State Legislatures

Â In this Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2012, file photo, state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, right, talks to a supporter during a break in a hearing protesting his re-election in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo)Â

Pastor who was killed in Charleston Church ‘an advocate for the people’

Elizabeth Potter · June 18, 2015 5:20 pm

Watchdog: Obamacare paperwork costs states $880M, 27 million worker hours

Watchdog: Obamacare paperwork costs states $880M, 27 million worker hours

Paul Bedard · June 5, 2015 5:43 pm

The state and federal legislation aimed at powdered alcohol all comes before Palcohol has even reached the market. (AP Photo)Â

States declare war on powdered alcohol

Nathan Rubbelke · May 29, 2015 5:21 am

Suzanne Bryant, an adoption attorney who was recently granted the first same-sex marriage license in Texas since a 2005 constitutional amendment made it illegal, visits state Rep. Jessica Farrar's office as part of a lobbying effort by LGBT rights group Equality Texas to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity at the State Capitol on Monday, March 23, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/ Tamir Kalifa)

GOP push to overturn same-sex marriage in Texas fails

Tara Copp · May 16, 2015 3:53 pm

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks with reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. The Supreme Court heard arguments in King v. Burwell, a major test of President Barack Obama's health overhaul which, if successful, could halt healthcare premium subsidies in all the states where the federal government runs the insurance marketplaces. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obamacare exchanges are not cheap to build or run

Washington Examiner · May 4, 2015 9:00 am

Cohen Milstein law firm strengthening relationships with state AGs, earning millions

Cohen Milstein law firm strengthening relationships with state AGs, earning millions

Jessica Karmasek · April 21, 2015 7:44 pm

Bill to elect AG heads to Tenn. House

Bill to elect AG heads to Tenn. House

Jessica Karmasek · April 17, 2015 7:35 pm

Obama is already feeling the effects of overwhelmingly Republican legislatures and a growing number of GOP governors. (Getty)

Obama faces grim test in local 2016 races

Brian Hughes · April 17, 2015 9:00 am

House Minority Leader Chuck Hunter, D-Helena, objects to during the House Floor session Tuesday April 7, 2015, at the state Capitol in Helena, Mont. A House committee tried to kill the last-standing Medicaid expansion bill Tuesday by heavily amending it and giving it an unfavorable report. (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Thom Bridge)

Montana House passes Medicaid expansion

Robert King · April 11, 2015 5:43 pm

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson reaches for a pen before finishing a bill signing ceremony at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., as legislators watch Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Arkansas dominates on new abortion regs

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 8, 2015 9:00 am

A 'now hiring' sign is posted on a table during the Recruit Military Career Fair March 19, 2009 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Virginia added to list of states that will hire despite criminal records

Luke Rosiak · April 4, 2015 5:47 pm

States pass nine new abortion laws

States pass nine new abortion laws

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 2, 2015 5:55 pm