Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror The first bedrock rule of legislative procedure violated by the budget guardrails is the majority vote rule. It mandates that the normal or default standard for ...

The 2024 Connecticut General Assembly listens to Gov. Ned Lamont’s State of the State address. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror The first bedrock rule of legislative procedure violated by the ...

Why does the articulate majority elect to stay home on election day, leaving the country’s future in the hands of a quiet voting minority? Beyond the tweets, comments, posts and likes ...

As a result, Johnson became the first speaker candidate in the past 112 years to win without a single vote beyond the bare minimum needed for a majority. That said, close speaker elections have ...

(CBS12) — The Stuart City Commission voted in favor of lifting a four-year-old ban on plastic straws during a meeting Monday night, with a majority ... straws be banned?" Vote here: Find more ...

He argues that Democrat leaders' insistence on 68 votes as the magic, quorum-forming number doesn’t make sense given the current circumstances. Sixty-seven will constitute a majority when the ...

Chad’s governing party has taken the majority of seats in last month ... Mahamat Deby eventually won last year’s disputed presidential vote. The vote, which also included municipal and ...

Newcomers Carlos Leyva and Bill Sniadecki joined returning trustees Jeanette McCullough and Mark Costello, formerly frequent holdouts in 5-2 votes under the previous board, to form a majority ...