Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by Marina Zabawa from Pixabay Elections around the country certainly dominated in the news this week, but perhaps no more than the elections in Virginia and New Jersey. [...]

Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by David Mark from Pixabay  This week, unsurprisingly, redistricting continued to remain a top priority for many legislatures across the country. Outside of redistricting and various special sessions, one lawmaker [...]

Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by Bishnu Sarangi from Pixabay  This week, California made headlines when Governor Gavin Newsom announced California would be the first in the nation to require the COVID-19 vaccine (once it [...]

Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by RJA1988 from Pixabay  This week saw plenty of action by lawmakers and governors across the country on various issues, notably COVID-19, special sessions, redistricting, marijuana, and more. This year [...]

Digital collage image and collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by Gordon Johnson, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, & Paula Wood from Pixabay    A lot of focus was spent this week on California Governor Gavin Newsom surviving a recall election [...]

Digital Image by Ryan Stevens Lawmakers and state executives were busy this week across the country on a myriad of issues. In the first August edition of DMGS' State Capital Weekly Recap, we look at [...]

Digital image by Ryan Stevens Lawmakers and state executives were busy this week across the country on a myriad of issues ranging from COVID, critical race theory, mask mandates, ranked-choice voting, voter ID, and more. [...]

DIgital image by Ryan Stevens; image source by Ichigo121212 from Pixabay  Capital punishment—the death penalty—is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for a heinous crime. Currently, 23 states, including the District of Columbia, have abolished [...]

Digital image by Ryan Stevens; image sources by Josy Dom Alexis & Magnascan from Pixabay  In July 2019, Berkeley, California, became the first city in the United States to ban natural gas connections for new buildings. The ban [...]

Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by Anastasia Gepp from Pixabay  As the CDC updates its COVID guidance to allow vaccinated people to go maskless, many state legislatures are beginning to scale back or dissolve their [...]