New Hampshire House passes rules to restore powers to committee chairs
Members of the New Hampshire House meet to discuss changing the House rules on Convening Day, Jan 8, 2025. (Ethan DeWitt | New Hampshire Bulletin) The New Hampshire House of…
More than a million Michiganders voted early in person. Here’s what we know about them.
Michigan State University students vote early on Oct. 24, 2024, on campus in East Lansing, Michigan. Statewide, voters ages 18 to 30 made up more than 17.3% of all early…
State launches registry of properties enrolled in carbon credit programs
The registry offers a new look at the carbon credit programs in one of the most tree-covered states in the nation. (Dana Wormald | New Hampshire Bulletin) New Hampshire now…
Ohio minimum wage employees receive a slight increase in hourly wages
Stock photo from Getty Images. Ohio’s minimum wage increased to $10.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.35 per hour for tipped employees on Jan. 1, according to the Ohio…
Ohio public schools are hurting. Ohio political leaders seem determined to hurt them more.
Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman, R-Lima. (File Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) Does Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman hate public schools?…
Major legal brawl may decide what types of cars Americans can buy
Heavy traffic moves along Interstate 395 in Washington, D.C. Transportation is the nation’s leading source of greenhouse gas emissions, and the District of Columbia and many states have adopted California’s…
U.S. House Dem, former police officers lambast Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon pledge
Michael Fanone, a former Metropolitan Police Department officer who defended the U.S. Capitol and suffered injuries on Jan. 6, 2021, is pictured at the attack’s second anniversary. Fanone on Wednesday…
California’s battle over taxing multinational corporations heats up again
Nearly a half-century ago, during Jerry Brown’s first stint as governor, he and state legislators became embroiled in an extremely complex political squabble over taxing the incomes of multinational corporations.…
Bookman: Georgia GOP lawmakers pick on trans people in cynical play for votes
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who is likely to run for governor, says that protecting women against transgender competition will be a priority during the 2025 session. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Look…
Trump huddles with U.S. Senate GOP but no agreement yet on big tax, immigration overhaul
President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump arrive at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025, ahead of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, center. Trump met with Senate Republicans Wednesday…