Vermont Legislature reconvenes for new session
The Vermont Legislature reconvened Wednesday after a tumultuous adjournment. Catastrophic flooding and skyrocketing opioid death rates are among the top issues Montpelier lawmakers are trying to address. “We need to think more deeply about how to avoid and mitigate climate change and flooding,” Senate President pro tempore Philip Valls told his colleagues. “We need to […]
Mississippi Legislature begins new term as GOP overhauls House leadership
Mississippi's Republican-controlled Legislature began its annual session on Tuesday. All members were sworn in for four-year terms, and the 122-member House elected Rep. Jason White as its next speaker. White, a Republican who served as speaker pro tempore under his predecessor, former Rep. Philip Gunn, will be replaced by Rep. Manly Barton in an advisory […]