The Latest Breaking News from the General Assembly

Republican state senator goes after Governor Beshear for veto of SB 65

Republican State Senator Steve West has accused Gov. Andy Beshear of playing politics by vetoing a bill that would end his expansion of Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits.

WEKU · Mar 29, 2023

New Jersey’s statewide filing deadline passed on March 27

New Jersey is one of a handful of states holding statewide elections this year. The primaries are June 6 and general elections are on Nov. 7. The filing deadline for the primary elections was March 27. 

Ballotpedia · Mar 29, 2023

N. Carolina governor signs Medicaid expansion bill into law

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has signed a Medicaid expansion law that was a decade in the making

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2023

Patricia Murphy: How transgender bills became the new abortion issue in Georgia

I always get worried in a committee hearing when a member of the state Legislature presenting a bill doesn’t seem to know exactly what he or she is talking about.

Tribune News Service · Mar 20, 2023

Ballotpedia’s trifecta vulnerability analysis for 2023

Welcome to the Friday, March 17, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Mar 17, 2023

With GOP majority, North Carolina court revisits voting maps

The North Carolina Supreme Court is hearing arguments again in a redistricting case it ruled on only three months ago

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

Nashville sues over Tennessee law halving metro council size

Nashville officials have filed a legal challenge over a new Tennessee law that will cut the Democratic-leaning city’s metro council in half

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023