Letter writer Michael Ernest (“New state laws likely to prove costly,” May 19) is factually incorrect when he asserts, “No one seems to ask nor does the media seem to be interested in the costs of ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Senate President Mitch Carmichael calls a fiscal note from the state Supreme Court on the cost of a new intermediate appeals court “comical.” The note, first reported by ...

Here’s a classic dilemma for agencies: When the cost of a new project is underestimated, agency managers may have to drop aspects of the program, reassess targets, slow down timetables or even ask the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Fiscal memos 10News has reviewed from the Tennessee General Assembly outline the projected costs of two different school voucher proposals. Members of the House, the Senate and ...

A circuit court judge has ruled that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey acted illegally when he refused to approve the state auditor's fiscal note for 11 initiative petitions related to abortion ...

DENVER, Colorado — The start of the legislative session reveals a secret. There are state employees whose job is to simplify nearly impossible-to-understand legalese. When lawmakers introduce a bill ...

Paul Hammer asks for solitary confinement to be stopped in prison at a protest in March. Hammer is a member of a Quaker faith community, New Haven Friends Meeting. He said that Quakers contributed to ...

Ballot summary language for several abortion-related initiative petitions prepared by Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft was insufficient, judges at the Western District Court of Appeals have ruled, ...

Prof. Howard Friedman (Religion Clause) reports (some punctuation revised): In State of Missouri ex rel. Dr. Anna Fitz-James v. Bailey (MO Sup. Ct., July 20, 2023), the Missouri Supreme Court affirmed ...