Members of the Republican caucus stood on the House floor on the final day of the 2024 legislative session in Minnesota. The Legislature ran right up to its midnight deadline on May 19, with a shouting fest. Clay Masters/MPR News hide caption
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Melissa Alexander and Mary Joyce speak to state representative John Gillespie at the Tennessee statehouse. Kevin Wurm for NPR hide caption
People protest outside the House chamber after legislation passed that would allow some teachers to be armed in schools during a legislative session Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP hide caption
After calls for gun safety, Tennessee votes to arm teachers
Georgia State Representative Jesse Petrea, R-Savannah, presents HB 1105, a bill that would require local and state law enforcement to take on some of the responsibilities of federal immigration enforcement on Thursday, February 29, 2024. Matthew Pearson/WABE hide caption
After Laken Riley killing, a Georgia bill prompts fears of an immigration crackdown
This picture taken in March 2018 shows a technician working on the clock of the Lukaskirche Church in Dresden, eastern Germany. This weekend, Americans will wind back this clocks as daylight saving time ends. Sebastian Kahnert/DPA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Opponents of LB626, which would have banned abortions in Nebraska after about six weeks, celebrate Thursday in the rotunda at the Nebraska State Capital in Lincoln, Neb., after the bill fails to get the votes necessary to invoke cloture. Larry Robinson/Lincoln Journal Star via AP hide caption
Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, center, Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, back left and Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, huddle on the floor of the House chamber Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP hide caption
The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., pictured in Sept. 2022. The Republican-controlled House began its new session by strengthening its dress code for women. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
Thousands of abortion-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after it overturned the landmark Roe v Wade case and erased a federal right to an abortion. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Kelly Kuhns's 2-year-old son Oliver was born with Down syndrome. She says that she was shocked when a prenatal test revealed a Trisomy 21 mutation. But, she says, "he's still a baby. He's still worthy of a life just like everybody else." Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
Danica Roem, democratic candidate for Virginia state legislature, canvasses through a neighborhood in Manassas, Va., last month. Gabriella Demczuk for NPR hide caption
Eric Greitens, shortly before becoming governor of Missouri in January 2017. To address a revenue shortfall, Greitens cut $68 million in spending for the state's higher education system shortly after taking office. Orlin Wagner/AP hide caption
As State Budget Revenues Fall Short, Higher Education Faces A Squeeze
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As State Budget Revenues Fall Short, Higher Education Faces A Squeeze
The first session of the New Hampshire House on Jan. 4, 2017, in Concord. The chamber will soon consider legislation that will likely curtail the financial strength of labor unions. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
Labor Unions Appear Set For More State-Level Defeats In 2017
Former Georgia Rep. Mike Dudgeon casts the ceremonial first vote of the new session of the Georgia House of Representatives on Jan. 10, 2011, in Atlanta. Dudgeon retired from the Legislature in 2016 because of work-life balance issues. David Goldman/AP hide caption
Low Pay In State Legislatures Means Some Can't Afford The Job
Robert Odeki (center) marches with SEIU Local 105 as the union protested for a minimum wage of $15 an hour outside the Colorado State Capitol in September. Joe Amon/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption
