Adding fuel to the fire, Murphy has faced scrutiny over his extravagant expenditures for office furniture in the Statehouse, amounting to a staggering $500,000.

Source: https://njtoday.news/2023/05/07/millionaire-murphy-makes-west-new-york-mess-with-my-money-remark/

Amid loud protests, Statehouse Republicans advanced the issue and timed it to thwart an abortion rights issue in the works for this fall.

Source: https://www.limaohio.com/top-stories/2023/06/12/supreme-court-ohio-ballot-board-must-fix-language-describing-august-supermajority-question/

Brooke Schultz is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/world-news/shapiro-takes-oath-of-office-as-pennsylvanias-new-governor-6389686

But what bills are still moving forward at the Statehouse and what bills missed key deadlines at the session’s midpoint?

Source: https://www.lpm.org/news/2023-03-04/what-anti-lgbtq-bills-are-moving-forward-at-the-midpoint-of-indianas-legislative-session

CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — A strategist who pleaded guilty in the corruption case involving Ohio’s nuclear power plant bailout law took the stand in federal court in Cincinnati Wednesday.

Source: https://woub.org/2023/02/23/strategist-nuclear-bailout-case-former-speaker/

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a huge bill that spends $6 billion in some state money but mostly federal pandemic relief and assistance.

Source: https://woub.org/2023/01/07/dewine-signs-huge-spending-bill-doesnt-veto-lines-opposed-by-ohio-affordable-housing-advocates/

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Rural areas lag behind when it comes to cancer screenings.

Source: https://woub.org/2023/06/10/rural-women-lag-in-cancer-screenings-remote-outreach-could-be-key/

Data obtained through a records request shows that the department has received seven work orders for rodents in the Statehouse since the beginning of the 2022 legislative session.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/05/05/final-reading-tracking-down-rumors-of-rodents-under-the-golden-dome/

During his weekend campaign swing that included a stop at the S.C. Statehouse, Trump told national reporters he recently received a phone call from Haley.

Source: https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/02/01/nikki-haley-to-launch-2024-presidential-campaign-on-february-15-n527738

FILE - Demonstrators turn out for "Ohio March for Life" to support ending abortion access in Ohio at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 5, 2022.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/republicans-push-anti-abortion-measures-with-new-majority

Final Readers — the freaks and geeks that you are — are likely intimately familiar with the workings of the Statehouse.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/02/14/final-reading-phil-scott-says-new-england-power-project-has-legs-again/

Gov. Jay Inslee called lawmakers back to the Washington Statehouse for the special session after they failed to pass a new drug law last month.

Source: https://wtop.com/national/2023/05/washington-state-lawmakers-seek-to-avoid-decriminalizing-drugs/

His paintings hang at the South Carolina Statehouse and in courthouses throughout the state.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/greenville/news/michael-del-priore-artist-sc-state-honor/article_265f5f42-9eb8-11ee-82a9-af23b493fda6.html

In a statement, the ACLU of Indiana’s Ken Falk said the letter sought to “validate … unjustified discriminatory legislation” currently moving through the Statehouse.

Source: https://www.lpm.org/news/2023-03-08/ind-ag-rokita-sends-letter-to-gender-health-clinics-includes-vague-threats

It’s on the state flag, on multiple prominent places around the Statehouse, on the shoulder patches of state police troopers, and countless other places.

Source: https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2023/03/28/panel-massachusetts-state-seal/

Kelly told reporters during a Statehouse news conference that the state’s incentives are crucial to attracting the federal funds and “making Kansas an essential part of our country’s national security efforts.”

Source: https://1350kman.com/2023/02/kansas-commits-304m-to-chip-plant-to-lure-federal-funds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kansas-commits-304m-to-chip-plant-to-lure-federal-funds

McCormick broke with Statehouse Republicans over education policy in the years after her successful 2016 campaign as the GOP candidate for state schools chief.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-indiana-governor-race-20230504-wxewqzj6vfcmhhyaxrn4z3gngm-story.html

Republicans voiced support for the bill and its previous versions in both chambers of the Statehouse.

Source: https://www.wmay.com/2023/05/21/schoonover-adams-victims-of-deepfake-porn-and-doxing-could-have-right-to-sue-under-pair-of-bills/

Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Phil Baruth, D/P-Chittenden Central, left, confers with Secretary of the Senate John Bloomer as the Senate considers the budget bill at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/04/26/vermont-senate-gives-preliminary-approval-to-its-8-5-billion-budget-plan/

Similar to recent events in the Tennessee Statehouse, there has been a firestorm of debate around the country about who has a voice in an elected body during this politically polarizing time.

Source: https://drgnews.com/2023/05/01/montana-transgender-lawmaker-silenced-again-backers-protest/