Legislative Leader News Today

The upcoming Oklahoma legislative session won't all be about government policy and taxes. There's another fight going on − behind the scenes.

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles will allow top Republican legislative leaders to take part in Wednesday's hearing in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's new abortion law.

The N.C. General Assembly's top leaders seek to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new abortion law.

After a tumultuous week of drafting and negotiations on State Street, Governor Phil Murphy has signed into law the Fiscal Year 2024 New Jersey Appropriations Act, formalizing the...

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles will allow top Republican legislative leaders to take part in Wednesday’s hearing in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new abortion law. Plaintiffs in the suit want to the judge to block much of the law from taking effect July 1.

N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein will not oppose legislative leaders’ intervention in a lawsuit challenging state abortion pill restrictions. Stein filed paperwork in federal court Monday accepting lawmakers’ participation in the case. Stein’s filing arrived four days after Dr. Amy Bryant, the plaintiff, also accepted legislative intervention in the suit.

The UNC Health doctor challenging North Carolina’s abortion pill laws will not object to state legislative leaders taking part in her federal lawsuit. Dr. Amy Bryant asked a federal judge to set March 24 as the deadline for legislative leaders to file a response to her lawsuit or a motion to dismiss the case.

Legislative leaders filed a motion Tuesday to take part in a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s restrictions on abortion pills. Lawmakers took that step after N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein announced he would not defend state law in the case.

A number of political camps are weighing in on a ruling by a Supreme Court ruling, tossing out Broome County’s redrawing of its legislative district maps.

A number of political camps are weighing in on a ruling by a Supreme Court ruling, tossing out Broome County’s redrawing of its legislative district maps.