AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Republican Party is against a proposal to replace the state's elected school board with one appointed by the governor.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — After two walkouts this year by minority Republican senators in the Oregon Legislature, Democrats said Friday they will ask voters to change quorum rules, allowing the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A proposal to make it easier for local California governments to raise taxes or issue bonds for infrastructure projects has failed in the state Assembly.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A legislative panel has begun its work to study potential uses of earnings from North Dakota's Legacy Fund, the voter-approved oil tax savings account.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Leaders of two Alaska groups fighting for a full Permanent Fund Dividend are arguing that Gov. Mike Dunleavy should not veto the Legislature's dividend payment, a report...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Backers of a pending criminal justice initiative say California taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $60,000 in legal fees after a judge rejected former Gov. Jerry...

BOSTON (AP) — A proposed ballot question calling for a ranked-choice voting method in future state and federal elections and primaries in Massachusetts is among more than a dozen proposed...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's attorney general asked the state Supreme Court to disqualify a proposed ballot measure seeking to ban assault weapons, saying the measure goes too far in...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — In a case that spotlights Alabama's state policy recognizing "the rights of unborn children," a judge is deciding whether to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the...

DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit challenging Colorado's strict limits on taxes and spending.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a lower court erred...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges are keeping alive a lawsuit that challenges the state's new photo voter identification law as discriminating against racial minorities, but the court...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's top election official on Thursday released proposed application wording and eligibility guidelines for people wanting to serve on a new commission that will draw...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper wants to formally urge a North Carolina appeals court to uphold a ruling that struck down two state constitutional amendments approved by voters...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A group plans to begin gathering signatures soon to try and put a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana on the ballot in Arkansas next year.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida appellate court ruled that the state's approach to regulating marijuana is unconstitutional, possibly allowing more providers to jump into a market positioned to...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans want to rewrite the state constitution to prohibit the governor from using his veto pen to increase spending without legislative approval, marking...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Republican proposal to amend the Wisconsin Constitution to limit the governor's partial veto powers (all times local):

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Voters whose disabilities prevent them from signing petitions for citizen initiatives could have alternative ways to express their support under a proposed constitutional...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The first authorized marijuana farmers in Missouri will have to commit a crime to begin growing, and regulators are expected to turn a blind eye.

While ruling that it had no authority to resolve partisan gerrymandering claims, the U.S. Supreme Court noted Thursday that states could act on their own to try to limit the role of politics in...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters could be asked next year to legalize sports betting in the nation's most populous state.

Two Democratic state lawmakers announced Thursday that...

While ruling that it had no authority to resolve partisan gerrymandering claims, the U.S. Supreme Court noted Thursday that states could act on their own to try to limit the role of politics in...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment is moving ahead to direct Pennsylvania lawmakers to develop a means of removing elected municipal officials for just cause, including...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — An organization that sponsors an all-male Kansas student mock government apologized after this year's teenage governor proposed eliminating the constitutional amendment that...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters will decide whether to enumerate victims' rights in the state constitution, a proposal likely to appear on the November ballot.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Litigation challenging whether two constitutional amendments should be voided despite voter approval won't take the express lane to North Carolina's highest...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A proposed amendment on crime victims' rights was voided by the Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday because the question posed to voters was too vague.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he wants to look into the idea of holding a separate election for proposed constitutional amendments as a way to declutter the...

BOSTON (AP) — The Legislature advanced a constitutional amendment Wednesday calling for an additional tax on the state's highest earners, while skirting any discussion of replacing Massachusetts'...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday urged voters to approve a proposal to abolish the elected state school board and replace it with an appointed commission.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says her office will take steps to promote college-age voting to resolve a lawsuit in which young Democrats challenged two laws...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the Illinois state budget (all times local):

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a nearly $40 billion state budget along with a measure that could lead...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Applications for medical marijuana identification cards will soon be available in Missouri.

The state health department will post application forms...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama voters will decide next year whether they want to abolish the elected state school board and replace it with a commission appointed by the governor.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine House has rejected a proposal to join a group of states pledging to award Electoral College tallies to the national popular vote winner in presidential elections,...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Voters will decide next year whether to ditch Illinois' flat-rate income tax in favor of one that hits the wealthy hardest following House action Monday that gave...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on Illinois legislative action on a graduated income tax constitutional amendment (all times local):

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Nearly 70 people applied to serve on a voter-approved ethics commission to oversee the conduct of legislators, statewide officials, candidates and lobbyists, Gov. Doug...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court says a group's bid to force the attorney general to approve the wording of a recreational marijuana measure is moot since lawmakers have changed...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lottery legislation is facing an uncertain fate in a divided House of Representatives after running into opposition on Tuesday night from a mix of Republicans and...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The top prosecutor in New Mexico's busiest court district called Tuesday for another state constitutional amendment to change how judges decide who remains jailed before...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters will get a chance to decide whether to impose term limits on all of the state's top executive officials.

CHICAGO (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) says writing into law the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion is an idea "that deserves to be...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The elected Alabama state school board could be replaced with an appointed commission, under a measure approved Thursday by the state Senate.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have approved new requirements for a state demographer responsible for drawing state House and Senate districts under a voter-approved constitutional...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature has approved a constitutional amendment bolstering crime victim rights.

Both the Senate and Assembly approved the measure on bipartisan votes...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The odds are stacked against a proposed constitutional amendment to expand Maine's system that allows voters to rank their candidates from first to last on the...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Republican proposal to change a new constitutional amendment on redistricting has stalled in a Senate committee after not enough Republicans showed up to support...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Saying the state has a broken system of education governance, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and the Republican Alabama Senate leader are seeking to replace the elected state school...