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Montana Senate President Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, doesn’t believe the tension between the courts and the state legislature should be characterized as a war between two coequal branches of government; however, he does believe that lawmakers have an obligation to check the power of the judicial system during the upcoming legislative session. Speaking at a press […]
The president of Hong Kong’s legislature has denied that lawmakers wasted time by tabling “empty” motions in 2024, as he praised them for passing almost 50 per cent more bills in the first three years of their term than their predecessors did in the same period. Hong Kong Legislative Council President Andrew Leung leads a […]
On December 14, the National Assembly of South Korea passed a bill calling for impeaching South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. Yoon has become the third sitting president, after Roh Moo-hyun and Park Geun-hye, whose impeachment motion was passed by the National Assembly. The bill was passed by a vote of 204 in favor, 85 against, […]
Who’s on first? Before any bills get signed into law or tossed out, they’re heard in committees of the Montana Legislature, and the chairs of those groups hold power. They decide what priorities to set, when to take action, and how much to listen to the public — and legislators from the other side of […]
At the 2024 PNG Update, the PNG Prime Minister James Marape went to great lengths to argue that political stability is a prerequisite for economic development. He referenced the high economic growth that started in the 2000s under the late Prime Minister Michael Somare as the basis of political stability. While the growth did coincide […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Women have won 60 seats in the New Mexico Legislature to secure the largest female legislative majority in U.S. history, stirring emotions of joy, surprise and vindication. New Mexico voters are sending 11 additional women — Democrats and Republicans — to bump up female representation in the 112-member Legislature. Female […]
Republicans will continue holding strong majorities in both chambers of the Montana Legislature when next year’s session starts in January but will no longer have a veto-proof supermajority after Democrats picked up a handful of seats following redistricting and Tuesday’s election. While Tuesday’s election results are not yet finalized, tentative results with about 560,000 votes […]
The facade of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on May 22, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Voting is well underway in the November election ahead of Election Day this coming Tuesday. There are, of course, the headline races: Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump. Mary Peltola vs. Nick Begich. But there’s a lot to watch […]
The Alaska State Capitol on March 25, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Education is playing a big role in campaigns for the Alaska Legislature in the closing weeks ahead of the 2024 election. In South Anchorage, Republican Rep. Craig Johnson said he’s hearing a lot about education funding in his talks with constituents. Many of […]