statehouse
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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 legislation is likely to be a priority in the statehouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
"People had thought that we would have to move on to a legal strategy and didn't believe we could defeat it directly at the statehouse."
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
When advocates speak out at the statehouse next year, Arnold will be among them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025
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
You need local county clerks, you need secretaries of state, you need courts, you need legislative leaders in statehouses.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
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
Lawmakers in more than a half-dozen U.S. states are pushing laws to define antisemitism, triggering debates about free speech and bringing complicated world politics into statehouses.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
