Colorado state Rep. Julie McCluskie, a Democrat, is surrounded by protective plastic barriers in the House chambers at the Colorado State Capitol during an emergency legislative session on November 30. Lawmakers there are planning to move their 2021 session back by at least a month. Helen H. Richardson/Denver Post via […]
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What’s most important in the 2021 Louisiana legislative session?
Jeremy Alford Published 5:01 a.m. CT Dec. 2, 2020 Jeremy Alford (Photo: Courtesy photo) Anyone following the early stages of the 2021 regular session is no doubt aware that the policymaking gathering will be a fiscal session. The tax chatter is loud and unmistakable and the ideas lawmakers have to influence […]
Democrats see ways around GOP plan to limit Virginia legislative session
Republicans say the move is intended to preserve the part-time nature of Virginia lawmaking, which they say Democrats have nearly turned into a year-round enterprise since taking over the House and Senate in January. “We are not a professional legislature,” said House Minority Leader Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah). “We are intended […]
Legislative candidate says he changed his ways, not his sexuality | Local News
Adelious Stith, a Republican candidate for the state House of Representatives, describes himself as “a former homosexual.” Stith, 56, said he had a basic reason for highlighting his background for me and during an earlier online candidates’ forum. “It’s a lifestyle that I lived,” he said in a phone interview. […]
State legislative candidates raise record sums online
Aimy Steele says she’s still in shock. The Democratic candidate was always determined to raise more money this election than she did in 2018, when her unsuccessful campaign collected less than $100,000 running for a state House seat outside of Charlotte, N.C. But in 2020, the former school principal began […]