MN, VA Republicans Propose GOP-Friendly Electoral College Reforms

After Donald Trump clinched last year’s presidential race while losing the national popular vote to Hillary Clinton by nearly 2.9 million votes , there was a clamor, mainly from Democrats, to do away with the Electoral College . But Republican lawmakers...

State Lawmakers Defying Will Of Voters

In November South Dakota voters approved a ballot measure revising the state’s campaign finance and lobbying laws to create a public campaign financing program, limit campaign donations, create an independent ethics commission and ban gifts from...

Governors In Brief - February 6 2017

LA Seeking Private Help for Roads Transportation officials in LOUSIANA said last week they will for the first time seek help from private firms in fast tracking road congestion mitigation projects in the Pelican State. The work would take place along...

Dayton, Brown Undergo Cancer Treatment

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) said he is evaluating options for treatment for prostate cancer. Dayton revealed last month he had the disease after he collapsed while giving his annual State of the State address to lawmakers. Dayton said he is weighing...

Cuomo Wants To Make Abortion Constitutional Right

Hedging against a possible overturn of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced he will seek to codify abortion rights into the Empire State constitution. “We will not allow the progress of...