CICA Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative Abortion Provides a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, defined to include abortion, contraception, sterilization, miscarriage management, ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as his nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on November 11, 2024. This presidential appointment requires ...

A total of 15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate were up for election in 2024. The chamber's Republican majority increased from 19-12 to 20-11. All 31 seats in the Texas State Senate were up ...

President Donald Trump (R) was inaugurated for his second term as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. He serves with Vice President J.D. Vance (R), a former senator from Ohio.

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe as his nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency on November 12, 2024. This ...

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CISS 3 Prohibit the Injury or Killing of Animals Initiative Treatment of animals Criminalizes the injury or killing of animals, including farming, ranching, hunting, fishing, trapping, pest control, ...

Rhode Island does not allow the initiative and referendum process. The Rhode Island State Legislature can refer constitutional amendments, statutes, and bond issues to the ballot for voter ...

For 2024, measures that were certified for the ballot are available here, and measures that failed to make the ballot are available here. In New York, citizens do not have the power to initiate ...

Connecticut was one of 15 Democratic state government trifectas at the start of 2025 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a ...

In 2025, the North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to convene on January 8 and adjourn on July 31.

In Ohio, initiated state statutes begin as indirect initiatives, with campaigns needing to collect signatures equal to 3 percent of the votes cast for governor to place their proposal before the Ohio ...