State Legislatures

Regardless of the partisan divide, the rising popularity is one of several reasons the Electoral College isn't going anywhere. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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The worst attack on the Electoral College: Pretending every vote doesn't count

David Davenport · March 22, 2019 5:51 pm

Catherine Grace Avent, 5, hands a cup of lemonade to a customer as Waylon Beck, right, also 5, looks on in Houston.

Texas House passes bill to legalize kids’ lemonade stands

Zach Halaschak · March 20, 2019 11:11 pm

A young man sizes-up an assault style rifle during the National Rifle Association's annual convention Friday, May 3, 2013 in Houston.

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Florida state lawmaker wants to send kids to jail for posting BB gun pictures

Erin Dunne · March 18, 2019 3:42 pm

Doctor in hospital background with copy space. Healthcare and medical concept.

Maryland attempts to boost kidney donations

Cassidy Morrison · March 15, 2019 4:00 am

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Daylight robbery

Katie Anderson · March 8, 2019 5:00 am

In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, is Jessica Patterson, a candidate for the California Republican Party chair, in Sacramento, Calif.

Republicans seek to ‘stop the bleeding’ in California as millennial Hispanic mother takes helm

David M. Drucker · March 4, 2019 5:00 am

Trump, California spar over high-speed rail

Diana Stancy Correll · March 1, 2019 5:00 am

SILVER GROVE, West Virginia â An unincorporated community in Jefferson county, West Virginia, on the eastern banks of the Shenandoah River.

What’s the point of passing a law that everyone knows is illegal?

Salena Zito · March 1, 2019 5:00 am

Republican Gennaro Bizzarro cheers after declaring victory in the special election for the Sixth State Senate District Tuesday Feb. 26, 2019 in Berlin, Conn.

GOP flips two seats in Connecticut special elections

Zach Halaschak · February 27, 2019 7:52 pm

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

#MeToo hits healthcare

Kimberly Leonard · February 22, 2019 5:00 am

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio hold a press conference announcing Amazon selected New York City as one of two sites for its headquarters,Tuesday Nov. 13, 2018.

Bill de Blasio calls Amazon’s New York pullout ‘an abuse of corporate power’

Steven Nelson · February 17, 2019 10:56 pm

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert delivers his State of the State address at the Utah State Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Salt Lake City.

Utah governor scales back voter-approved Obamacare Medicaid expansion

Kimberly Leonard · February 12, 2019 2:09 am