State Legislatures

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney has said the growth of Medicaid, which is funded by the government, is

Healthcare

Trump administration weighs in on Medicaid expansion in Virginia, stirring confusion

Kimberly Leonard -

March 1, 2018 11:34 pm

The $20 million, which is an initial investment, will fund grassroots programs as well as ad and mail programs to inform the public about where different candidates stand on issues such as abortion and birth control. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Healthcare

Planned Parenthood to invest $20 million in elections

Kimberly Leonard -

March 1, 2018 4:38 pm

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., is part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers setting out to rework the congressional budgeting process, a system he says

News

David Perdue: Time to punish lawmakers if they can’t do their jobs

Pete Kasperowicz -

March 1, 2018 5:01 am

Teachers statewide in West Virginia went on strike Thursday over pay and benefits. (AP Photo/John Raby)

Education

West Virginia teachers’ strike ends after governor proposes 5 percent raise

Diana Stancy Correll -

February 28, 2018 2:56 am

Democratic victories in New Hampshire and Connecticut mark the 38th and 39th state-based seats to flip from Republican to Democrat since Trump took office. (iStock)

News

Democrats flip two state legislative seats in New Hampshire, Connecticut

Naomi Lim -

February 28, 2018 2:51 am

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday announced New Jersey would join 15 other states and Puerto Rico in a new coalition of U.S. territories that will abide by the Paris climate agreement President Trump abandoned last year. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Energy and Environment

New Jersey joins coalition backing Paris climate change deal

Josh Siegel -

February 21, 2018 10:52 pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott plans to meet with students and state lawmakers to discuss how they can ensure the deadly school shooting that occurred last week doesn't happen again. (Scott Keeler/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

News

Gov. Rick Scott meets with Florida shooting survivors

Melissa Quinn -

February 21, 2018 10:31 pm

Democratic candidate Linda Belcher came out victorious in the special election to fill the vacant seat for the Kentucky House of Representatives 49th District on Tuesday. Belcher defeated Republican Rebecca Johnson, who sought to fill the seat that was vacated by her husband Dan Johnson following his suicide in 2017. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

News

Democrat takes back Kentucky legislature seat in special election

Diana Stancy Correll -

February 21, 2018 2:18 am

Benjamin Kelly, an aide to Republican Florida state Rep. Shawn Harrison, told the Tampa Bay Times that Emma Gonzalez and David Hogg, survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.,

News

Florida state lawmaker aide fired after claiming school shooting survivors were actors

Daniel Chaitin -

February 21, 2018 12:19 am

In this 2013 photo, the Florida State Capitol and Florida House Office are shown in Tallahassee, Fla. On Tuesday, the state House voted down the motion to to consider a bill to ban assault rifles, 36-71. (Michael Rivera / Wikimedia Commons)

News

Florida House votes down motion to consider bill banning assault rifles

Melissa Quinn -

February 20, 2018 10:43 pm

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Tag: State Legislatures

Trump administration weighs in on Medicaid expansion in Virginia, stirring confusion

Planned Parenthood to invest $20 million in elections

David Perdue: Time to punish lawmakers if they can’t do their jobs

West Virginia teachers’ strike ends after governor proposes 5 percent raise

Democrats flip two state legislative seats in New Hampshire, Connecticut

New Jersey joins coalition backing Paris climate change deal

Gov. Rick Scott meets with Florida shooting survivors

Democrat takes back Kentucky legislature seat in special election

Florida state lawmaker aide fired after claiming school shooting survivors were actors

Florida House votes down motion to consider bill banning assault rifles

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