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Democratic victories in New Hampshire and Connecticut mark the 38th and 39th state-based seats to flip from Republican to Democrat since Trump took office. (iStock)
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Democrats flip two state legislative seats in New Hampshire, Connecticut

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Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday announced New Jersey would join 15 other states and Puerto Rico in a new coalition of U.S. territories that will abide by the Paris climate agreement President Trump abandoned last year. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Energy and Environment

New Jersey joins coalition backing Paris climate change deal

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott plans to meet with students and state lawmakers to discuss how they can ensure the deadly school shooting that occurred last week doesn't happen again. (Scott Keeler/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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Gov. Rick Scott meets with Florida shooting survivors

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Democratic candidate Linda Belcher came out victorious in the special election to fill the vacant seat for the Kentucky House of Representatives 49th District on Tuesday. Belcher defeated Republican Rebecca Johnson, who sought to fill the seat that was vacated by her husband Dan Johnson following his suicide in 2017. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Democrat takes back Kentucky legislature seat in special election

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Benjamin Kelly, an aide to Republican Florida state Rep. Shawn Harrison, told the Tampa Bay Times that Emma Gonzalez and David Hogg, survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.,
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Florida state lawmaker aide fired after claiming school shooting survivors were actors

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In this 2013 photo, the Florida State Capitol and Florida House Office are shown in Tallahassee, Fla. On Tuesday, the state House voted down the motion to to consider a bill to ban assault rifles, 36-71. (Michael Rivera / Wikimedia Commons)
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Florida House votes down motion to consider bill banning assault rifles

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Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, was just drawn out of that district by Republican leaders in the state legislature. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Beltway Confidential

Proposed Pennsylvania congressional map puts two Dems in same Pittsburgh district

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According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, unlike the federal government, only 22 states partially shut down without a budget agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Op-Eds

Congress can and should end government shutdowns for good

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The West Virginia state legislature is moving ahead with plans to provide free community college to its residents, so long as they pass a drug test — a contentious addendum in a state rife with opioid abuse. (iStock)
Red Alert Politics

Should West Virginia require drug tests in return for free college?

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Completed in 1917, the Wisconsin Capitol was not the first building to serve as home to the state legislature. It wasn't even the second, third, or fourth. (iStock)
Beltway Confidential

Wisconsin’s costly mistake goes up in flames

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