State Legislatures – Page 24

John Roberts Throws a Curveball

The Voting Rights Act lives to see another day.

State lawmakers will leave Albany, N.Y., this week without passing any housing policies, sparking a new round of finger-pointing among Democrats.

It was unclear on Wednesday how Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, would respond to the legislation, or if his input would make a difference.

More than 20 Republican-led states have passed bills regulating the lives of transgender children and adolescents since the start of 2021.

In one school district, the Bible and the Book of Mormon were flagged for “sensitive materials review.”