AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas’s constitution limits the legislature to just 140 days every other year to pass new laws. However, it also lets the governor call for “special sessions” between those biennial ...

House of Representatives Speaker Matt Ritter (D-Hartford) addresses the house during the first day of the legislative session on January 8, 2025. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror This story is part ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas constitution limits its Legislature to a 140-day regular session every other year, and the final three weeks of a session include several deadlines, setting a rapid and ...

Inside the Washington state Capitol in Olympia, speculation about a potential special session is starting to swell. Sine Die, when the Legislature adjourns its 2025 regular 105-day session, is ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — On Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced an expansion of the second special session's agenda. Then on Tuesday, he amended the two items he added. On Monday, Abbott added two items ...

Gov. Joe Lombardo said Monday he will call the Nevada Legislature back to Carson City for a special session, though he did not specify when or what it will be about. “At some point over the next few ...