Here are the 7 vital process steps or phases that need to be followed when crafting new AI laws. Lawmakers should proceed on ...

Committee chairs have long been considered power brokers for lawmaking. But in the recently completed 116th Congress, their lawmaking effectiveness continued a downward slide. How do you measure ...

Katarina Sostaric (pictured here in 2022 - second from left) reports from the Statehouse throughout the legislative session. Iowa Public Radio recently asked our audience what questions they had about ...

WE’LL BRING YOU THE LATEST AS IT COMES IN. NOW TO THE EFFORT TO BAN THE USE OF NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS IN CALIFORNIA’S LAWMAKING PROCESS. IT IS DEAD FOR THE YEAR. NDAS ARE LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENTS ...

Despite high approval ratings or wide popularity, well-known members of Congress are not the most effective lawmakers, according to a report from the Center for Effective Lawmaking. The center ...

There are many different ways that ideas for legislation come before legislators. Perhaps one of the most common is when a constituent experiences an issue, oftentimes with a state agency, and writes ...

WE START WITH A LIVE LOOK AT OUR CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL TODAY. LAWMAKERS TOOK ANOTHER SHOT AT PROHIBITING THE USE OF NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WHEN NEGOTIATING NEW LAWS. IT’S A PROPOSAL THAT IS ...

Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case to determine whether a handful of legislators can sue a federal agency to access their records absent sufficient votes for a subpoena. While ...

This message was on display Wednesday at the Kentucky Capitol as the League of Women Voters of Kentucky released a new study of antidemocratic tactics employed by the General Assembly to fast-track ...

BISMARCK — This January, 141 people elected to represent all corners of North Dakota will assemble to decide how the state will be governed and financed — a process made for the public that should ...

If democracy dies in darkness, it sickens at twilight, and the last few days of this most recent legislative session were anything but a shining example of Florida’s lawmaking body at work. Let’s be ...