Latest State legislature News
Delaware lawmakers eye revisions to medical marijuana rules
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware lawmakers are considering legislation to reduce restrictions on medical marijuana users. A House committee was scheduled to consider two medical marijuana bills on Wednesday. One bill allows qualifying medical marijuana patients and caregivers to grow their own plants, which...
Republican wins southwest Georgia seat in state House
ATLANTA (AP) — A Republican county party chairman has won the special election for a southwest Georgia House seat left vacant by the death of a lawmaker last year. Joe Campbell of Camilla received just over 58% of the nearly 4,900 votes cast, according to unofficial results from the Georgia secretary of...
GOP wins closely watched Texas special election
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republicans won handily a closely watched special election Tuesday to keep hold of a suburban Houston district that President Donald Trump won easily four years ago, fending off a national blitz by Democrats in a Texas legislative race. The victory by Republican Gary Gates, who put...
Beshear backs spending increases for education, health care
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear proposed spending increases for public education from kindergarten through college and for health care in a state budget plan that avoids cuts and counts on limited new revenues from taxes on cigarettes and sports betting. In a speech Tuesday evening...
Gun legislation advances with state Senate committee vote
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A proposal advanced Tuesday in the New Mexico state Legislature that would allow law enforcement officials or family members to seek court orders to seize firearms temporarily from people deemed a threat to themselves or others. A Senate committee endorsed the bill on a party-line...
New Mexico recreational pot legalization passes 1st test
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Democrat-backed bill to legalize recreational marijuana businesses in all towns and counties across New Mexico passed its first test late Tuesday amid heighten interested from businesses and health care advocates. The Senate Public Affairs Committee voted 4-3 along party lines to...
NY pot bill could bring higher possession threshold
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A legislative proposal in New York would go further than states across the U.S. over how much marijuana a person could have before getting in trouble. The bill, backed by a number of Democrats in both chambers, would allow people over 21 years old to have three ounces of marijuana. The...
Documents released that prompted ouster of lawmaker
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Washington House of Representatives on Tuesday released a trove of documents supporting a recent report that branded an arch-conservative state lawmaker a ``domestic terrorist'' and got him kicked out of the Republican caucus. The documents, which cover a period of Republican Rep....
Utah leaders repeal tax reform amid criticism
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah leaders repealed a tax reform package Tuesday that had come under widespread criticism. The Legislature approved and Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed the repeal shortly after state elections officials reported that enough voter signatures had been verified to put a citizens...
Kentucky governor presents budget plan to legislature
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Proposals included in Gov. Andy Beshear's two-year budget plan submitted to the legislature Tuesday evening: EDUCATION: —$2,000 salary increase for all of Kentucky's public school teachers. —1% increase in the state’s school funding formula, known as SEEK....
LOADING MORE STORIES
