This week, several states held high profile primary races for Governor, U.S. Congress, and the state legislature. In other notable news, several states are considering various pieces of abortion legislation, [...]

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This week is shark week on the Discovery Channel and you can catch up on some shark-related legislation in one of DMGS' blog posts below. In other news, lawmakers and governors around the country remained [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Moussa81 Recent years have seen a rise in the use of flavored tobacco products. According to the American Lung Association, while the smoking rate among adults has decreased from 21.6% in 2003 to [...]

State lawmakers in capitals around the country remained focused this week on the issues of abortion and firearms. Both topics were covered by DMGS this week in-depth and be viewed at the links below. Additionally, [...]

This week saw state lawmakers around the country busy on various issues, including working to pass their state's budgets as well as continued reactions to the recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion and recent mass [...]

Lawmakers in states around the country kept busy this week on a range of issues including abortion, minimum wage, state budgets, firearms, and more. Notably, Alabama held its primary runoff elections this week, Indiana Governor [...]

This week, lawmakers across the United States continued to take action on various gun-related proposals. Delaware lawmakers passed two bills on background checks and increasing the age to purchase firearms, while the governor in Ohio [...]

This week saw national headlines dominated by various states holding their primary elections, including California and New Jersey. Legislatively, Connecticut lawmakers are proposing a diesel tax holiday, the Pennsylvania House advanced a liquor privatization constitutional [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Josiah S In the past, we've examined gun legislation at both the state and federal levels. In the wake of the recent shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 19 students and [...]