North Carolina Special Elections Two special elections in the State of North Carolina will determine the newest members of the House. Voters in the 9th District are choosing between Dan Bishop, a Republican state senator, [...]

New York Voter Rights Expansion The New York state Legislature passed a sweeping election reform package with the Democratic Majority. The reforms include early voting and preregistration for 16- and 17-year-olds, in addition to giving initial [...]

Cannabis Fall Round-up In this week's blog post here, we review the latest developments related to cannabis legislation in state capitals around the country. Legislative Update: Electric Vehicles With Labor Day tomorrow, Americans all across [...]

Stopgap Likely for Federal Budget As the Congressional August recess draws to a close, attention turns to the remaining bills on the legislative agenda that must pass before the end of September. A bill to [...]

State Spotlight: Building Code Legislation in 2019 Too many headlines over the past few years have contained tragic headlines of substandard building and fire safety regulations risking lives, injuring firefighters, and costing millions in damages. [...]

Republican Rivals Tease Presidential Primary Runs President Trump may face yet another Republican primary challenger, though that is unlikely to lead to much more than some presidential Twitter bashing. Yesterday, former Representative Joe Walsh (R-IL) [...]

New Hampshire Governor Vetoes Anti-Gerrymandering Bill New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Chris Sununu vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have created an independent state redistricting commission as a remedy to the state’s record of partisan gerrymandering. [...]

Economic Strife a Potential 2020 Issue An increasing concern for an economic downtown leading up to the 2020 looms over President Trump’s hopes for a second term. With a global factory slowdown and Trump’s trade [...]

New Hampshire's Republican Governor Chris Sununu vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have created an independent state redistricting commission as a remedy to the state's record of partisan gerrymandering. The bill (H.B. 706) would have [...]

McConnell Weighs Background Checks Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that gun legislation will be at the top of the Senate's agenda once legislators return from the August recess. Presently, background checks for firearm [...]