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FILE - In a Feb. 7, 2020 file photo, Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, the governor's chief budget adviser, left; House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, center; and Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, speak ahead of a meeting of Louisiana's income forecasting panel in Baton Rouge. Louisiana’s income forecasting panel planned to quantify on Monday, May 11, 2020 just how deeply the coronavirus outbreak has hurt the state’s economy as officials begin to put together next year’s budget. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

Analysis: Louisiana Legislature asserting its independence

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Rep. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, center, gestures as he speaks to colleagues on the House floor during a long day of bill debate, on Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Louisiana lawmakers near end of session, ready for another

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

La. lawmakers want to limit virus lawsuits against business

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 15, 2019, file photo, state Sen. John Arthur Smith gestures while speaking to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in Santa Fe, N.M. The chairman of a key legislative committee says New Mexico's finances have been hit by a double-whammy of a pandemic and an oil-price crash. But state Sen. John Arthur Smith said Monday, April 6, 2020, the blow will be somewhat cushioned by decisions made during the last legislative session to build up reserves. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

Primary may shake up state Senate leadership in New Mexico

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

FILE- In this March 23, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump talks during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Monday, March 23, 2020, in Washington, as Attorney General William Barr looks on. Legislation to extend surveillance authorities that the FBI sees as vital in fighting terrorism was thrown in doubt Wednesday as President Donald Trump, the Justice Department and congressional Republicans all came out in opposition. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats pull surveillance bill after Trump veto threat

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper wears his mask after a media briefing on the coronavirus pandemic at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, May 28, 2020. (Ethan Hyman/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

N.C. legislature OKs bill overturning Cooper order on bars

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, California state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins of San Diego speaks on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif. The California Senate's plan to cover a projected budget deficit rejects Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed cuts to public education and health care programs. Newsom's plan would cut funding for public schools by about $8 billion. The Senate's plan would restore $2.7 billion of those cuts, the rest being deferred to future years. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Senate plan would reject most of governor’s cuts

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Democrats withdraw FISA bill amid Trump veto threat

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

House approves changes to business virus aid subsidy program

By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2019, file photo file photo, Marijuana plants growing under special grow lights, at GB Sciences Louisiana, in Baton Rouge, La. State lawmakers are poised to greatly expand Louisiana's medical marijuana to make more people eligible for the treatment, under a bill that continued Wednesday, May 20, 2020, to speed toward final passage. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Medical marijuana expansion nears final passage in Louisiana

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

In this March 7, 2020, photo, attorney Teresa Leger Fernandez of Santa Fe speaks to local Democratic delegates at a preprimary convention in Pojoaque, N.M. Leger Fernandez is one of seven contenders for the Democratic nomination in New Mexico's June 2 primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan in the 3rd Congressional District as he runs for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Former spy, issues of Trump loyalty weigh in New Mexico vote

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

NY Legislature votes to extend Child Victims Act deadline

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La. lawmakers refuse to shield incentive recipient details

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Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks as the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee meets on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, to issue a subpoena Blue Star Strategies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

The Senate’s fate rests in Donald Trump’s performance in the 2020 election

By Michael McKenna

A clerk puts out bills on the desks of members in the House of Representatives Senate as lawmakers reconvene the session that was suspended in mid-March by the spread of new coronavirus Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Denver. Lawmakers are facing the need to make drastic cuts in the state budget to deal with the tax shortfall stemming from the pandemic's effects on business. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado lawmakers reconvene, will address $3.3B shortfall

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Sen. Rebecca Rios, D-South Phoenix, makes a motion to adjourn during an Arizona Senate legislative session Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Phoenix. The Arizona Senate's plan to pass a series of House bills and possibly consider two pieces of coronavirus-related legislation were upended Tuesday when a majority of members quickly voted to adjourn for the year in a 16-14 vote, with three Republicans joining the Democrats for the majority. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Senate adjourns without taking up coronavirus bills

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2019 file photo, a state districts map is shown as a three-judge panel of the Wake County Superior Court presides over the trial of Common Cause, et al. v. Lewis, et al, in Raleigh, N.C. Drowned out by the coronavirus and national politics, Republican and Democratic operatives are nonetheless quietly preparing for a battle of state legislative supremacy later this year that could have a profound effect on political power for the next decade to come. This week, national Republicans are rolling out their first offensive target list for the November state legislative elections. Republican-led legislatures in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin appear on both of their redistricting target lists. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Parties target control of state legislatures, redistricting

By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press

Arizona Senate to take up series of House measures Tuesday

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks with reporters after meeting with Senate Republicans at their weekly luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Standing with McConnell are Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Mitch McConnell slams House for ‘paid leave’ in May

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Senate panel advances Trump pick to head Voice of America

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press