About half of legislators request a committee in which the subject matter is related to their outside work, Kennedy said.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/04/19/full-disclosure-conflict-of-interest-rule-leaves-plenty-of-leeway-for-legislators-other-jobs/

Addressing newsmen, Chairman of the Rivers APC committee, Chief Tony Okocha, reiterated that for as long as the mace is present in their midst, the majority of legislators can meet to deliberate anywhere.

Source: https://punchng.com/27-rivers-lawmakers-can-meet-anywhere-outside-aseembly-complex-apc/

After legislators returned to the floor they voted 60-39 to pass her bill on second reading, an outcome Manzella said she was pleased with.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/let-her-speak-protesters-scream-arrests-follow-after-montana-speaker-doesnt-recognize-transgender-lawmaker/

After voters in Florida passed a ballot initiative empowering former offenders to vote, Republican legislators passed measures to gut the reform.

Source: https://seattlemedium.com/the-right-to-vote-has-always-been-contested-in-america/

Afterwards, both legislators called the meeting “productive.”

Source: https://sacobserver.com/2023/07/democrats-divided-on-child-trafficking-bill/

A group of California and federal legislators is proposing a marine sanctuary off the Central Coast.

Source: https://www.920kvec.com/2023/08/25/central-coast-marine-sanctuary/

All the while, Republican legislators applaud and enable it.

Source: https://www.northerniowan.com/19449/opinion/drowning-public-schools-in-the-bathtub-to-promote-gop-ideology/

“A lot of legislators are hearing in their districts about the fentanyl problem with lots of youth dying,” Micheli said.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/04/24/sacramento-snapshot-fate-of-fentanyl-bills-wavers-in-legislature/

Amen to that, and here’s hoping the regents have the fortitude to stand up to power-tripping legislators demanding that Lassner be forced out earlier and a president of their choosing installed.

Source: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/12/31/hawaii-news/volcanic-ash/david-shapiro-good-efforts-in-2023-give-hope-for-new-year/

A mural in downtown Concord is based on designs that children colored in and sent to state legislators, as part of an effort to advocate for more child care funding.

Source: https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-06-30/advocates-cheer-new-investments-for-nhs-child-care-system-but-caution-this-has-to-be-just-the-beginning

“And a lot of those were driven by metro-area legislators with metro-area perspectives.”

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/greater-minnesota/2023/06/the-dfls-legislative-majority-is-concentrated-in-the-twin-cities-metro-in-a-consequential-session-what-did-that-mean-for-greater-minnesota/

And as more people discussed how long Connecticut has allowed these waiting lists to linger, she said, more legislators became interested in chipping away at this problem year after year.

Source: https://ctmirror.org/2023/06/11/ct-disabled-adults-wait-list-housing-services/

And legislators were even contemplating just dissolving the university.

Source: https://www.city-journal.org/multimedia/the-lefts-long-march

And not just any legislators.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2023/1214/Can-AI-outsmart-Europe-s-bid-to-regulate-it?icid=rss

And now Democratic legislators may have new opportunities to try and expand abortion rights — including abortions in the late second and early third trimester of pregnancy.

Source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-blue-states-ready-to-relax-their-bans-on-later-abortions/

"And then folks started getting their property tax assessments, and they started emailing their legislators and with a quickness in the late days of the legislative session -- and (as lawmakers) we said 'We have to do something.'

Source: https://kiowacountypress.net/content/housing%C2%A0priorities-failed-colorado-capitol-here%E2%80%99s-why-and-what%E2%80%99s-next

Another challenge for the legislators would be how to define the Nazi salute because of its similarity to other innocuous gestures where people raise their arms in the air, he said.

Source: https://catholicleader.com.au/news/australia/nazi-salute-legislation-could-create-martyrs-acu-law-expert-says/

A press conference featuring Colorado legislators unfolds at Grizzly Creek on Friday.

Source: https://www.postindependent.com/news/uinta-basin-railway-concerns-prompt-sen-michael-bennett-rep-joe-neguse-to-visit-grizzly-creek/

A simple first step here in Maine would be for legislators to change our animal trespass laws to include cats, which they alarmingly do not.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/03/27/maine-voices-we-can-love-our-cats-and-keep-them-from-decimating-the-bird-population/

A small group of legislators listened to the public, but offered no feedback.

Source: https://ncnewsline.com/2023/10/03/legislatures-redistricting-committee-telegraphs-plan-for-more-rigged-elections/