“If civic-affairs news is the broccoli of American journalism, then coverage of legislative procedure is the unsalted lima bean.” This will be the year journalism finally explains arcane legislative ...

BISMARCK — The North Dakota Legislature is considering ways to deal with accidental vetoes in light of a mistake made by Gov. Kelly Armstrong that nearly resulted in an agency losing $35 million in ...

Lawmakers kept the lid on simmering conflict between Republican factions Tuesday and passed amended versions of the rules that govern legislative procedure and decorum in advance of formal votes that ...

Climate engineering in general and solar radiation management (SRM) in particular raise profound and complex political, legal, social, and ethical questions that go well beyond technical-feasibility ...

HELENA, Mont. — Republican-backed legislative efforts to reshape judicial procedures — and the relationship between the judicial branch and the rest of the government — are gaining steam. On Tuesday, ...

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Tuesday marks the first official day of the 88th Texas Legislature, when state lawmakers will convene in Austin to kick off the first of the 140 day regular session. With less than five months to pass ...

Lawmakers convicted in the 2019 fast-track debacle must apologize to the public for resorting to violent tactics in their effort to stop legislation they opposed ...

The Minnesota Legislature's destructive failure in recent years to follow the single-subject mandate of the state Constitution is now so widely recognized that ending that procedural offense is a near ...

Arkansas House leader Matthew Shepherd was arguably too lax on following procedure set in the state constitution. Credit: Gennie Diaz In deference to the governor ...

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