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The North Carolina General Assembly convened for an administrative session this week, conducting no legislative business. However, several interim committees met to deliberate issues...

Already this year to speak in favor of, or against, a handful of policies pushed forward in both chambers. Also, this week, lawmakers officially confirmed Tod Ishee as Secretary of the...

Legislators have taken their committee work on the road in recent weeks, travelling across the state to hear presentations from the public and policy…

California Education Policy Update - In his January budget proposal, Gov. Gavin Newsom called for spending $20,855 per pupil for K-12, accounting for all sources, which...

Legislators have taken their committee work on the road in recent weeks, travelling across the state to hear presentations from the public and policy experts. Last week, the Joint...

Conor Friedersdorf Jul 09, 2021 8:05 PM ET Actors on both sides are taking positions that they reject in other circumstances. Prior to this year, observers of American politics could expect a bill targeting discrimination on the basis of race or sex (as at least six of the seven concepts named in the legislation do) to be disproportionately supported by Democrats invoking values such as diversity, inclusion, and the importance of combatting hate, and disproportionately opposed by Republicans ci...