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In this June 18, 2019, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

White House offers budget freeze if Dems don’t agree to deal

By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Budget writers put final touches on proposal, vote next week

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press

Medicaid expansion shades North Carolina budget talks

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

In this Feb. 26, 2018, file photo, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring attends a news conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

High court lets Virginia voting go ahead under redrawn map

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

Alaska state Sen. Natasha von Imhof, left, speaks to Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich during a break in the Senate floor session on Thursday, June 13, 2019, in Juneau, Alaska. The Legislature ended its special session Thursday with work yet to do and Gov. Mike Dunleavy called another special session for July in Wasilla. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska governor calls special session for Wasilla

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu points to a poster featuring highlights from his proposed budget on Wednesday, June 12, 2009, in Concord, N.H. As lawmakers get ready to reconcile competing House and Senate versions of the budget, Sununu outlined areas where he believes all sides can find common ground. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)

Sununu outlines compromise areas on New Hampshire budget

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press

Justice Charles W. Johnson, left, Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst and Justice Barbara A. Madsen look on as Michele Earl-Hubbard, attorney for the media coalition, speaks during a hearing before the Washington Supreme Court Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Olympia, Wash. The court heard oral arguments in the case that will determine whether state lawmakers are subject to the same disclosure rules that apply to other elected officials under the voter-approved Public Records Act. The hearing before the high court was an appeal of a case that was sparked by a September 2017 lawsuit filed by a media coalition, led by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Washington Supreme Court weighing legislative records case

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

The Latest: Alaska House OKs permanent fund working group

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FILE- This Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 file photo shows Senate minority leader, Sen. Richard Saslaw, D-Fairfax, gestures during debate on a bill during the Senate session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Saslaw is facing a primary challenger for the first time in 40 years. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ugly Virginia primaries could hint at election trend in 2020

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

Stat eReps. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge, left, and John Stefanski, R-Crowley, center, speak on the House floor to colleagues, as Louisiana's legislative session entered its final two days, on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Budget unresolved as Louisiana session reaches final day

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Oregon makes it easier to expunge old marijuana convictions

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, speaks during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, regarding the American Dream and Promise Act which offers a pathway to citizenship for those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) and similarly situated immigrants who have spent much of their lives in the United States. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Dream Act passes House: ‘We have the opportunity to be a part of history’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, surrounded by public school leaders, speaks in support of the Senate version of next year's K-12 public school financing formula, which includes a $39 million block grant increase for districts, on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, Baton Rouge, La. The House Education Committee debated the formula Thursday, May 30. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Teacher raises win final passage from Louisiana lawmakers

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Oregon bill cracks down on racially motivated 911 calls

By SARAH ZIMMERMAN - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., attends a ceremonial swearing in outside the House chamber, Monday June 3, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, just after the House voted to approve a $19 billion disaster aid bill, breaking a conservative blockade and sending the measure to President Trump, who is expected to sign it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House sends long-delayed $19.1B disaster aid bill to Trump

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Illinois House Majority Leader Greg Harris, D-Chicago, outlines a $39.9 billion state budget plan to the Executive Committee, Saturday, June 1, 2019 in Springfield, Ill. Lawmakers missed the Friday, May 31, 2019 deadline to adjourn their spring session after a week of landmark votes including approving a constitutional amendment question asking voters whether to switch to a graduated income-tax structure that hits the wealthy harder and sending to the governor statutory language to protect abortion rights after several Republican-led states have imposed steep restrictions on the procedure. (AP Photo/John O’Connor)

The Latest: House finishes work after breakneck day

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Legislature’s work continues past May 31 deadline

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People dressed as characters from &quot;The Handmaid's Tale&quot; sit in the the president's gallery of the Senate showing their support of the Reproductive Health Act on the last scheduled day of the spring session at the State Capitol, Friday, May 31, 2019, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)

The Latest: Senate completes work on $39.9B budget

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FILE - In this April 3, 2019 file photo, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. speaks during the National Action Network Convention in New York. A new federal lawsuit being filed Thursday, May 30 by three African American residents of Mississippi seeks to block what it calls the state’s racist method of electing the governor and other statewide officials. The lawsuit takes aim at Mississippi’s unique requirement that candidates for statewide office must win both a majority of the popular vote and at least 62 of the 122 state House of Representatives districts. Holder said a judge could order Mississippi to do what most states already do - “count all the votes and the person who gets the greatest number of votes wins.” (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Lawsuit calls Mississippi’s way of choosing governors racist

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, surrounded by public school leaders, speaks in support of the Senate version of next year's K-12 public school financing formula, which includes a $39 million block grant increase for districts, on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, Baton Rouge, La. The House Education Committee debated the formula Thursday, May 30. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

House GOP revives stalled $3.8B Louisiana school formula

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press