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On the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, we asked a cross-section of Oklahoma elected officials two questions: When and how did you first learn of the massacre, and

The lawmakers’ proposed tax package will be the point of intramural Democratic friction...

The governor’s plan would include a small tax health insurers, limits on drug price...

Tensions rose in the Louisiana House discussing a bill requiring that high schoolers learn about World War II and the Holocaust.

Feds: Conn. lawmaker committed fraud to get campaign money PAT EATON-ROBB, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail A Connecticut state senator and his former campaign treasurer pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal fraud charges alleging they lied to obtain public money to run a 2018 state legislative campaign. Bridgeport Democratic Sen. Dennis Bradley and former school board Chairperson Jessica Martinez pleaded not guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy charges Tuesday afternoon. Bond was set at $...

Feds: Conn. lawmaker committed fraud to get campaign money PAT EATON-ROBB, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail A Connecticut state senator and his former campaign treasurer pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal fraud charges alleging they lied to obtain public money to run a 2018 state legislative campaign. Bridgeport Democratic Sen. Dennis Bradley and former school board Chairperson Jessica Martinez pleaded not guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy charges Tuesday afternoon. Bond was set at $...

Rep. Ray Garofalo has been removed as House Education Chair after weeks racial tension between Black and White lawmakers.

Former Mississippi lawmaker named to new state courts role May 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2018 file photo, Former Speaker Pro Tempore Greg Snowden, R-Meridian, is shown in this file photograph at a Joint Legislative Budget Committee meeting in Jackson, Miss. It was announced Friday, May 14, 2021 that Snowden will become director of the Administrative Office of Courts. Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph said that the new director is expected to assume his dutie...

Lawmakers want kids to have option for extra year in school May 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Legislation that would give parents in Pennsylvania the option to have their children repeat a grade in school because of disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic passed the state Senate on Wednesday. The bill, which passed unanimously, goes to the state House of Representatives for consideration there. Under the bill, parents could have their child repeat, event if the student...

Liberia: Office of Senate Pro-Tempore Says Recording Linking Him and the Senate to Soliciting Bribe for the Printing of New Banknotes Is Distorted to Misinform the Public Liberia: Office of Senate Pro-Tempore Says Recording Linking Him and the Senate to Soliciting Bribe for the Printing of New Banknotes Is Distorted to Misinform the Public Share Monrovia – The Office of the President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate has described as disinformation, misinformation, and an act of dishonesty t...