Assembly News

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat government's move to appoint a commission of inquiry to survey the "migration and polarisation of population" on religious grounds, has drawn flak from many quarters, with human rights activists viewing it as Chief Minister Narendra Modi's "communal agenda" for the 2012 Assembly elections.

A NEWPORT post office, which was saved from closure last year, received a A 20,000 grant for refurbishment, the Assembly announced today.

New Delhi : Jharkhand is set for the second six-month spell of President's Rule with the Union Cabinet today deciding to recommend its extension beyond July 18 as no party or group has been able to form a government there.

State authorities last month delivered a subpoena to Perth Amboy officials as part of their investigation into a business relationship between the city and an insurance company owned by South Amboy Mayor John O'Leary. O'Leary, who is a Democratic candidate for the Assembly in the 19th District, would not confirm or deny his knowledge of the ...

The budget awaits the signature of Gov. Jim Doyle, who could rewrite sections of it with his veto powers.

Cigarette smokers and car owners, phone users and high earners, state workers and prison inmates all have a reason to care about the two-year budget that Wisconsin's Legislature passed early Friday evening.

Legislation that cobbles together more than a half-dozen strategies intended to stimulate economic development in New Jersey was passed Thursday by the Senate and Assembly.

A constitutional amendment introduced in the Assembly in January would put a couple of simple restrictions on state lawmaking that would promote open government and improve the quality of deliberation in the Legislature.

LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that former New York State Assemblyman ANTHONY SEMINERIO pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court to defrauding the public of his honest services.

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Today, California legislators will vote on a package of more than a dozen bills in an attempt to close a $24 billion budget gap.

A new loan program to help Binghamton property owners make energy efficiency improvements, including weatherization, is a step closer to becoming a reality, city officials said Friday.

A protest rally against alleged vote rigging in Iran's June 12 presidential elections scheduled for Saturday afternoon has been called off, the news network Khabar reported.

ALBANY - Remember the state Assembly? While the Senate remained stalled on its legislative work, the Assembly kept churning out bills yesterday, many of which have not been passed by the Senate.

Bangalore: The State Government on Wednesday set the ball rolling for elections to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike council by issuing a notification on the draft delimitation of wards.

Set to return to direct British rule as early as Wednesday after an inquiry found the overseas territory was rife with political corruption.

Working on a budget that cuts state school spending, promises furloughs and layoffs of state workers and raises $2.1 billion in taxes and fees, state Democrats this weekend began laying out how they'll defend it during the 2010 campaign.

The Tobago House of Assembly has removed itself from the jurisdiction of the Salaries Review Commission .

MADISON - Highlights of the $62.2 billion two-year spending plan passed Saturday by the state Assembly on a 50-48 vote.

Olga Breunig and Mitch Reible will still get married in the Wisconsin Capitol just like they wanted.