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Pennsylvania Perspective for Monday, August 11, 2025

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PA House Advances Transit Funding Amid Budget Stalemate - The Pennsylvania House advanced a transit funding proposal as agencies across the state face potential service reductions. Although the bill reflects both Democratic...more

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New York Note: NYS Legislative Session Concludes 2025

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The 2025 New York State legislative session has concluded. For the 2025-2026 session, all bills not passed this year will remain live, and session is scheduled to begin again in January. We anticipate that the Governor will...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 29 - March 2025

While many lawmakers and lobbyists crawled into the Georgia State Capitol on Monday after the double-whammy of Crossover Day and the return of Daylight Savings Time (to Senator Ben Watson’s chagrin), a few select legislators...more

Maynard Nexsen

2025 Alabama Legislative Update: Regular Session

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VA Leadership - This week, the Senate carried over legislation sponsored by Senator Andrew Jones that aims to restructure the leadership of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs. Specifically, the bill proposes...more

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2025 Alabama Legislative Update: Regular Session - Week One

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Senator Gudger Officially Elected Senate Pro Tempore This week, Garlan Gudger was sworn in as the new President Pro Tempore of the Alabama State Senate. Pro Tempore Gudger, a Republican from Cullman, was elected unanimously...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Too Many Bills, Too Little Time: Colorado’s 2023 Legislative Session Comes to a Frenzied and Acrimonious End

Hurried. Chaotic. Contentious.  - Any or all of these terms could be used to describe the first regular session of Colorado’s 74th General Assembly, particularly as it neared its constitutionally mandated end this past...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

First half 2022 review, General Election, and preview of Lame Duck Session

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The Ohio General Assembly finished the first half of 2022 with a rush of lawmaking, appropriating billions of dollars in infrastructure spending, and making policy changes in a range of subjects. Initially, the legislature’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Los Angeles City Council’s Public Safety Committee Votes to Move Forward with Expanding Fire Rating Requirements for New...

On Wednesday, June 2, the Los Angeles City Council’s Public Safety Committee voted to proceed with expanding Fire District 1 after receiving a report produced by the Department of Building and Safety, Fire Department, and...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Sine Die Wrap-Up

Just after midnight, the 2021 Legislative Session concluded with many legislative measures sneaking in under the wire—and many others lying dead on the House and Senate floors. The House and Senate compromise on the FY22...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 35

Legislators and lobbyists braved an early morning downpour as action began early under the Gold Dome today. Committees began meeting at 7:30 a.m., and both chambers took to the floor at 10 a.m. The House completed their Rules...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 32

The loss of an hour of sleep this weekend was apparent among lawmakers and lobbyists in the State Capitol today as the legislature slowly cranked back up for Legislative Day 32. Each chamber took up heavy calendars consisting...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 31

Legislators wrapped up a long Crossover week today with short floor sessions and a variety of committee meetings. Most notably, subcommittees of the Senate Appropriations Committee rushed to complete hearings on the FY22...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 30

Work was swift today in both chambers as lawmakers adjourned quickly in an effort to move to committee discussions on pending legislation. Deliberations are intensifying on HB 81, the proposed spending plan for the state’s FY...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 29

After a late-adjourning Crossover Day, legislators and lobbyists largely slept late today, with one notable exception — those appearing before the Human Development Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which...more

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