Measure, opposed by every Republican and 9 Democrats, heads to Senate

‘Your remarks were extremely offensive and intentionally harmful to the victims and the families of the Lewiston tragedy, the House of Representatives, and the people of Maine,’ wrote Speaker Talbot Ross

Covenant parents emotional in wake of vote

Maine legislators split mostly along party lines to back bills for a waiting period, background checks, and limits on rapid firing devices

New Hampshire lawmakers are inching closer to creating a statewide election portal, a bipartisan proposal that would allow residents to register to vote online.

Alabama House Democrats filed a bill in the House last week to protect access to birth control.

The parents of children killed in the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting have a stark warning for Utah lawmakers: “It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when and where the next school shooting will happen.”

Two new education bills have been introduced by Democrats in the Ohio House: One to ensure school meals for any students who request them, and another to increase base teacher salaries to $50,000 per year. The future of the proposed laws is uncertain with Republican supermajorities controlling both the Ohio House and Ohio Senate.

Watchdogs and Republicans say power is concentrated in too few hands in Trenton

GOP lawmakers are continuing to advance anti-trans proposals under the guise of protecting women and minors despite the threat of a veto from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.

Lawmakers are weighing an array of pharmacy bills this session that could rein in prescription prices and allow pharmacists to treat people for COVID-19

As amendments aimed at legalizing abortion in cases of rape or incest were voted down, one Republican state senator defended the decision saying, ‘God does not make mistakes’

Bills address abortion pills, civil lawsuits and helping minors seek the procedure

Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.

Assembly Republicans passed a bill on Thursday that would ask voters to decide whether Wisconsin would implement a 14-week abortion ban, tightening the state’s current 20-week abortion ban.

Added as an amendment in committee, a public hearing on the proposal has not taken place in the Senate this year

Measure opposed by VP Kamala Harris, Wisconsin Democrats, physicians and anti-abortion groups

Bills start to move through legislature but face uncertain reception by Youngkin

Debate highlights rancor between hardline Freedom Caucus and larger House GOP Caucus

House Republicans are looking for a permanent fix, ‘not a Band-Aid,’ a leading lawmaker says

Legislation banning gender transitioning surgery, hormone therapy and puberty-blocking drugs for minors under 18 is on the fast track in the South Carolina House, with approval by the GOP-dominated chamber coming as early as next week.

Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.

A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.

Anti-abortion organizations are pushing state lawmakers to promote a controversial and unproven “abortion reversal” treatment — flouting the objections of medical professionals who point out it is not supported by science.

The Arkansas Attorney General’s Office will decide Tuesday whether a proposed measure to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right will go on the 2024 statewide ballot.

In January, Luanne Peterpaul will be the first out gay woman to become a New Jersey legislator, a move toward increasing LGBTQ representation in Trenton at a time when the queer community feels increasingly under attack in statehouses nationwide.

An Ohio House committee has signed off on the Second Amendment Preservation Act, clearing the way for its consideration on the floor.

Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens threw cold water on a bid to thwart the recent abortion rights amendment Issue 1. Instead of attempting to deny the courts’ jurisdiction or rushing to the ballot with a repeal effort, Stephens argued lawmakers should focus on maternal and early childhood care.

Republican Juan Pablo Segura co-founded a chain of donut shops in Washington, D.C.

Diggs accepted payments from anti-immigrant extremists and spoke at a pro-gun rally attended by militia groups.