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When the pandemic caused the California Legislature to temporarily shut down in March 2020, questions were raised regarding how Legislature would operate during the pandemic, and whether the pandemic would result in short-term or long-term changes to the legislative process.

Download logoThe Presiding Officers of Parliament met this morning to consider various reports on options available for business continuity for

Parliament’s presiding officers have confirmed the alternative venue for this year’s State of the Nation Address.

With the onslaught of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the Joint Rules committee is recommending that Vermont legislators begin the session virtually.

MONTPELIER — With the Vermont Legislature aiming for a somewhat normal, but safe, in-person session in 2022, lawmakers and legislative staffers must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 come January, or complete weekly PCR tests, before they can gain...

The National Assembly (NA) adopted two reports from the Powers and Privileges Committee and another three reports from the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members Interest at its plenary sitting yesterday.   One of the Powers and Privileges Committee reports concerned a recommendation to suspend and sanction one month’s salary of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Members of Parliament (MP) for disrupting Minister of Public Enterprise, Mr Pravin Gordon, as he delivered his Budget Vote ...

A big portion of the California Capitol will soon be demolished at a large cost to taxpayers, columnist George Skelton writes.

Del. Terry Austin clinched the 19th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday with 78% of the vote with 45 of 50 precincts reporting.

Committee receives approval to probe failure to detect and provide information

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson has vetoed a piece of legislation that would have kept Columbia Mayor Brian Treece out of potential hot water. The legislation that hit Parsons desk would have created an exemption to an existing state statute and clarified that lobbyists running for municipal and school district offices could maintain candidate committees. Because Parson vetoed that exemption, lobbyists running for office must dissolve any candidate committee, according to the statute....