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The General Assembly is cracking down on vaping, with bills imposing stiff penalties for underage sales and a registry system aimed at barring sales of e-cigarettes that are avoiding U.S. Food and Drug…

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - A proposed tobacco tax adjustment will head to the Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB) assembly chambers Thursday evening for its introduction.Sponsored by Assemblymember Scott Crass, the ordinance would amend…

Republican lawmakers have reintroduced a plan to allow state education dollars to be used by every Ohio parent to pay for private school or other education expenses. House Bill (HB) 11, sponsored by State Representatives Riordan…

Cannabis, abortion rights and gun control are expected to dominate debates by state lawmakers in the coming months as the Maryland General Assembly begins its annual legislative session Wednesday.The 90-day lawmaking sprint will be the…

The General Assembly approved a Republican-backed bill aimed to require governmental evidence-retention entities to test rape kits when investigating human trafficking cases through the criminal justice reform package that passed last…

A bill that would have banned biological males from playing on girls' sports teams in Ohio failed to pass in the state's General Assembly last Thursday.The amended bill, which cleared the state Senate, 23-7, before it narrowly fell in…

A pair of longtime state lawmakers from the Hudson Valley face challenges from fellow Democrats on Tuesday when Assembly primaries are held statewide.Kevin Cahill, an assemblyman from Kingston who has held office for 26 years, will…

The first of two Democratic primaries this summer will take place on Tuesday, June 28, and Manhattan voters will not only help elect the party’s gubernatorial ticket, but also 10 candidates for Assembly seats. Early voting in the primary…

Community organizer Monique Chandler-Waterman handily defeated former City Hall aide Hercules Reid in Tuesday’s election to represent a section of Brooklyn in the State Assembly — dealing a political blow to Mayor Adams, who endorsed…

Perhaps the most significant change in decades to Ohio real property tax valuation contests has just been adopted by the Ohio General Assembly, with the governor’s signature expected in the coming weeks. Am. Sub. H.B. 126 was adopted by…