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statehouse

[stayt-haus] / ˈsteɪtˌhaʊs /


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Months earlier, armed protesters entered the Michigan statehouse to pressure lawmakers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

She selected the New York statehouse in Albany because she thought it would be an easier target than the White House, prosecutors say.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

He sought election to the Washington statehouse in 2010 and 2012, running as a Republican and losing both times.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Reeling from a depressed economy, then an explosive greening problem, then hurricanes, they were soon going to the statehouse, desperate for bailout money.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

The story of women’s suffrage ended with Henry Burn’s vote in the Tennessee statehouse in 1920, but it began almost a century earlier with Elizabeth Cady, a young girl in Johnstown, New York, in 1826.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

There are now more than a dozen similar bills winding through statehouses from Olympia, Wash., to Albany, N.Y., as legislators try to rein in a practice the majority of Americans see as dangerous and corrosive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

It might involve advocating behind the scenes with elected officials in Congress and statehouses, or with opinion leaders in the media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

“And as they moved inside the corridors of statehouses and the U.S. Congress, they focused on delivering for their constituents and building seniority.”

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2025

So, the work of rolling back mass incarceration has to be done in statehouses, down-ballot county elections, and local city budget hearings.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2024

Domestic workers from across the country have taken their fight beyond Congress and straight to statehouses, where they have been instrumental in getting labor protections passed.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024


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