Newly inaugurated Republican Governor Ron DeSantis appointed his third justice to the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday, the last of his three picks for the seven-member panel that solidify the court’s shift to the right.
Read moreNewly inaugurated Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended a county elections supervisor on Friday, as fallout from last year’s vote recount continues into 2019.
Read moreA federal judge in Wisconsin threw out limits on early voting Thursday that were the result of a controversial GOP-engineered, lame-duck legislative session in December.
Read moreOn the heels of promising to end judicial activism in the Sunshine State, newly elected Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday named his second of three appointments to the Florida Supreme Court’s seven-member panel.
Read moreA Florida elections supervisor suspended by former Governor Rick Scott must be given a formal hearing in front of the state Senate because he violated her right to due process, a federal judge ruled late Wednesday.
Read moreNewly inaugurated Republican Governor Ron DeSantis appointed his first justice to the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday, one of three picks that will shift the ideological balance of the court to the right.
Read moren his first day in office, newly inaugurated California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a plan to lower prescription drug costs and make it easier for Golden State families to get insurance coverage.
Read moreMinutes after taking over for one of California’s most accomplished politicians in fellow Democrat Jerry Brown, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday offered up a progressive agenda and a promise of dissention from President Donald Trump’s “corruption.”
Read moreFormer state schools superintendent Tony Evers was sworn into office as Wisconsin’s 46th governor Monday, officially ending the controversial eight-year tenure of Republican Scott Walker.
Read moreWisconsin liberal advocacy groups asked a federal judge Monday to block early voting limits that became law when outgoing Republican Governor Scott Walker signed controversial lame-duck bills last week.
Read moreOutgoing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed three bills Friday giving more power to the Republican-controlled Legislature and weakening the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general.
Read moreAfter debating and caucusing through the night in a rare lame-duck session, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature passed a package of bills Wednesday morning giving more power to lawmakers and weakening the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general.
Read moreAn effort by Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin to limit the power of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general were put on hold Tuesday afternoon when the state Senate quickly recessed after angry protesters had to be cleared from the gallery.
Read moreFlorida’s midterm election season continues as the races for governor and U.S. Senate appear to be heading for a recount.
Read moreRepublican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp resigned as Georgia’s secretary of state effective at noon Thursday, hours after declaring victory in the race to be the state’s next governor.
Read moreNorth Carolina voters on Tuesday rejected two proposed amendments to the state’s constitution that would have placed new limits on the governor’s power to make appointments.
Read moreGeorgia’s hotly contested and potentially historic governor’s race may not be over yet.Democrat Stacy Abrams refuses to concede, saying there are enough ballots uncounted — particularly absentee ballots in heavily Democratic metro Atlanta counties — to bring the frontrunning Republican Brian Kemp below the majority threshold required for victory.
Read moreDemocratic candidate Tony Evers narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race, with the Associated Press calling the election for Evers at around 1:20 a.m. CST Wednesday morning based on unofficial returns that showed Evers with 50 percent of the vote and Walker with 48 percent.
Read moreGeorgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a Republican, appears to have defeated Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams Tuesday night in a closely watched gubernatorial race.
Read moreArizona voters handily struck down a renewable energy initiative Tuesday and re-elected a Republican governor once seen as vulnerable.
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