Capitol Weekly

How to participate in the California legislative process

Where do we find the rules governing the legislative process? First in the Constitution, followed by the Government Code, and ...

Calmatters: These Public Documents Are Hidden From View. Two California Lawmakers Want To Change That

CalMatters has sought for the past year to obtain the letters as they are filed through the Legislature's online position-letter portal, which lawmakers and their employees can access but the public ...
inforum

Port: We need a better process for filling legislative vacancies

MINOT — North Dakota has had a lot of legislative vacancies of late. By the way, are you wondering how that last squares with Article IV, Section 6 of the state constitution? The bit of law states, in ...
journalgazette

Legislative process far from conducive to input by citizens

Editor of the Indiana Capital Chronicle Niki Kelly recently shared why the end of the legislative session is her least favorite season. Kelly wonders why the democratic processes that are embraced ...
University of Delaware

Introducing the 2026 Legislative Fellows

Begun as a partnership between the University of Delaware and the Delaware General Assembly in 1982, the Jerome R. Lewis ...