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Virginia House passes gun-control measures

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday March 17, 2014 file photo Assembly Speaker-elect Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, leaves the Assembly after she was elected to the position at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Atkins pledged Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, that the state Legislature would pass a housing production bill this year. Atkins' comments came moments after the Senate failed to pass an ambitious housing bill. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

After failure, California leaders vow to pass housing bill

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

Georgia Rep. Doug Collins walks with colleagues at the state capitol in Atlanta, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Riley Bunch/The Daily Times via AP) ** FILE **

Doug Collins announces U.S. Senate run; NRSC stands with his opponent

By James Varney and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Florida Senate set to vote on parental consent abortion bill

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In this image from video, White House deputy counsel Patrick Philbin speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

President’s lawyers misrepresented separation of powers in Trump’s impeachment trial

By Andrew P. Napolitano

In this image from video, White House deputy counsel Patrick Philbin answers a question during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Trump lawyers say calling witnesses would make impeachment ‘drag on for months’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this image from video, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Trump lawyers wrap up impeachment defense with plea to trust voters

By Dave Boyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Senate makes tweaks to workplace conduct rules

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

In this image from video, Ken Starr, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

House Democrats say Trump’s impeachment defense contradicts DOJ stance in Mueller lawsuit

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 2, 2019 file photo Illinois State Sen. Martin Sandoval, D-Chicago, at the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, Ill. Sandoval was charged in federal court Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, with bribery and filing a false tax return stemming from his support of the red-light camera industry when he was head of the state's powerful Transportation Committee. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File)

Ex-Illinois lawmaker pleads guilty in red-light bribery case

By MICHAEL TARM and JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

Senate passes animal cruelty, harassment bills

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE - Associated Press

This Jan. 17, 2020, photo, shows the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Legislators in Utah have voted to repeal the recently passed tax reform package amid widespread criticism. The House voted 70-1 and the Senate voted 27-0 on the repeal bill. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Utah leaders repeal tax reform amid criticism

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FILE - In this March 6, 2019 file photo, Korbin Osborn, left, works as a cannabis adviser at a medical marijuana dispensary in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico would legalize recreational marijuana sales without exceptions for dissenting cities and counties under a rebooted proposal form legislators that emphasizes small business opportunities and ready access to pot for 80,000 current medical cannabis patients. Legalization for the first time enjoys the full throttled support of second-year Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who set up a volunteer commission last year to vet health and public safety concerns about recreational cannabis and on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, pitched the benefits of the pot economy to a gathering business leaders. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee,File)

New Mexico recreational pot legalization passes 1st test

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

Bill allowing beer sales with curbside groceries moves on

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FILE - In this March 12, 2019, file photo, Cibola County Sheriff Tony Mace rallies protesters against gun control legislation at a gathering outside the New Mexico state Capitol in Santa Fe. Sheriffs across much of New Mexico are opposed to a legislative proposal from Democratic lawmakers to allow police or relatives to ask a court to temporarily take away guns from people who might harm themselves or others. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

Gun legislation advances with state Senate committee vote

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

In this image from video, Ken Starr, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Trump lawyers brush past Bolton concerns in trial, Starr makes first argument

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Bill would force state to let residents choose polling place

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Kentucky bill requires care for infants surviving abortion

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump pauses while signing H.R. 2476, Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019, with a bipartisan group of the nation's mayors in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump signs bill to improve religious groups’ security

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times