state lawmakers

California lawmakers can’t take lobbyist donations — unless they’re running for Congress

Evan Massoud

State Sen. Susan Rubio has a powerful position in Sacramento. As chair of the Insurance Committee, the Baldwin Park Democrat ...

Back home in Florida after White House bid ends, DeSantis is still focused on Washington’s problems

Evan Massoud

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — On the heels of a failed presidential bid, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finally weighed on ...

Whitmer to ask lawmakers to make community college free for all high school graduates

Elaine Hadley

LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to urge state lawmakers to pass legislation that would provide free community college ...

Federal judge OKs new GOP-drawn congressional map in Georgia

Evan Massoud

Washington — A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday approved a congressional map redrawn by the state’s GOP-led legislature after ...

Rochester group upset about repeat offenders wants criminal justice laws reevaluated

Elaine Hadley

A consortium of some local police, businesspeople, elected officials, faith leaders and residents are pushing state lawmakers to revisit changes ...

Plaintiffs in a Georgia redistricting case are asking a judge to reject new Republican-proposed maps

Evan Massoud

ATLANTA (AP) — The people who sued to overturn Georgia’s congressional and state legislative districts on Tuesday attacked plans that ...

Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia election case, says she has ‘deep remorse’

Evan Massoud

Jenna Ellis, a co-defendant with Donald Trump in the Georgia election conspiracy case, became the fourth person to plead guilty Tuesday ...