ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters could get a chance to limit state lawmakers to 12 years per chamber and extend state senators' terms to four years from two under a constitutional amendment advancing...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans are again pushing for the state to call for conventions to amend the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced federal budget and limit the terms of members of...

NEW YORK (AP) — The field of candidates to be New York City's next mayor has gotten another name, with entrepreneur and veteran Zack Iscol announcing his entrance into the race.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A member of a county governing council in South Carolina is calling for term limits for the council's chairman.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that two proposed amendments will not be removed from the general election ballot next month, upholding a lower court's decision to...

MOSCOW (AP) — People in the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan have voted overwhelmingly to reelect the country's longtime authoritarian president for another seven-year term in office, election...

Missouri voters are deciding whether to limit all statewide office holders to two four-year terms.

Currently, the governor and state treasurer are the only elected statewide officials...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment that would set 16-year term limits on legislators serving in the Ohio House or Senate cleared its initial hurdle.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment would set strict 16-year limits on legislators serving in the Ohio House or Senate.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Senate on Wednesday called for a Constitutional convention to write congressional term limits into the country's founding document.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — When the new term for Louisiana's governor and lawmakers begins in January, state government will be more sharply split than at any other time in recent history, raising...

DETROIT (AP) — More than a dozen former Michigan lawmakers who left the state Legislature at the end of 2018 due to term limits have avoided disclosing clients by working as consultants, rather...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A potential plan to ask Michigan voters to ease legislative term limits would likely be paired with "good government" changes aimed at addressing the state's feeble...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A ballot group that helped overhaul Michigan's redistricting process has discussed lengthening legislative term limits with Republicans who control the...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican Wisconsin state lawmaker who is running for Congress wants to call a convention of the states to consider making changes to the U.S. Constitution, including...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Democratic Rep. Brandon Ellington has officially stepped down from the Missouri House.

Ellington submitted his letter of resignation Wednesday. He's...

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.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's ethics board has opened the door for lawmakers to immediately take some other Capitol jobs once their terms end.

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...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Another Democrat has been elected to lead the city of Lincoln.

Lancaster County says Leirion Gaylor Baird beat Republican Cyndi Lamm on Tuesday with more than 54% of the...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Democrat Leirion Gaylor Baird was leading in early returns in the race for mayor of Lincoln.

Gaylor Baird was ahead of Republican Cyndi Lamm in the Tuesday election to...

DALLAS (AP) — Voters in some of the largest cities in Texas will be selecting leaders.

Municipal elections on Saturday include mayoral contests in Dallas, Fort Worth and San...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment to limit how long the state's top executives can serve has passed the Senate.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Voters would decide whether to limit Florida public school board members to eight years in office under a proposed constitutional amendment that has cleared a state Senate...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate has endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment limiting how long the state's top executives can serve in office.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A ballot initiative filed with the Arkansas Secretary of State's Office seeks a constitutional amendment that would impose the strictest legislative term limits in the...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says he wants a term limit applied to the office he holds.

Duncan said on Georgia Public Broadcasting's "Lawmakers" program that he...

TALLAHASEE, Fla. (AP) — Legislation allowing voters to decide whether to limit Florida public school board members to eight years in office began moving forward Tuesday in the state...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House has approved a plan to join other states in asking for a national convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

The House voted 56-40 on Wednesday to adopt a resolution calling for a convention of the states to take up amendments imposing fiscal restraints on the federal government, limiting the federal government's powers and imposing term limits on Congress.

BOSTON (AP) — Boston city councilors are considering a proposal that would extend their terms limits.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate has approved an effort to join other states in asking for a national convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A House Delegate has sponsored a resolution that would add West Virginia to states that are signing up to support a constitutional amendment for congressional term limits.

Delegate Jeffrey Pack sponsored the resolution on Thursday and it has been assigned to the House Judiciary Committee. In a statement, Pack says the moved is to "drain the swamp of politicians who are out of touch with hard working West Virginians." He says term limits are the best way to do that.