MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The organization sponsoring a mock state legislature for boys is apologizing after this year's teenage governor proposed eliminating women's right to vote.

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):

4:15 p.m.

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...

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) — A task force is petitioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs to hold an election so that Oglala Sioux Tribe voters can weigh in on proposed changes to the tribal...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's governor and lieutenant governor won't be elected jointly, after the House rejected the idea.

Rep. Walt Leger, a New Orleans Democrat, proposed the...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers demonstrated strong support Wednesday for a new version of a proposal to raise taxes on the state's wealthiest residents and use the money to pay for...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly plans to vote next week on a constitutional amendment bolstering crime victim rights next week.

Constitutional amendments must pass two consecutive...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The last surviving delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention says he was "appalled" by a proposed change to the Constitution he says would place limits on...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Both chambers of the Vermont Legislature approved separate pieces of legislation Tuesday to protect a woman's access to abortion services.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A legislative committee is holding public hearing in Montpelier on a proposed constitutional amendment to make clear that Vermont prohibits slavery.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican lawmakers slipped language into a bill in the final hours of Florida's legislative session Friday that could make it more difficult for citizens to change the...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida felons will have to pay court-ordered financial obligations if they want their voting rights restored under a bill sent to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Most Florida felons will have their voting rights restored under a bill the state Senate passed Thursday to implement a constitutional amendment approved by voters, though...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents are waiting until next year to try to overturn a Kansas Supreme Court decision protecting abortion rights, signaling they may not have enough support yet to...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An American Indian tribe submitted its first application for a casino license in Arkansas.

Voters approved a constitutional amendment in November that legalized...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the debate over abortion in Kansas (all times local):

2:45 p.m.

Abortion opponents are waiting until next year to try to overturn a Kansas Supreme...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate on Wednesday began a lengthy process to overhaul the state's income-tax structure by approving language for a constitutional amendment to establish a...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on a memorial service for former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh (all times local):

3:30 p.m.

Former Indiana Gov. Evan Bayh says one "can really feel the pages of...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on action in the Illinois General Assembly (all times local):

2:10 p.m.

The Senate has approved a graduated income-tax structure that charges a rate...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A civil rights organization wants North Carolina's highest court to step in and settle a legal fight over whether two constitutional amendments approved by voters last year...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack has been re-elected to a third, two-year term leading the court.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment that would require a majority of voters in both St. Louis city and county to agree in order for the...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state House committee on Tuesday advanced Republican proposals to change how justices and judges are selected on Pennsylvania's three appellate courts, imposing merit...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The latest effort to end capital punishment in Louisiana was sent to the full Senate for consideration, but faces the same hurdles to passage that previously have stalled...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania may soon let gubernatorial candidates choose who will serve under them as lieutenant governor.

The Senate voted 46 to 2 Monday for a constitutional...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois General Assembly is in its final stretch.

Lawmakers return to Springfield on Tuesday with five weeks and an ambitious agenda to go.