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A Marion County judge ruled Thursday the General Assembly has the authority under the Indiana Constitution and state law to convene "emergency" legislative sessions without the governors consent.

Category: Next Steps:    The Texas COVID Learning Acceleration Supports (TCLAS) is a suite of targeted supports for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to accelerate student learning in the wake of COVID 19. The TCLAS application--open from July 19, 2021, through August 20, 2021—is a one-stop-shop application providing local educational agencies (LEAs) access to over $1.4 billion in state and federal discretionary ESSER funding, including access to over 15 Texas Education A...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 5.10.21 Good Monday morning. Cody McCloud, press secretary to Gov. Ron DeSantis, is exiting the comms shop to become Legislative Affairs Director at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. ___ State Rep. Ben Diamond is entering the race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District — a seat being vacated by incumbent Charlie Crist, who jumped into the 2022 gubernatorial contest Tuesday. The S...

The 2021 Louisiana Regular Legislative Session began on April 12th. While the Louisiana Constitution dictates that it is a fiscal session, lawmakers are allowed to file five bills unrelated to finances. Senate Bill 44 (“SB44”) has been introduced by Senator Peterson which provides for reporting and notification of releases of certain materials that cause an emergency condition. SB44 has been referred to the Senate Committee of Environmental Quality and will be considered today. SB44 require...

This is an opinion column. As the Regular Legislative Session evolves, I recall years past when George Wallace was governor. George Wallace was definitely a political genius and a master of the legislative process.  You might say that he was so successful because he had a lot of experience with being governor and dealing with the legislature.  That is true, but it went deeper than that.  He worked at it. During my 16 years in the legislature, Wallace was in a league by himself.  My ...