money without ever leaving your bed 2013-02-11T22:51:00Z The California foster mother, age 59, started the program in 1997, following her failed effort to get the Prenatal Neglect Act through the California state legislature. Drug cocktails can kill 2012-06-12T16:00:00Z That year, Republicans held both Senate seats, five of seven House seats, the governor’s mansion and both sides of the state legislature. The evolution of Jared Polis But there was one twist: Romneycare, as passed by the Massachusetts legislature, included both an individual mandate and an employer mandate, making it more like Enthoven’s “managed competition” plan than Heritage’s individual-market plan. The Tortuous Conservative History of the Individual Mandate 2012-02-07T20:32:34Z Attempts to limit marriage to heterosexual couples were reintroduced in the Hawaii legislature, and eventually a constitutional amendment permitting the legislature to ban same-sex marriage but create a civil union status for same-sex couples. Is the legalization of gay marriage inevitable? 2013-03-30T21:00:00Z He thought with a more centralized, stronger legislature. ArtsBeat Blog: Revisiting Deng Xiaoping: A Word With Ezra F. Vogel 2011-10-21T10:00:12Z The legislature was riled over a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people two years ago. Texas governor signs controversial 'Save Chick-fil-A' bill into law 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z He has this amazing line where, at the same moment that he’s calling for the education of the poor, something the Virginia legislature would reject, he refers to the poor as “rubbish.” The deep roots of “white trash” in America: “Not only are we not a post-racial society, we are certainly not a post-class society” 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z In the 1880s and 1890s, most state legislatures reinstated licensing requirements at the instigation of regular medicine’s state and local societies. The battle for medicine’s soul: A century of alternative remedies 2014-01-19T19:00:00Z Her bid for a parliamentary role is largely symbolic, with only 48 seats up for grabs in the by-elections, meaning the NLD can only secure a tiny stake in the national legislature. Rock star welcome for Suu Kyi on Myanmar campaign trail 2012-02-11T12:24:05Z She’s considering running for public office, possibly the state legislature, where she isn’t represented by people who look like her or share her experiences. Her pandemic year was already tough, as an Asian American nail salon owner. Then came the Atlanta shooting. 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z It's not just the repetition, he tells David, it's the other clues too: three down refers to the legislature; two across to the executive; four down to the judiciary. Rubicon: episode one 2011-04-07T21:45:02Z “The Most Dangerous Year” takes its cue from a projection by the Human Rights Campaign that 2016 would see an unprecedented number of efforts in state legislatures to curb the rights of transgender Americans. ‘The Most Dangerous Year’ Review: A Personal Look at Transgender Rights 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Around the country, legislatures are suddenly busy enacting a variety of laws against transgender boys and girls, including one denying them medical treatment to transition before they’re 18. This Coming-of-Age Novel Features a Girl on the Cusp of Manhood 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z In a democracy, should courts or legislatures decide basic policies like abortion, busing and campaign finance? Patrick Buchanan Reveals Himself to Be the First Trumpist 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Senate and at least five state legislatures to strip funds from schools that used its curriculum. A Landmark Reckoning With America’s Racial Past and Present 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Several other state legislatures are discussing similar measures. Vaccines using mRNA can protect farm animals against diseases traditional ones may not 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z In 1994 she became the first openly gay candidate to be elected to the California legislature. The Many Rebellions of ‘Dobie Gillis’ 2013-06-28T19:45:34Z “Depending on what the legislature does, it will either be a demonstration or a celebration tour,” said Nayfack. How to use a urinal like a lady: a trans woman's rebel tour of North Carolina 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Pat McCrory, who recently lost his bid for reelection, claimed in September that the legislature would discuss overturning the bill were the City Council to repeal its nondiscrimination legislation first. The great compromise that wasn’t: North Carolina’s HB 2 deal was doomed from the start 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z According to a September 2020 report by the National Women’s Law Center, 19 states had enacted new protections for victims and more than 200 bills were introduced in state legislatures to deter harassment. #MeToo raised awareness about sexual misconduct. Has it curbed bad behavior? 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Local artisans recast it, and in August 1753 the bell tolled for the first time to summon members of the legislature. 'The Liberty Bell': Truth and myth about a national icon 2010-06-16T23:59:00Z She eventually received recognitions from the state legislature as well as the school and donated her personal archive to the university’s Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Barbara Smith Conrad, singer who overcame discrimination in celebrated operatic career, dies at 79 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z But that ruling didn’t end the battle over direct shipping; it just put it back into state legislatures, perhaps with a more even playing field. Why is it becoming harder to buy wine online? 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Later we'd see how Big Timber had worked its way into and corrupted Oregon's legislature, its agencies, communities and schools, but back then, we were innocent. The fight to save our off-the-grid forest home 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z But in the same context, “trans people have experienced unprecedented levels of violence, and this legislative assault in state legislatures and on a federal level that is unprecedented”. Disclosure: behind Laverne Cox's Netflix documentary on trans representation 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z New York’s state legislature in 1920 chose the museum as the site to memorialize the former president. Roosevelt Statue to Be Removed From Museum of Natural History 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Then came 2011, when a record number of restrictions to voting introduced in state legislatures around the country, many of which have histories of voter discrimination. Democracy in the 2010s, aka the decline of Kanye West-ern civilization 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Last month, the conservative legislature of Arkansas rejected an exception to the state’s near-complete abortion ban. Perspective | Republicans are digging themselves into a hole on abortion 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z A law enacted by the Republican-controlled legislature bans “male or female impersonators” from performing “adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors” anywhere it “could be viewed by a person who is not an adult.” Tenn. drag queens feared it was their final hour — and gave it their all 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z As her campaign gathered steam a local politician, Martin Walsh, filed a supporting bill with the state legislature. Roadrunner to be Massachusetts state song? Local politicians say Dream On 2013-02-27T12:32:00Z The adoption of a more standardized definition by state legislatures would help more. When the law won’t call it rape 2013-01-26T17:00:00Z I realized then the profundity of state legislatures, and how most of the laws that are being proposed and all of the access to abortion care is happening on a state level. "Daily Show" co-creator on how Trump isn't funny and comedy could help save abortion 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z His lone top-10 hit, 1977’s “Short People,” confused enough people, who didn’t get the mock attack, to inspire protests and an attempt in the Maryland legislature to ban it. Randy Newman cared enough about his new album to help pay for it 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z “Marx in Soho” is a 1999 solo play by the late firebrand leftist historian Howard Zinn, who still so incenses some conservatives that a new bill in the Arkansas legislature — H.B. Review | Fiesty ‘Marx in Soho’ opens a block from new Irish working-class drama ‘Coolatully’ 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z But as other restaurants began copying Prudhomme, the species became threatened, and the sport fishermen of Louisiana and Texas organized political lobbies and got their state legislatures to enact bans on commercial redfish fishing. Postscript: Paul Prudhomme (1940-2015) 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z What pregnant people in Texas, and the many states with radically anti-abortion legislatures do need is financial support, and organizing for legislative change. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The Detroit Free Press reports that the “grand bargain” is contingent on the Michigan legislature approving the state’s proposed share of $195 million, and on a majority vote by city pensioners to accept the deal. Detroit's creditors want entire art museum collection to be fair game 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Already this term, the deeply conservative Kansas legislature has passed bills banning sex-selective abortion and “wrongful birth” lawsuits, protecting doctors who don’t advise patients they may be carrying a pregnancy with significant complications. Wichita resumes its fight for reproductive freedom 2013-04-12T14:49:00Z We can chalk it up as one of the many consequences of a gridlocked legislature. The tragedy of American organ donations: So many more people could be saved 2014-03-23T14:00:00Z In one especially queasy scene, Griffith depicts an infestation of black politicians inside the state legislature, gurning and laughing and parking their bare feet on the desks. The Birth of a Nation: a gripping masterpiece … and a stain on history 2013-07-29T14:31:08Z The North Carolina law, which the state legislature recently passed, requires transgender people to use public bathrooms in government and school facilities that match the gender on their birth certificates. Cirque du Soleil joins boycott of North Carolina over transgender bathroom law 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Bercow, who stood down as Speaker last week, found himself at the center of big moments, and sometimes put himself there, in the Brexit tug-of-war between the legislature and the executive. 'Order!': Meet the Belgian musician behind the Bercow dance remix 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z “I find it outrageous, and I’m embarrassed,” says Oklahoma state Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, whose resolution in the state legislature passed in May urging the university to properly research its collection. Why two American museums are fighting to keep art stolen by the Nazis 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Those against passing the legislature include nearby vendors and farmers who produce foie gras products for distribution, with some of the latter contending that its geese and ducks are treated humanely. No more foie gras in NYC? City expected to pass bill banning sale of controversial delicacy 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Coffee milk became so popular in Rhode Island that their legislature declared it the official state drink in 1993. An ode to coffee milk, New England's sweetest sip 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z I thought of him as more of a bookstore guy, an arts-and-culture guy, than as the kind of hardcore wonk interested in the granular details of how state legislatures drew the maps for congressional districts. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z They send them to state legislatures and they cry and read from their statements about how abortion ruined their lives. Katha Pollitt discusses 'Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z In his Tuesday news conference, Cuomo punted the issue to the state legislature. A month later, this New York City primary is still a train wreck and a warning to us all 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Nothing in No. 68 justifies a state legislature, for partisan reasons, certifying a different slate of electors from the slate chosen by the people. Rudy Giuliani’s post-election meltdown starts to become literal 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z We'll do our best working with advocates with state legislatures and Congress. ‘We the people’ means all of us, ACLU director says 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z “Without any political or legal rights, they went into the public sphere, they lobbied legislatures, they made speeches, they went to newspapers, they raised funds,” Roberts said. Shining a light on women who shaped America in its early years 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Abu, 43 and in prison since he was 17, just wrote a bill for the Maryland legislature to reform juvenile sentencing laws. In this class, prisoners and Georgetown students grapple with difficult lessons 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The budget cut is now moving through the legislature; South Carolina news media coverage indicates some sizable political support for the cut. ArtsBeat: Cast of ‘Fun Home’ Heading to South Carolina Amid Dispute Over Book 2014-04-17T17:48:30Z The legislature also voted unanimously Wednesday to condemn her behavior. Miley Cyrus ticks off Mexico by flossing big fake butt with its flag 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z In “Daughters of Texas,” Jeffrey Toobin writes about the fight to defend reproductive rights and funding for Planned Parenthood in the Texas legislature. Sunday Reading: The Challenge to Reproductive Rights in America 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Governor Abbott even called the legislature back into special session to push through several measures, but in particular one that he and Patrick crave most: a bathroom bill. The State That Foreshadows America’s Future 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z And Moore himself added that Brooker’s sentence was “excessive and unjustified” and urged the Alabama legislature to “revisit the statutory sentencing scheme” for the state. Supreme court considers taking case of veteran given life in jail for growing pot 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Mitchell is also working with lawmakers to introduce the Partition of Heirs Property Act, most recently passed by the New York legislature and introduced in 10 other state legislatures, including Virginia’s. Black families once lived off their southern farmland. Their descendants are struggling to hold onto it. 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z This man was also just elected to the Colorado legislature. Stephen Colbert mocks Colorado Republican for believing President Obama is possessed by a demon 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Facing the most extreme anti-trans bills to ever come before the Texas legislature, families feel a sense of existential peril. Lifestyle - The Washington Post Rss Loading... “The politics are just so blatant” in the legislature, he said in an interview. U.S. district judge strikes down Mississippi’s ‘religious freedom’ law 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The deal’s impact trickled down from the corridors of the state legislature to the county sheriff’s office. 4 disturbing reasons private prisons are so powerful 2014-05-03T14:00:00Z The New York legislature passed a law in 2013 giving models younger than 18 protections similar to those that govern child actors, such as limits on work hours and regulations regarding pay. James Scully’s radical idea for the fashion industry: Treat models like human beings 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z In 1960, following the lead of our legislature, the town also began to fly the Confederate flag on its official flagpole, also on the town square. Lies I learned as a Southerner: Racism, the Confederate flag and why so many white Southerners revere a symbol of hatred 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Its templelike facade, with a stone pediment and columns, is so stately that from across the street I almost mistook it for a colonial seat of legislature like Federal Hall on Wall Street. A Tourist’s Guide to Catholic New York 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The state legislature then reversed the tax cuts. Tax-cut guru still says he’s right about Trump, Truss and trickle-down 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z And in 2006, Gilbert testified before the California legislature and lobbied successfully for a measure to provide for “comfort care” as well as potentially life-saving treatments for chronically ill children. Melissa Gilbert won hearts as a child star. Can she win a seat in Congress? 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Let's lobby the legislature to make the scissor-tailed flycatcher the state bird. 40 Things I Love About Texas 2010-06-02T17:24:00Z Ms. Winstead, a creator of “The Daily Show” and a founder of the progressive radio network Air America, began Lady Parts Justice as a response to the curtailing of abortion rights in state legislatures. ArtsBeat: A Night of Comedy (and Political Jabs) for a Cause 2014-02-12T19:16:48Z He got elected to the state legislature the year he graduated. Sherrod Brown was talking like Elizabeth Warren way before she was. So why isn’t anyone urging him to run? 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The students had to convince the state legislature that New Jersey needed a state reptile and should choose its candidate. Students shine a light on a turtle and get a lesson in politics 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z You know, the NRA goes to the legislature, and they have 50 or 60 guys sling their guns over their shoulders. Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers: ‘You cannot fight racism with racism. You have to fight it with solidarity.’ 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z That changed last Monday when the state legislature passed a bill guaranteeing that right. Streaming revolution: Protesters make point with viral clips 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z "And that could come from the California legislature, or there are national bills that have been introduced into this Congress that would do something similar, but from a national perspective, for all factory farms." California dairy uses lots of water. Here’s why it matters 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Not only that, but the down-ballot races would see massive shifts in the make-up of Congress and state legislatures, reversing conservative trends in state laws, including devastating anti-choice legislation. Trump has somehow gotten more vile: It’s no wonder women don’t like him, and his new Hillary attack ad won’t help 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The bill was part of the legislature’s effort to respond to an alarming rise in opioid deaths from prescription pain medication and heroin. Sins of the mother: I blame myself for my son's overdose 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Earlier this summer, the Missouri legislature approved a law allowing the sale of single 12-ounce bottles of beer in the state. 7 Truly Bizarre Beer Laws 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z “People wonder why they should vote when the result has been preordained by the legislature that drew the maps this way.” A tour of what may be the nation’s most bizarrely gerrymandered district 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z For the first time a state legislature was forced to engage directly with the women’s liberation movement. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Her initial years in the legislature were the most trying of her life, she said. The turbulent rise of Gretchen Whitmer 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z This prevents local legislatures and municipalities from offering additional protections to any class of people that isn’t specifically named in federal laws. “Lipstick on a pig”: Texas anti-LGBT bill would also target veterans, women and the elderly 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z “After the citizens of Maryland and the legislature and governor advocated for us by eventually passing the bill, we cannot understand why they’re taking this action.” Baltimore Symphony Orchestra unexpectedly cancels summer season 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Its constitution requires the legislature to approve local laws and is believed to be the world’s lengthiest — more than 388,800 words, which is longer than “Bleak House.” The battle for Alabama’s soul 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z It’s unique to see something like The Handmaid’s Tale take on a new urgency in a time when various state legislatures move towards phasing out not only women’s reproductive rights, but their health rights. What women want: a vivid portrait of female lives around the world 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Going through the oil baron's papers, Chernow had expected to unearth "sordid tales of collusion with the railroads, the bribing of entire state legislatures, the coercion of small retailers." Ron Chernow receives biography award 2013-05-19T15:16:08Z “This ain’t a black project,” as Bakari Sellers, a former Democrat in the state legislature, put it to the Greenville News. Charleston Needs That African American Museum. And Now. 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Yet nobody pays attention to state legislatures, and who they elect. John Oliver tears into on ALEC and the “shadow government” of state legislatures 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Elections play a significant role in all of this, breeding the domination of anti-abortion extremists in state legislatures in the last decade that paved the way for today's political realities. Cable news needs to stop treating abortion like political horse race 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Investigative stories such as this past Sunday’s exposé of abuses at Colorado’s “sober-living homes” — which already has the state legislature promising reform — will become even more important in the pecking order. Perspective | Is this strip-mining or journalism? ‘Sobs, gasps, expletives’ over latest Denver Post layoffs. 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z As Bloomberg reports, clinics like the Yorkville center are becoming increasingly popular for minor surgeries and other outpatient procedures, such as abortion — procedures that all carry risks, but aren’t being disproportionately targeted by state legislatures. Rick Perry cites Joan Rivers’ death in defense of restrictive anti-abortion law 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z That might be an obvious distinction, but it’s one with which the culture — some men, many legislatures — still struggles. Perspective | The fashion industry gave Barbie an award. Does she really deserve one? 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Even if there's a huge Democratic wave — and there was one in 2018 — we'll still have 60 seats in the legislature. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Other examples include texts from Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and a slave named Belinda, who petitioned the Massachusetts legislature for a pension. ‘The Routes of Slavery’ traces a musical journey of resilience in the face of inhumanity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z But then a glance at some of the clowns we do elect, perhaps especially to our national legislature, might lead you in the opposite direction. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘The Campaign,’ Starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis 2012-08-10T03:56:14Z In the 1960s, when he was living in Pownal, Vt., Mr. Smith, a Democrat, served a term in the Vermont state legislature. William Jay Smith, Poet and Craftsman of Rhythm, Dies at 97 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Manchin also opposes the For the People Act, the bill designed to combat restrictive voting laws passed by GOP-led state legislatures after President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of a stolen election. Black voters in West Virginia are tired of being invisible 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z On the contrary, Republican-dominated state legislatures continue to come up with malicious laws designed to keep women from controlling when and how they give birth — or even whether they get pregnant in the first place. WATCH: The worldwide war against abortion rights: “If you keep pushing a fetus-first mentality, women are going to be punished” 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z From today’s perspective, the call for racial purity and selective breeding smacks of Big Brotherism, but large numbers of Americans embraced it, a fact demonstrated in legislatures across the country. Hitler’s favorite American: “Biological fascism” in the shadow of New York City 2014-03-23T10:58:00Z Still, it looks unlikely that Finney will be able to drum-up the necessary level of support for the bill in the state legislature. Kansas lawmaker Gail Finney wants to make it legal to spank children to the point of bruising 2014-02-18T20:44:00Z Republicans hadn’t controlled either chamber of Congress, or a majority in state legislatures, for a quarter-century. ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z And what’s remarkable is that she wrote them as if she thought her old man was going to lose: “We need to fight for change, whether through the legislature or in the workplace.” Having Trouble Having It All? Ivanka Alone Can Fix It 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z In a characteristically forthright statement, Farage said that Bercow "represented the worst" of a legislature that had "broken the trust" of the British people. Will Self walks through Britain's flag-waving heartlands 2013-03-07T11:31:01Z You can be sure that if it had prevailed, the technique would have spread to every state legislature race and sheriff’s campaign in the country. Perspective | Roy Moore thought attacking the press could save his campaign. Voters opted for the truth. 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z If the legislature doesn’t act, the campaign must gather an additional 10,800 signatures to put it before the voters. The next 8 states that could legalize weed within the year 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The state legislature “long ago exempted itself from the Georgia Open Records Act, which applies to all other governmental entities in the state,” he wrote. Perspective | A board to oversee Georgia journalists sounds like Orwellian fiction. The proposal is all too real. 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z It would apply to lawmakers who were in the legislature before August 1994 and then took a different government job with a sweeter paycheck. Pension measure killed by Senate panel 2012-05-03T01:03:00Z 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 bill apparently has supporters from both sides of the political aisle and local and state legislatures across the country who are said to be introducing versions of the bill soon. Katy Perry's housing battles spark bills to protect elderly homeowner rights 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z But two proposals to be introduced in the state legislature next year would modify or eliminate the county’s distribution monopoly. Why Montgomery County restaurants have difficulty stocking favorite bottles 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z To be Republican here is to feel like a political eunuch, an escapee from the GOP-controlled legislature in Harrisburg, which has no love for the state’s largest city or funding the distressed public school system. It’s Philadelphia, hon, so relax! 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The team brings police, hospitals, courts, state legislature and other professionals together to share information and prevent domestic murder by intervening early. Rachel Louise Snyder: ‘Domestic abuse is as common as rain' 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z The bill, known as the Elephant Protection Act, was passed in June by the state legislature after years of charges from animal-rights groups that elephants used in performances are subjected to inhumane and injurious treatment. Governor Cuomo Outlaws Use of Elephants for Entertainment 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Stephen Colbert took on Obamacare, and the GOP’s new plans to “fix” the law now that they control the majority in both the House and the Senate and many state legislatures. Stephen Colbert examines the latest GOP plans to “fix” Obamacare 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Her late husband, George Edwards, was an accountant who help manage Motown's finances and served in the Michigan state legislature. Esther Gordy Edwards, founder of Motown Museum, dead at 91 2011-08-25T17:52:07Z But only when they start to gain orders-of-magnitude more seats on school boards, town and county governments and state legislatures, will they be a real force. Can Roseanne Barr help the Green party break out? 2012-02-09T20:44:00Z Over the past year, critical race theory has gone from arcane legal concept to potent political rallying cry, as Republican legislatures have rushed to introduce bills banning it and other “divisive concepts” in public schools. Bans on Critical Race Theory Threaten Free Speech, Advocacy Group Says 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z To keep more shows in Southern California, the state legislature last year agreed to triple annual funding and allow more projects to qualify for incentives. FX's 'American Horror Story' to film in L.A. 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z At the same time, state legislatures are busily crafting one bill after another to nibble away and encumber Roe in anticipation of the Supreme Court sending abortion rights back to the states. This documentary shows how close we are to a real-life “Handmaid’s Tale” 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z In early September 1868, two months after Georgia’s readmission to the Union, its state legislature expelled almost 30 of its newly elected Black members instead of seating them. A Black senator from Georgia 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z But the answer is obvious: “Well, because they were on a school board, and then the city council, and then state legislature, and you never knew it.” How Lizz Winstead Is Using Comedy to Fight for Women's Rights 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z He concludes that Britain needs more rational public debate: a closer relationship between politics and academia, better media analysis of government and more compromise in the legislature. A difficult truth 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Following Tuesday’s midterm election, where the Democrats lost the Senate, House, many gubernatorial races and state legislatures, Stewart brought some much needed context and humor into the picture. Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart spares no one, puts midterms into “context” 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z In March, the state legislature passed HB2 — officially the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, but known to all as the bathroom bill. How North Carolina’s idyllic hipster haven is being hurt by the “bathroom bill” boycott 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Betty Ford helped lobby state legislatures to ratify the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Seen but rarely heard: How Melania Trump is approaching the public role of first lady. 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z “We’re very explicit in that we want to help Democrats take back the House and the Senate and governorships and state legislatures,” he said. “The Wilderness,” Reviewed: Can a Partisan Podcast Save the Democratic Party? 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z “I think in the legislature, they were a bit caught off guard by it, because they were used to hearing from Dr. Petit and other supporters of the death penalty,” Mujahid said. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z Recently, the state’s legislature passed a bill banning the crates, and the measure is supported by 93 percent of Jersey’s voters. Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart slams Chris Christie for putting presidential ambitions before his state 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z And that took me into the California legislature. Maxine Waters: ‘If I want to fight, I want to fight with the lions’ 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Although the Badger State is solidly purple, with a 2015 Gallup poll finding Wisconsin to be one of the “most evenly balanced states politically,” its legislature is anything but balanced. 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 On Wednesday night Jon Stewart responded to the “tectonic skullf**king” that was the GOP takeover of the Senate, the House of Representatives, many state legislatures and governor seats. Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart lampoons GOP hypocrisy on obstructionism 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z In Illinois, the legislature has passed legislation that would withhold grant funding from libraries that remove books, or refuse to adopt a policy against book banning. Book Removals May Have Violated Students’ Rights, Education Department Says 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Your husband, who is white, has cut corners while running for the state legislature, and the F.B.I. is closing in on him. This Novel Nods to Virginia Woolf While Staring Down Modern Class Lines 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The amendment, combined with the light-hearted reaction towards it from many of his male colleagues, immediately drew rebukes from members of the legislature and prompted widespread accusations of sexism and misogyny.” Louisiana Republican's stripper joke an unamusing reality in state politics 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The anti-abortion organization chose the city after the Louisiana legislature passed one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the nation, overriding the governor’s veto. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z It's fascinating to me that everyone just assumes that these are all Republican legislatures and so this is a Republican issue. "As a Woman" author Paula Stone Williams: I was "unaware of my male privilege" until transition 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z In Iowa, for example, the legislature considered a bill to punish protesters who block highway traffic with up to five years in prison. Perspective | The civil rights and Vietnam protests changed America. Today, they might be illegal. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z In 2017, the association bypassed the legislature and sued the state health department, which is responsible for enforcing the ban, saying the ban violates the equal protection clause in the New Jersey Constitution. Home Cooking for Profit? Sure, Just Not in New Jersey 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z And a little-known fact: For the past decade, there have been two designated survivors — one Cabinet member to rebuild the executive branch and one member of the congressional leadership to lead a new legislature. The truth behind the ‘designated survivor,’ the president of the post-apocalypse 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z The current legislature remains in session only until the end of May. Charleston Needs That African American Museum. And Now. 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z New initiatives have met resistance from state legislatures and the funeral industry. The stunning rise of cremation reveals America’s changing idea of death 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z He ran for Seattle City Council and a seat in the state legislature, coordinating with the local chapter of the Nation of Islam, whose leadership was fairly progressive at the time. WA’s pioneering gay country band Lavender Country releases first new album in 50 years 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z In “Middlemarch,” Mr. Brooke wants Reform without too much reformation; he does not really want an alteration in the balance of power in the legislature between the landed gentry and the new industrial centers. How George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” Resonates in the England of 2019 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z In California, which was hit hard by the housing crisis, the state legislature is offering $10,000 to new homeowners until the end of the year. Will The Home Buyer Tax Credit Help? 2010-06-08T22:25:00Z The call center is funded by a grant from the Washington State legislature. Washington opens tourist-information call center 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Its meeting runs alongside that of the country's largely rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress. Chinese smog is choking my creativity, says film-maker 2013-03-03T16:51:07Z All of which has made many Republicans, who control both chambers of the state legislature, apoplectic. The turbulent rise of Gretchen Whitmer 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The city council and state legislature left him alone, he says, because he ran quiet establishments off the beaten path. Inside the hottest gay bar in the most homophobic state in the nation 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z The Idaho legislature passed new dairy regulations to allow small herd permits and herd share programs. Could the raw milk boom be a lifeline for struggling farmers? 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z The fate of the movie was referred to the country’s Council of Islamic Ideology, a constitutional body that advises the government and legislature. Pakistan delays decision on movie that offended Islamists 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z When the legislature approved it in 2007, "We were told to create jobs and bring in money, and that's exactly what we did." State film-incentive program imperiled 2012-02-01T22:24:04Z Tens of thousands took to the streets over the summer to demand free elections after a slew of opposition-minded candidates were barred from contesting seats in the Moscow city legislature. Pro-Kremlin rapper deletes new song goading protesters after outcry 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z It’s why we lost the state legislatures and the gubernatorial races and the down-tickets. Jane Fonda Is Paying Close Attention 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Stein is one of a number of voices, some of them newly ensconced in state legislatures, pursuing what he calls “classic methods.” The Plight of the Urban Planner 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z But he has demonstrated, over and over again, in high schools and libraries and state legislatures and schools, that nobility and ridiculousness are entwined in our DNA. Review: ‘Monrovia, Indiana’ Is a Sharp, Lyrical Look at Small-Town America 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z In the past three years, five northern counties have tried to withdraw from California because they don’t feel represented in the legislature. This is California in the era of Trump 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Aided by Representative Liz Linehan, the chair of the Connecticut legislature’s Committee on Children, his organization is developing a bill that would lead the nation in inclusive language and insurance coverage. The Fight for Fertility Equality 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z “He got Covid, and he shut down a state legislature. The only thing more embarrassing would be if he married his own cousin. He what?!” Late Night in 2020: The Show Must Go Home 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Institutions chartered by the legislature will not be subject to the regulations. ArtsBeat: New York Board of Regents Approves Restrictions on Museum Sales 2011-05-17T20:47:49Z Northern legislatures, for their part, passed “personal liberty” laws to make it harder for slaveholders to recover their runaways. How Fugitive Slaves Exposed the Idea of the ‘United’ States as a Lie 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z On May 3, Tokyo’s ornate National Diet Building, which houses the country’s bicameral legislature, also opens to the public for tours. Celebrating ‘Platinum Week’ in Japan 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The bride’s father retired as a judge of the King County Superior Court in Seattle, and served in Washington’s legislature from 1987 to 2000. Christa Heavey, Timothy Yeskoo 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Former classmate Connor Hewitt, then 11, studied how to get a bill through the legislature, or “the stages and how it gets voted in or out.” Students shine a light on a turtle and get a lesson in politics 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Their target is bill SB1070, which passed the Arizona state legislature last month. Rage Against the Machine lead Arizona boycott 2010-05-27T09:16:00Z By his side staunchly stood Sarah, who had married him in 1824, when she was 20 and he a member of the Tennessee legislature — “likely at the prompting of Sarah,” Greenberg comments. The First Lady Who Begat Phyllis Schlafly, Nancy Reagan and Ivanka Trump? 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The state legislature contends that 200 centers in the state employ “intentionally deceptive advertising and counseling practices that often confuse, misinform and even intimidate women from making fully informed, time-sensitive decisions about critical health care.” "The Handmaid's Tale" is so brilliant and relevant that I can't stand it 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Determined to repeal laws against abortion, in New York they testified before the state legislature and passed out copies of a “model abortion bill”: a blank piece of paper. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z I went to cover an abortion speak out, when the New York state legislature was trying to decide whether to slightly liberalise New York state laws. Gloria Steinem meets Gloria Allred: ‘Donald Trump has made us woke’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z In “Shape” I wrote a lot about gerrymandering, which really confronts you with the fact that “who sits in the legislature” is not such a great formal proxy for “what the people want.” Jordan Ellenberg Wouldn’t Have Given the Nobel Prize to Bob Dylan 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Support for the state plan in the Republican-held legislature remains uncertain. ArtsBeat: Kellogg Foundation to Give $40 Million to Aid Detroit Institute of Arts 2014-01-28T22:06:56Z She also ran for the Illinois legislature before her death in 1931. Black history through the years: 10 famous figures in the US 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z To complete the process, the legislatures or special conventions in at least three-fourths of the states must ratify the amendment. One ‘good boy’ helped give women the right to vote 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z “It was a wave election, it swept in Republicans in historically high numbers to state legislatures, and we anticipate that we’ll have a 25 percent turnover rate this time,” he said. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z Oliver did mention that lowering the Confederate flag to half-mast in South Carolina is pretty complicated, requiring a 2/3 majority vote in the state legislature. Here's What John Oliver Thinks We Should Do With the Confederate Flag 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z They both mourned, and she links the gun violence there to the urban shootings in her hometown and expresses her disbelief regarding the congressional failure to pass gun-control legislature. In revealing new memoir, Michelle Obama candidly shares her story 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z You have to participate in what is happening in your community, your school board, your state legislature. Eva Longoria Knows There’s Still Work to Do 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Smith advised him to look at his home state legislature if he wanted to get stuff done, given the paralysis of Washington. Jeff Smith was supposed to be in Congress by now. Instead he’s an ex-con — with a story to tell. 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Louisiana is currently ranked 45th in the nation for the proportion of women in state legislature, with only five women in the senate and 16 in the house. Louisiana Republican's stripper joke an unamusing reality in state politics 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z She married an enslaved man, which meant — according to the Maryland legislature at the time — that she became enslaved, too. Remembering the Enslaved Who Sued for Freedom Before the Civil War 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z So this was widely popular and winning majoritarian support in places like state legislatures. SCOTUS’ shameful eugenics history: “We don’t provide the kind of justice that we claim to in our society” 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Even as the ranks of low-wage workers have swelled since the recession, Democratic and Republican legislatures in more than a dozen states have quietly slashed funding for the agencies that enforce minimum wage law. The wage theft epidemic 2013-02-20T16:00:00Z The Massachusetts legislature passed a flavored e-cigarette and menthol tobacco ban this month, and the legislation is awaiting the governor’s signature. New York City may ban flavored vapes as soon as next week 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The New York and New Jersey legislatures approved the compromise border in 1772. Harvard’s Find of a Colonial Map of New Jersey Is a Reminder of Border Wars 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z From 1959 to 1969, abortion activists disagreed among themselves over how to argue for reproductive rights in state legislatures and the courts. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z Nor is it his description of the machinations of numerous state legislatures since Shelby to make it harder for people, especially Black and Latino people, to vote. Steps in the Left Direction 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Her husband, who is white, cut corners while running for the state legislature, and the F.B.I. is closing in on him. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The state legislature of Kansas is in the process of passing a bill that would prevent anyone too young to vote — younger than 18 — from running for public office. Kansas residents will get the chance to vote for a teenage governor but not a dog 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Do acknowledge that whoever wins will be facing a Republican-dominated legislature that will make sweeping change nearly impossible for any Democrat sitting in the White House. Peace among the Hillary-bots and Bernie-bros: This Thanksgiving, it’s not your right-wing Trump-loving uncle you have to worry about… 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Annoyingly for Washington, prior to him taking residence in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania state legislature had enacted the Gradual Abolition Act of 1780. The man who fed the first president — and hungered for freedom 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z However, ironically, one place it does occur — and frequently — is in state legislatures. John Oliver Votes Against Voter ID Laws 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Perhaps the biggest losers were the traditional landowning aristocracy, who were undermined by economic change, the abolition of serfdom, the advent of elected legislatures and the commercial feats of enterprising bankers and businessmen. The best of times 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, Mexico has become a robust democracy with a robust press and an active legislature. “We should be working more with the Mexicans”: Former “border czar” shares real facts about immigration 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z "It's different in degree but not in kind from the opposition we see in this country in state legislatures to reproductive freedom as a basic human right," said Steinem. 'Wadjda' prompts women's rights talk at Tribeca 2013-04-22T18:48:08Z In that year, in fact, anti-abortion legislatures managed to pass 43 new laws that, in one way or another, restricted abortion. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z The site is the home of Prince Edward Island's legislature and of a historic meeting 146 years ago that paved the way for Canada's eventual unification and independence. Prince William performs water landings in Canada 2011-07-05T13:44:31Z After two years working in jobs related to the Pennsylvania state legislature, Austin-Hillery moved to Washington for a position with a political consulting firm. The arc of this civil rights leader’s life has always bent toward justice 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z In response, the Virginia legislature voted to call its provincial forces back from the Forbes march. An excerpt from William Hogeland’s “Autumn of the Black Snake” excerpt 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z “Across the country for the past two decades, education reform efforts have popped up in legislatures at different times in different places,” the report authors wrote. Playing for Michelle Obama 2012-06-11T21:25:00Z In an arguably bigger blow last Wednesday, the state legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring women to wait 72 hours before having an abortion, tripling the current time of 24 hours. Louisiana Republican's stripper joke an unamusing reality in state politics 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The budget of the agency is controlled by the Florida legislature, where Rubio wielded considerable influence. How Marco Rubio helped his ex-con relative get a real estate license 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z His legislature recently pushed a bathroom bill, Senate Bill 6, that would bring HB 2-style discrimination to Texas. Worst of 2016: Picking the year’s 10 biggest anti-LGBT foes wasn’t easy 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z I met Mr. Jacobson three years ago, when he was speaker of the Northwest Territories’ legislature, and I was the newly arrived consul general visiting the capital of Yellowknife. The Road to the Top of the World 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z “I’m a firm believer in the legislative process,” he added, “and further discussion of the sale of the Pollock painting will not be moved forward in the legislature this year.” ArtsBeat: Bill Requiring the University of Iowa to Relinquish Pollock's 'Mural' Is Dropped 2011-02-24T22:47:51Z That it did, powerfully enough to set in motion a right-wing backlash that's still reverberating through state legislatures and school districts. "Justice requires repair": Nikole Hannah-Jones on why Hulu's "1619 Project" is essential viewing 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The mere fact that we count the number of women in state legislatures — that we go through that exercise — is because of women’s studies.” A Master’s Degree in ... Masculinity? 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z She helped gather signatures for a petition to urge the Ohio legislature to tackle gerrymandering in the state. Did they make a difference? One year later, Women’s March attendees look back. 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z On Thursday, about 3,000 feet from the revelations of the legislature, the judiciary was still processing Jan. 6 defendants. The Jan. 6th hearings: Was the finale just the beginning? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z In 1956 the minister of the largest Southern Baptist church in the nation testified before the South Carolina legislature, voicing his support for segregation. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z We did not call it a Moral Monday when we went to the legislature building that day. The power of “we”: Martin Luther King, the March on Washington, and the birth of Moral Mondays 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Governments and legislatures shouldn't tell people what they can and can't wear. If Britain decides to ban the burqa I might just start wearing one 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z In fact, the path to the nation as we know it, with a powerful executive, a representative legislature and an independent judiciary, was highly implausible. Two of America’s Leading Historians Look at the Nation’s Founding Once Again — to Understand It in All Its Complexity 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z There are even more Mormons in the Utah legislature than Republicans, a party that currently holds a supermajority in the General Assembly. A Women’s March in the heart of Mormon country: Meet the Utah protesters leading the resistance against Trump 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z The California legislature soon passed the Child Actors Bill, also known as the Coogan Act, which mandated trust funds for kids in show business. Shirley Temple: A Cute Cocktail of Talent and Charm 2014-02-12T16:13:08Z This year, the state legislature tried to make Florida the worst state in the nation at funding mental health, and almost succeeded. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z Battaglia also spent several years in politics, serving as Palermo culture commissioner during one of Orlando’s earlier administrations and as a representative in Sicily’s regional legislature. Letizia Battaglia, who shot life and death in Palermo, dies 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z An insidious problem also is developing in dozens of states where legislatures are considering — and sometimes approving — new laws that restrict free speech. Perspective | The civil rights and Vietnam protests changed America. Today, they might be illegal. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z In 2012, the state legislature signed into law the New Mexico Chile Advertising Act, which prohibits marketing peppers produced in other states as authentic New Mexico chile. Imports, small harvest hit famed New Mexico chile peppers 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Not the one that will decide who controls the Virginia legislature. How French expats in Washington are preparing for an election back home 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Another plot development that felt half-baked was the sudden turnaround of Bill’s fate at the legislature. ArtsBeat: 'Big Love' Watch: A Family in Crisis 2011-02-14T16:03:30Z They had a long-distance romance for a year, while Vaughan finished college at Stanford and Ben worked in Boston as an aide in the Massachusetts legislature. Perspective | Ben from Nantucket? How summer buddies found year-round romance. 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z In the name of anti-elitism and economic populism, legislatures have helped make state colleges and universities more exclusive, not less. Democracy’s Fierce Defender 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The author, Saira Khan, points out that in Pakistan, the legislature has made it easier for people seeking gender reassignment to receive it. The Scion of a Pakistani Political Dynasty Comes Out 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The Chinese legislature subsequently passed, and began violently enforcing, an anti-cult law. Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Since federal law makes it nearly impossible for the EPA to ban toxic chemicals and Congress rarely steps in, state legislatures from Alaska to Vermont have become the sites of intense battles over flame retardants. Fear fans flames for chemical makers 2012-05-06T05:00:00Z Last week, the South Carolina legislature voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from its statehouse grounds, after days of emotional debate. Racism of Atticus Finch in ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Could Alter Harper Lee’s Legacy 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z In time, alarmed but emboldened Northern free blacks and their white abolitionist allies formed vigilance committees to ward off slavecatchers, while Northern legislatures began approving so-called personal liberty laws to shield the fugitives. How the Dispute Over Runaway Slaves Helped Fuel the Civil War 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Because of a scheduling dispute within the state legislature, Missouri will hold binding caucuses next month, making Tuesday’s primary basically a beauty contest, lovely to look at but short on substance. Santorum wins 'beauty contest' in Missouri 2012-02-08T02:53:00Z Obamacare repeal appears to be dead in the legislature, but the dream to kill the health care law is still alive and well, Samantha Bee warned her “Full Frontal” audience Wednesday night. “Deadbeat-in-chief”: Samantha Bee takes on Donald Trump and the GOP’s plan to sabotage Obamacare 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z As 2021 closed out and Beijing hawks took control of the legislature, statues commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre were being hauled off university campuses. The Varieties of Chinese Repression 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z A few weeks ago, a group of women walked purposefully into the Texas state legislature building wearing red capes and bonnets — handmade handmaids — protesting what they saw as the restriction of women’s reproductive rights. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has been feared, banned and loved. Now it’s scaring the bejeezus out of us again. 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Our government keeps conditional citizens from voting, historically through poll taxes, now through voter ID laws passed by Republican-held state legislatures that target the poor and minorities to suppress liberal votes. Life in an America Where Some Are Only ‘Conditional Citizens’ 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z In 2014 the States of Jersey, the island’s centuries-old combined legislature and executive, passed a law compelling children aged 13 or under to wear a helmet, at pains of a £50 fine for their parents. The big bike helmet debate: 'You don’t make it safe by forcing cyclists to dress for urban warfare' 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Readers’ jaws will drop at how expansive and structured the Klan was, from its code words to its machine-like control over City Councils and state legislatures. The Ku Klux Klan’s Surprising History 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Romney vetoed the employer mandate, but the legislature, which was 80 percent Democratic, overrode his veto. The Tortuous Conservative History of the Individual Mandate 2012-02-07T20:32:34Z South Carolina’s legislature ordered it removed from the state capitol grounds. In Mississippi, defenders of state’s Confederate-themed flag dig in 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z That task force led to the Michigan legislature creating a law that criminalized the nondisclosure of one’s HIV status. When being HIV-positive was a crime 2013-04-02T15:15:00Z Wade through state legislatures focused on mandatory waiting periods for patients and forced pre-abortion counseling, the push for ultrasound policies emerged in the 1990s, intensifying political interference with physicians’ interactions with their female patients. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z North Carolina’s voter photo identification law, enacted nearly five years ago by the Republican-controlled legislature but blocked by litigation, is just now being implemented. Missouri’s voter ID law is back in court. Here’s a look at what it does 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Opportunities for Republicans to limit losses could be better in Georgia’s legislature. As Georgia looks to court-ordered redistricting, not only Republicans are in peril 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z They accused the Republican majority in the state legislature of trying to deny Black people and other voters of color equal access to the ballot box in violation of the U.S. Atlanta to host 2025 MLB All-Star Game after losing 2021 game over objections to voting law 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z While the Socialists say the deals include guaranteeing "stability" in the legislature, there is no formal agreement to support the budget. Spain's Sanchez set to secure another term, ending four-month deadlock 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z It did have some good news for those who live in states with Republican governors and legislatures, however. Americans differ about country’s role on world stage 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z January’s elections for the presidency and legislature will be the best determinant of whether the populace wishes to stay the course or seek a greater degree of accommodation with Beijing. Taiwan’s participation at APEC forum offers a rare chance to break China’s bonds 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Israeli troops have extended their control across northern Gaza, capturing the territory’s legislature building and police headquarters. Israeli forces raid Gaza’s largest hospital, where hundreds of patients are stranded by fighting 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The army said it had captured the legislature, the Hamas police headquarters and a compound housing Hamas’ military intelligence headquarters. Israeli military forces raid Gaza’s largest hospital in operation against Hamas 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z North Dakota is among roughly two dozen states with Republican-led legislatures that have passed similar bans on gender-affirming care for children in recent years, sparking numerous lawsuits that continue to play out. Judge denies initial request to temporarily block North Dakota’s ban on kids’ gender-affirming care 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Such supermajorities result when a single political party has enough votes in both chambers of a legislature to override a governor’s veto, often, though not always, by controlling two-thirds of the chamber. Democrats Plan to Spend Millions to Weaken Republican Supermajorities 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z If the court rules that a new map is needed, a bipartisan redistricting commission would get the first opportunity - but under state law, the state legislature has the final say. US House: Court fights could tip control in 2024 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Jenn Engstrom, director of CalPIRG, an advocacy group that helped shepherd the law through the legislature, notes there will be built-in accountability, since the legislation requires public reporting of ambulance rates. New California law offers fresh protection from steep ambulance bills 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z An overhaul of the bloc's asylum and migration rules should be completed in the current European Parliament legislature, he said. Germany's Scholz looking 'closely' at Italy's migrant deal with Albania 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z "It's a nice sociological test for the future to see how this legislature evolves." Down but not out: Spain's PM Sanchez faces country's ire and long road ahead 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z “The Ohio legislature alone will consider what, if any, modifications to make to existing laws based on public hearings and input from legal experts on both sides.” Republican faction seeks to keep courts from interpreting Ohio’s new abortion rights amendment 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z However, an appeals court on Nov. 10 put the case on hold until January to give the Republican-controlled legislature an opportunity to enact a new map or decline to do so. US House: Court fights could tip control in 2024 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “It’s not about our ability to pay, it's just an indictment of our governance and how our Congress and essentially the legislature manage our finances.” Moody's changes US ratings outlook to negative, affirms AAA 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The newly elected legislature — both the lower house, the Sejm, and the Senate — will meet for the first time next Monday. Poland’s opposition party leaders sign a coalition deal after collectively winning election 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z That is exactly what Jordan and Comer’s GOP peers in the Wisconsin legislature did with their threatened impeachment of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz. James Comer’s pursuit of the Bidens runs out of steam: New subpoenas won't help 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z “The legislature has multiple paths that we will explore to continue to protect innocent life. This is not the end of the conversation,” Stephens previously said in a news release. Republican faction seeks to keep courts from interpreting Ohio’s new abortion rights amendment 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The plan has lost some of its progressive edge during negotiations over the summer because of fierce opposition in the EU’s legislature, particularly from the Christian Democrat EPP, the largest of the political groups. EU plan aimed at fighting climate change to go to final votes, even if watered down 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The initiatives include a toolkit for businesses and model legislation for state legislatures interested in establishing tax credits, grants and other incentives for employers to become certified as recover-ready workplaces. National institute will build on New Hampshire’s recovery-friendly workplace program 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Unlike district maps drawn by state legislatures, the new plan did not prioritize protecting incumbents, as evidenced by the high number of retirements and incumbents defeated in the primary earlier this year. Virginia Democrats lost in several key swing districts. So how did they win the General Assembly? 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Prior to that, Comer served as Kentucky's Agriculture Commissioner after having sat on the state legislature's agriculture committee for eight years. "Can't make this up": Dems troll James Comer with "subpoenas" after $200K loan to brother revealed 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Given Puigdemont’s track record of trying to destabilize the Spanish state, many expect the legislature to be a bumpy ride for Sánchez. Spain’s Socialists to grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in exchange for support of new government 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Last month, the Democratic-controlled state legislature held hearings about the threat of book banning, allowing parents and educators to speak out. "I'm so tired of these psychos": Parents in a Pennsylvania swing district toss out Moms for Liberty 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z And Democrats in Virginia won control of both chambers of the state legislature in an election that their party made largely about protecting abortion rights. GOP presidential candidates reassess party’s abortion stance after state election losses 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Instead, voters flipped the Republican-led Senate and returned full control of the legislature to Democrats, blocking the GOP from implementing future abortion restrictions and dimming Mr. Youngkin’s allure as a rising GOP star. Republicans burned by abortion restrictions at ballot box, can’t shake ‘ban’ rhetoric from Dems 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Democrats aim to maintain momentum by campaigning on abortion rights in 2024, when the White House, all seats in the House, 34 Senate seats and several state legislatures will be up for grabs. Republicans face 2024 dilemma after abortion rights issue powers Democrats 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Beyond Pennsylvania, the unions and other progressive groups celebrated school board wins in Iowa, Connecticut and Virginia, as well as the new Democratic control of the Virginia state legislature. In School Board Elections, Parental Rights Movement Is Dealt Setbacks 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Democrats in Virginia won control of both chambers of the state legislature after making the race a referendum on Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s embrace of a 15-week abortion ban with exceptions. Biden campaign says Trump can’t have it both ways on abortion issue 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Bigelow was incensed by DeSantis’ signing in April of a bill passed by the Florida legislature banning abortions after six weeks. DeSantis' biggest donor Bigelow switches to Trump, but not donating for now 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Both chambers of the Republican-controlled legislature have approved an amendment that would declare that there’s no right to abortion in the state constitution. After Ohio vote, advocates in a dozen states are trying to put abortion on 2024 ballots 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z After Republicans in the North Carolina legislature finalized new maps last month, Democratic Reps. House members from N.Y., N.C. dominate most vulnerable list 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Democrats won control of both chambers of the Virginia state legislature after Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin and GOP candidates pushed for new abortion limits. “Trying to scare women”: Fox News struggles to cope after brutal election night for GOP 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z |
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