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Filibusters, which can be used to prompt robust discourse or simply delay legislative action, are having a moment in some state legislative chambers this year.

During the pandemic, states adapted quickly to deal with a public health crisis, disruption to government operations, financial volatility and economic distress. Now they must decide which of those changes should remain in place.

With evidence of deep political divisions turning up daily on social media and in the news, a growing number of national organizations are dedicated to promoting bipartisanship and civility among state legislators.

A bipartisan group of Alabama legislators, Black and white, met to talk about racism and the rage fueling the racial justice protests after George Floyd’s murder by a police officer.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging restrictions on the use of American Rescue Plan Act funding but will hear a case concerning religious accommodation.