Smithfield, filed a bill that clarifies a current law limiting communication between school employees and students.

Both chambers of the Legislature agree that education is a main focus of the 2026 but disagree on policies to achieve the ...

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed into law a bill passed during a special legislative session last week giving the state control over vaccination requirements for schoolchildren. The bill, one of ...

While textualists want to only focus on the actual text of the statute, the purpose of statutory interpretation, in my ...

Lawmakers spent more than 120 days trying to get their bills through the finish line this session, and some had more success than others. Democrats controlled both the Assembly and Senate, making it ...

This year’s “short session” will be focused on legislation carried over from 2025, with some new proposals, including a ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The 2026 Indiana Legislative Session is underway, after an early start to tackle the issue of redistricting. While that push failed, there are hundreds more bills that lawmakers have ...

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At the end of the legislative session in July, Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed seven bills that had passed both chambers with broad support from her own party. The vetoed legislation included ...