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By CNSNews.com Staff | March 1, 2021 | 4:56pm EST Rep. Jerry Nadler (D.-N.Y.) at the New York Pride March, June 5, 2019. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) - House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D.-N.Y.) stood in the well of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday and declared: “What any religious tradition ascribes as God’s will is no concern of this Congress.” Nadler made the remark in response to a s...

Northam issues proclamation designating March as Women’s History Month in Virginia Published Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021, 12:19 pm Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Front Page » Government/Politics » Politics2 » Northam issues proclamation designating March as Women’s History Month in Virginia (© Dm – stock.adobe.com) Gov. Ralph Northam issued...

Seasoned lawmaker vs. a new voice: State senate candidates debate Brianna Gurciullo FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 A volunteer holds a sticker to give to a voter at Domus Kids, Inc. polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Stamford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)Jessica Hill / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of6 FILE- In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, voters mark their ballots at First Presbyterian Church in Stamford, Conn. on Election Day. Democrats kept their lock on Connecticuts...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After weeks of tense negotiations, Californias legislative...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After weeks of tense negotiations, Californias legislative...

The field is set for proposed constitutional amendments that may be referred by the 93rd General Assembly for the 2022 general election. The state legislature can refer up to three proposed amendments for voter consideration every regular session.Talk Business and Politics reports the 43 amendment proposals range from restricting a proposed casino in Pope County to tort reform to recall elections and even the state legislature calling itself into a special session. Some of the resolutions for c...

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Gov. Ned Lamont, citing the need to attack COVID-19, proposes a 2-percent spending...

State Auditor Rob Kane of Watertown dies unexpectedly Staff reports FacebookTwitterEmail Rob Kane, a former state senator from Watertown and one of the state’s two auditors since 2017, died unexpectedly on Friday.Hearst Connecticut Media file photo State Auditor Rob Kane, a former longtime state senator from Watertown known for his easygoing manner in the state Capitol and his banter with other state employees, died unexpectedly Friday. Few details, including the cause of 53-year-old Kane’s...

The Governor, the Pro-Team and the Pandemic Published January 27, 2021 Politics and the pandemic are inseparable in North Carolina. Last year’s gubernatorial election got caught up in Covid fever. This year, pandemic politics likely will spread to the legislature – and write the latest chapter in North Carolina’s eternal power struggle between governors and legislators. Senate President Pro-Tem Phil Berger says Governor Roy Cooper’s exercise of emergency powers in the pandemic “is inc...