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The fight to replace Ruggerio as Senate president is on. Here's how it's shaking out.
And there is the pushback coming from the progressive faction within the Senate that sided with Sen. Ryan Pearson when he ...
Gov. JB Pritzker endorses Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton for US Senate
Gov. JB Pritzker’s endorsement of Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton gives her a key edge in the race to replace retiring US Sen. Dick ...
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Booker won’t run to be #2 Senate Democrat
Senator Cory Booker will not run to succeed retiring Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) as Senate Democratic Whip, his caucus’s ...
Senate Democratic leader Jason Pizzo switches party affiliation live on Senate floor
The Florida Democratic Party chair called Pizzo's move "one of the best things to happen to the party in years," likening it ...
Florida Senate Democrats change course with new leader Lori Berman. ‘She doesn’t fly off the cuff.’
In choosing Lori Berman of Palm Beach County as their new leader, Florida Senate Democrats went with a calm, respected policy ...
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‘The Democratic Party In Florida Is Dead’: Top State Senate Dem Leaves Party He Says ‘Craves And Screams Anarchy’
Florida State Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo announced Thursday he is leaving the Democratic Party, promptly stepping ...
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The State House Gavel: Senate passes $14B budget that raises in-district pay for lawmakers
Statehouse reporters Gavin Jackson, Russ McKinney and Maayan Schechter are back at the Capitol reporting what you need to ...
Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois says he won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026 and knows “it’s time to pass the ...
'Democratic Party in Florida is dead': Florida Senate Democratic leader Jason Pizzo quits
State Sen. Jason Pizzo said he was stepping down as the Florida Senate's Democratic leader because he is quitting the ...
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So Hoos Asking: What Does UVA’s Faculty Senate Do?
UVA Today checked in with Faculty Senate Chair James H. Lambert to learn more about the group. A. Composed of 82 faculty representatives from schools across the University, the Faculty Senate’s main ...
Michigan House Oversight chair: State workers 'better get ready because we're coming in'
Michigan House Republicans vowed to "rein in" the power of state departments as they took testimony from individuals who ...
SC Senate budget locks in teacher raises. What’s different from the House plan?
For MUSC, the Senate wants to spend $25 million toward a new a college of medicine academic building. But the House wants to spend $6.6 million on a southeastern health consortium, $5.82 million on ...