statehouse

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Both sides said the legislative process is messy, and that eleventh-hour amendment fights are inevitable in a statehouse where more than 900 bills were passed and close to 800 signed into law last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Before joining the Journal in 2022, she was an investigative reporter at the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit newsroom, where for several years she covered statehouse lobbying, campaign finance and ballot measures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The legislation is likely to be a priority in the statehouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

That the majority of the South Carolinians in attendance that Wednesday were against the legislation was clear, Shealy said, recalling that the line to enter the room went outside the statehouse and around the building.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 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