Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) introduced a gun control package last week that would, among several things, limit Old Dominion residents to one handgun purchase per month and require universal back ground checks on people buying guns at gun shows. Other regulations...
For the last two years, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) has watched proposed gas-tax increases tank in the state Legislature, leaving transportation projects languishing on the drawing board. But last week he pitched an alternative approach to help the...
MONTANA Gov. Steve Bullock (D) announced that a Republican, Rep. Jeff Welborn, will carry his legislation seeking to allocate $380 million for Treasure State infrastructure projects in the upcoming legislative session (MONTANA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE)....
Here are some of the topics you will see covered in upcoming issues of the State Net Capitol Journal: - Common Core - State worker exodus - Legalizing pot
NEW YORK Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signs AB 739, which bars Empire State residents from adorning their pets with tattoos or piercings. The law, which exempts procedures done for medical reasons or identification, takes effect in 120 days (STATE NET, NEWYORK...
The OHIO Senate gives final approval to SB 177, which would allow Buckeye State judges to include household or companion animals in court-ordered protection orders for domestic abuse victims. The measure moves to Gov. John Kasich (R), who is expected...
The MICHIGAN Senate endorses HB 6074, legislation that would codify that athletes at Wolverine State public colleges and universities are not school employees and therefore not eligible to form a union. The measure moves to Gov. Rick Snyder (R) for review...
President Barack Obama makes permanent a 2010 executive order deeming ALASKA's Bristol Bay off limits to oil and gas exploration. The president's original order was set to expire in 2017, but now can only be overturned by a new executive directive...
President Obama signs HR 83, a $1.6 trillion dollar spending bill that, among other things, bars the Department of Justice from spending any federal funds to arrest or prosecute operators of medical marijuana facilities in states where medicinal marijuana...
The United States Supreme Court allows to stand an order from the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals barring ARIZONA from denying driver's licenses to young immigrants authorized to stay in the U.S. and work under President Obama's deferred-deportation...
The United States Supreme Court declines to hear a challenge to an appeals court ruling that blocked an ARIZONA law that prohibited women from taking the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone after the seventh week of pregnancy. The court declined to overrule...
The MICHIGAN House unanimously approves SB 926, a bill that would prohibit the use of a drone aircraft to interfere or harass a hunter, and impose a misdemeanor sentence of up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine for more than one violation. It has returned...
At any given time, State Net tracks tens of thousands of bills in all 50 states, US Congress, and the District of Columbia. Here's a snapshot of what's in the legislative works: Number of 2014 Prefiles last week: 128 Number of 2015 Prefiles last...
We all have a relative (or, heaven help us, two or more) who just will not stop talking politics at family gatherings, or at least not until doors are slammed, tires are screeched or blood is spilled. That is probably what Raleigh, North Carolina resident...
If you're visiting the Michigan statehouse in Lansing this Christmas season, don't waste your time looking for the usual nativity scene. Not one there. There is, however, a nice tribute to Satan! Yep, as the Washington Post reports, the Wolverine...
If you've got something bad to say about someone or something connected to the city government of South Pittsburgh, Tennessee...keep it to yourself! As the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports, the city Commission recently approved an "all-inclusive"...
This is our final issue of the year, so let me pass along best wishes for a very merry holiday season to all of you from all of us here at the State Net Capitol Journal. We'll be back in mid-January to do our best to keep you all up to speed on legislative...
New technologies from a variety of innovative industries and the same old partisan gridlock in Washington D.C. will drive state agendas in 2015. In case you missed it, the story can be found on our Web site at http://www.statenet.com/capitol_journal/12...
Shortly after being sworn in for a historic fourth term last week, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) hailed his state's efforts to combat global climate change, saying the Golden State has "the most far-reaching environmental laws of any state...
States in Regular Session: CA, CO, CT, DC, IN, KY, MA, ME, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NY, OH, PA, RI, US, VT, WI States in Informal Session: States in Skeleton Session: States in Veto Session: States in Recess: NJ, OK States in Special Session: Special...
Thanks to an oil and gas boom, North Dakota's job market grew more than any other state's last year, 4.8 percent, according to analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data by Stateline. Texas ranked second at 3.7 percent, followed by Utah at 3...
Speed and red-light cameras have generated millions of dollars for municipalities across the country. But a backlash against the cameras by motorists has led many of those municipalities and some states to abandon their use, leaving them with big budget...
Texas lawmakers are expected to have an extra $9 billion to $12 billion to spend this session. And with Republicans having expanded their majorities in both chambers of the Legislature in November, many had been predicting big tax cuts were on the way...
The price of crude sank to $46.83 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange this month, the lowest level in more than five years. With Alaska deriving about 90 percent of its budget from oil taxes and royalties, it may have to pull about $3.5 billion...
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