State Legislatures

Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, was just drawn out of that district by Republican leaders in the state legislature. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Beltway Confidential

Proposed Pennsylvania congressional map puts two Dems in same Pittsburgh district

Salena Zito -

February 12, 2018 11:08 pm

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, unlike the federal government, only 22 states partially shut down without a budget agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Op-Eds

Congress can and should end government shutdowns for good

Kurt Couchman -

February 9, 2018 5:01 am

The West Virginia state legislature is moving ahead with plans to provide free community college to its residents, so long as they pass a drug test — a contentious addendum in a state rife with opioid abuse. (iStock)

Red Alert Politics

Should West Virginia require drug tests in return for free college?

Brendan Pringle -

February 7, 2018 10:54 pm

Completed in 1917, the Wisconsin Capitol was not the first building to serve as home to the state legislature. It wasn't even the second, third, or fourth. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Wisconsin’s costly mistake goes up in flames

J. Mark Powell -

February 1, 2018 5:01 am

California lawmakers say they plan to categorically require parents to prove that they are not abusive if they choose to exercise a legally protected and valid option to homeschool. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

California overreacts and presumes every homeschooling parent is a child abuser

Jenna Ellis -

January 31, 2018 10:12 pm

Since firing FBI Director James Comey, President Trump has taken aim at Comey's deputy Andrew McCabe, who was acting director of the bureau until the hiring of Directory Christopher Wray. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

News

Angry Trump once told Andrew McCabe to ‘ask his wife how it feels to be a loser’: Report

Melissa Quinn -

January 29, 2018 10:45 pm

The sun sets behind FedEx Field. Three politicians in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia are teaming up across partisan lines to try and prevent their governments from waging a bidding war with public money to build a new stadium for the Washington Redskins. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Business

Hail to the Redskins paying for their own stadium

Washington Examiner -

January 21, 2018 5:01 am

Last week, a three-judge panel voided the congressional map of North Carolina drawn by the GOP-controlled state legislature in 2016 and said it constitutes a "partisan" gerrymander.

News

Supreme Court puts order invalidating North Carolina congressional voting map on hold

Melissa Quinn -

January 19, 2018 12:58 am

A three-judge panel ruled in August that parts of the Texas House district map had to be redrawn ahead of the 2018 midterm elections because lawmakers discriminated against minorities when they drew the districts. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

News

Supreme Court agrees to hear Texas redistricting case

Melissa Quinn -

January 12, 2018 9:19 pm

A three-judge panel voided the congressional map of North Carolina drawn by the GOP-controlled state legislature in 2016 and said it constitutes a

News

North Carolina Republicans appeal ruling striking down congressional map to Supreme Court

Melissa Quinn -

January 11, 2018 9:46 pm

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Tag: State Legislatures

Proposed Pennsylvania congressional map puts two Dems in same Pittsburgh district

Should West Virginia require drug tests in return for free college?

Wisconsin’s costly mistake goes up in flames

California overreacts and presumes every homeschooling parent is a child abuser

Angry Trump once told Andrew McCabe to ‘ask his wife how it feels to be a loser’: Report

Hail to the Redskins paying for their own stadium

Supreme Court puts order invalidating North Carolina congressional voting map on hold

Supreme Court agrees to hear Texas redistricting case

North Carolina Republicans appeal ruling striking down congressional map to Supreme Court

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