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The Capitol is seen just before sunrise in Washington, Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Movement for Black Lives opposes Democrats’ bill to overhaul policing

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 26, 2020, file photo, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, speaks to the media in Phoenix. Arizona's Republican Senate president said Wednesday, March 10, 2021, she has narrowed the search for a firm to do a full audit of the 2020 election results in the state's most populous county and plans to invite Democrats to participate in the process. Still, nearly two weeks after a judge sided with the Senate in a fight over access to ballots and elections equipment from Maricopa County's election, Senate President Fann said there are many details still to be worked out. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona Senate to hand-count 2.1 million Maricopa ballots

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Ex-Florida senator charged in fake candidate scheme

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, store manager Ruby Amsden, left, attends to medical marijuana customer and retired nurse Jan Stewart, who uses cannabis to relieve pain associated with her recovery from bone cancer and help with sleeping, at the Minerva medical cannabis dispensary in Santa Fe, N.M. Legislation to legalize cannabis in New Mexico advanced Thursday, March 18, 2021, toward a decisive Senate floor vote under a framework that emphasizes government oversight of pricing and supplies and social services for communities where the criminalization of pot led to aggressive policing. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

New Mexico pot legalization bill advances as time runs short

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, Xavier Becerra testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Becerra confirmed to shepherd Biden’s ambitious health plans

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Absentee ballot turn-in deadline moved up in NC Senate bill

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Senate votes to confirm Xavier Becerra as Joe Biden’s HHS secretary

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Shawnee County Jail in Topeka, Kan., shows Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop, R-Wichita, after being booked for an arrest, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Topeka, Kan. Suellentrop was arrested early Tuesday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence and attempting to flee a law enforcement officer. (Shawnee County Jail via AP).

Kansas patrol: Basic report not ready on GOP leader’s arrest

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

State Rep. Georgene Louis, of Bernalillo County, appears via video to legislators and staff at the state House on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Louis presented a bill that would strip qualified immunity for most officials. The bill has grown out of recommendations from a bipartisan civil rights commission created after the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

New Mexico seeks end to police immunity from prosecution

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Samuel Corum/Pool via AP)

Senate Democrats introduce massive election overhaul legislation

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 27, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden speaks on the economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Joe Biden caves to left in filibuster fight; Democrats put holdouts on hot seat

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, March 11, 2021, file photo State Sen. Mimi Stewart talks on the Senate floor during the annual legislative session, in Santa Fe, N.M. Education committee leaders in the state Legislature have reached a compromise on extended learning funding that will allow schools to get more money with loosened accountability requirements. The consensus agreement was finalized Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in the House education committee, where Senate sponsor Stewart presented her amended version of the bill. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)

New Mexico lawmakers OK more school time, fewer mandates

By CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press

Ex-Florida senator’s raided home in bogus candidate probe

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear addresses the media at a news conference at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. A Kentucky legislative panel has recommended that no further action be taken on impeachment petitions filed by citizens against Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Kentucky lawmakers advance bipartisan election reform bill

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE— In this Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 file photo, provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Elizabeth Hertel, director of the state health department addresses the state. Republican senators critical of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's handling of the coronavirus pandemic are weighing whether to reject her appointee Hertel to run the state health department, which has issued orders restricting business capacity and gathering sizes to limit COVID-19's spread. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)

Republicans consider whether to block Whitmer’s health chief

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Xavier Becerra before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Alaska Republican Party censures Lisa Murkowski, vows to mount Senate primary challenge in 2022

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Samuel Corum/Pool via AP)

Senate Democrats push forward with bill to overhaul elections

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 relief package in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden says he supports changes to filibuster

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Lawmakers to meet with Lamont on future of his COVID orders

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

New Mexico budget plan advances toward Senate vote

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