Gov. Josh Stein said he’ll veto House Bill 377 Monday, saying it would have a “chilling effect” on judicial independence in North Carolina. The bill, simply titled “2026 Court Changes,” would give the state Supreme Court the power to censure, publicly reprimand, suspend or remove judges at its discretion, even if the Judicial Standards Commission […]
New Hampshire state law gives convicted prisoners three years to request a new trial. After that, they lose the right. With a narrow exception for DNA forensics, that’s true even if new evidence contradicting their guilt emerges. If someone else confesses to the crime after three years, they can’t request a new trial. If previously […]
A week before Veto Day, leaders in both parties are hoping to overturn Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s veto of the Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan. And some like the odds. “I think there’s a pretty good chance,” said Deputy House Speaker Steven Smith, a Charlestown Republican, in an interview Wednesday. “It’s the type of thing that’s […]
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy allowed two bills to become law without his signature and vetoed two more on Monday, extending the record for the most vetoes in a two-year session of the Alaska Legislature. The governor vetoed a bill that would have required the University of Alaska to provide fee notices to students, and his […]
This year, Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have eliminated the use of polystyrene, best known as Styrofoam, in Alaska. We are interns at Alaska Community Action on Toxics, a nonprofit focused on the impacts of toxic chemicals and plastics on people’s health, the environment and Indigenous ways of life. We are […]
NC Gov. Josh Stein says he will veto a major elections bill the state House approved this week with only Republican votes. The bill shortens early voting in primaries from 17 to 10 days, and makes multiple changes to elections from registration to ballot-counting. “I will veto House Bill 958 because it makes it harder […]
The New Hampshire House and Senate will meet Aug. 19 to take up 31 of Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s 33 vetoes this year, after the Republican governor broke a modern record for vetoing the most bills in one year passed by a Legislature of her own party. This year’s Veto Day, which will occur 20 days […]
The North Carolina state House returns to work this week to take what may be its last votes before the November election. House Republicans are set to give final consideration to two elections bills, one of them controversial. House Bill 958, which makes changes to a range of voting practices, is on the House agenda […]
(The Center Square) - Despite Democrats having a majority in both chambers of the Colorado General Assembly, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis vetoed 12 bills in the 2026 legislative session. That outranks his previous personal veto record of 11 set in 2025.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed a bill that would have increased caps on the recovery of awards against a government entity.
