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House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, at lectern, and Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, left, answer questions at a news conference in Memorial Hall before the start of the Special Legislative Session, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP)

New laws: Tougher rules for Louisiana car accident lawsuits

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2020, file photo, Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson speaks in Lees Summit, Mo. Parson on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, extended Missouri's state of emergency through March as hospitals struggled to keep up with a rise in coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Missouri lawmakers pass $1.2B virus spending bill

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FILE – In this April 28, 2020 file photo, Marcia McCoy drops her ballot into a box outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland, Ohio. A county judge ruled Tuesday, September 15, 2020 that Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose's directive restricting counties to providing just one ballot drop box in November was &quot;arbitrary and unreasonable.&quot; (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Ohio, GOP defend limit on ballot drop boxes to 1 per county

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards makes a point while updating the status of the state in regard to COVID-19, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. The state will continue to be in Phase 2 until Aug. 28. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP)

Louisiana governor will block emergency virus elections plan

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Missouri prosecutors oppose expanding attorney general power

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Missouri Senate passes crime bill, which now heads to House

By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill arrives for a hearing at the state Supreme Court at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. Hill's law license will be suspended for 30 days over an allegation that he drunkenly groped four women during a party, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday, May 11, 2020. The unanimous court decision said that the state's attorney disciplinary commission &quot;proved by clear and convincing evidence that (Hill) committed the criminal act of battery.&quot; (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Indiana court asked to rule on replacing attorney general

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Alaska governor vetoes funding for state library catalog

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FILE - In this May 17, 2016, file photo, ballots are prepared for counting at Multnomah County election headquarters in Portland, Ore. The coronavirus has knocked presidential primaries back several weeks as officials worry about voters crowding into polling places. If the disease remains a hazard in November, Democrats say there's only one solution to preserve the November election, national voting by mail. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

How will we vote? Outbreak revives debate on mail-in ballots

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

Arizona Senate rejects Ducey’s veteran tax cut measure

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Georgia House plan shifts money to lawmakers’ priorities

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Indiana governor signs spending plan for unexpected revenue

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University of Wyoming requests $12M for law school project

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Missouri attorney general sues city over ticket quotas

By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press

Louisiana Republican gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone speaks at a campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Monroe, La., Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Rispone fundraising sees uptick in Louisiana runoff election

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during annual remembrance ceremonies on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 at firefighters memorial near the Maine State House in Augusta, Maine. (Joe Phelan/The Kennebec Journal via AP)

Susan Collins: Trump appeal for China Biden probe a ‘big mistake’

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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during annual remembrance ceremonies on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 at firefighters memorial near the Maine State House in Augusta, Maine. (Joe Phelan/The Kennebec Journal via AP)

GOP Sen. Collins: Trump’s remarks ‘completely inappropriate’

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FILE - In this July 2, 2019 file photo, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is pictured during an interview in Oklahoma City. Leaders of 34 separate tribal nations in Oklahoma say they're willing to reconsider how much they pay the state for some casino games, but first want Gov. Stitt to change his position on a key provision of Oklahoma's gambling compacts with the tribes. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki File)

Tribal leaders in Oklahoma want governor to change position

By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, right, speaks to members of the Georgia House as House Speaker David Ralston looks on during the final 2019 legislative session at the State Capitol Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Georgia Gov. Kemp signs new touchscreen voting machines bill

By BEN NADLER - Associated Press

House Democrats put final touches on proposed budget

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press