

NPR spoke with Kara Clark, chief of staff to New York Senator Jabari Brisport (D), about how to become civically engaged. New Jersey Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D) was profiled by a local online news source, as was Florida Senator Kathleen Passidomo (R), who is in line to become president of the Senate in 2023. Missouri House Majority Leader Dean Plocher (R) said he will seek to become the chamber’s new speaker next session. Arkansas Speaker Matthew Shepherd (R) announced he will seek a third term as the chamber’s leader. Kansas Senator Larry Alley (R) was elected to serve as the chamber’s new majority leader before the Legislature adjourned. Idaho House Speaker and NCSL Vice President Scott Bedke (R) is running for lieutenant governor.

It will be open to the public from 9 a.m. Larry Hogan announced the Capitol will reopen on Friday. The Maryland State House is reopening to the public after being closed for more than a year due to the pandemic. Maryland legislative leaders and the governor announced the reopening of the State House. Kentuckians were urged to get involved with the General Assembly during its interim period. House and Senate employees in Massachusetts received a 6% increase in pay and a $500 stipend to offset costs of working from home over the past year. The Indiana attorney general said in legal filings that the governor is wrongly using the courts to challenge limits placed on his role by the General Assembly. Just completed my 19th year covering the Oklahoma Legislature in some form or fashion. Alabama is considering a special session on prison construction. Dan Patrick (R), who serves as president of the Senate, has asked the governor to call the legislature into special session. The Alaska Legislature appears to be extending its special session. The Nevada Legislature is nearing the end of its session and is holding a vaccination event for children 12 and under today, combined with tours of the legislative building afterward. Also adjourning were the Vermont General Assembly, which approved its budget and invested a historic amount of funding in higher education, and the Nebraska Legislature, which passed major tax cuts. The Oklahoma Legislature adjourned on Thursday, sending a record number of bills to the governor. Nebraska, Oklahoma and Vermont have ended their legislative sessions, the Maryland State House is reopening, Kansas selects a new Senate majority leader, and legislative staff in Massachusetts will get pay raises.

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