Illinois votes on a new state flag design — and chooses the current one
Some forward-looking Illinois lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner ...
The New York Sun3d
New York State Lawmakers Warn of ‘Chaos’ and a ‘Mass Exodus’ After Limit on Outside Incomes Is Upheld
Lawmakers say there are 26 Assembly members and 12 state senators who would have to either resign or give up their outside ...
Common Dreams4d
New Bill to Recognize Legal Rights of All Water Bodies in New York State
BUFFALO - What if bodies of water were guaranteed the kinds of legal rights that would criminalize their destruction? What if communities had the authority to enact laws that prevented pollution, ...
CT lawmakers revive debate over banning single-use plastics, polystyrene
It's the latest in a string of proposals that have elicited mixed public reactions and drawn opposition from the restaurant ...
Binghamton Homepage on MSN4d
Court approves cap on New York legislators’ outside income
A New York State Supreme Court ruling in March lifted a pause on a 2022 law that capped New York lawmakers' outside income, ...
The Connecticut Mirror5d
Proposed amendment would seal right to clean air, water in CT Constitution
Frustrated by setbacks at both the state and federal level to codify tougher ... only three states — New York, Montana and Pennsylvania — have environmental rights mentioned specifically ...
Daily Press5d
Many past criminal convictions — including some felonies — to soon be sealed in Virginia
A new law on the issue was approved ... are going to hate it,” Poggenklass said. “The State Police are going to hate it. The General Assembly isn’t going to like it … I don’t think ...
Independent Journal Review2d
‘Controlled American Sources’: CIA Agents Posing As State Department Officials Outnumbered Real Ones, JFK Doc Shows
Several foreign embassies housed more Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents posing as genuine State Department officials ...