On Jan. 10, 2023, Sarah Huckabee Sanders was inaugurated as Arkansas’s first female governor. She is also the nation’s youngest current governor, at 41 years old. Huckabee Sanders belongs to an Arkansas political dynasty: Her father, Mike Huckabee, served as the state’s 44th governor fro...
In the 1850s, the issue of slavery took center stage, with disagreement in particular over the question of whether or not slavery should be permitted in the country's new territories in the West. The Whig Party straddled the issue and sank to its death; it was replaced in 1854 by the R...
1.All rights not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution nor denied by it to the states. 2.The political position advocating strict interpretation of the Constitution with regard to the limitation of federal powers and the extension of the autonomy of the individual state to the ...
governorunified governmentpolitical partyCurrently, 24 states in the U.S. still permit the death penalty, along with three states temporarily suspending it. Nevertheless, there exists substantial variation in the extent to which each state actually carries out the executions. While studies have ...
Public-worker pensions create incentives for ever-higher taxes as current politicians seek near-term political support by adding to taxpayer liabilities that have to be paid on some future Governor’s watch. Down that road lies New Jersey or Illinois. Fortunately, the waffling governor does not ...
Most states have alieutenant governor, who is often elected independently of the governor and is sometimes not a member of the governor’s party. Lieutenant governors generally serve as the presiding officer of the state Senate. Other elected officials commonly include a secretary of state, state ...
United States - Political parties: The United States has two major national political parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Although the parties contest presidential elections every four years and have national party organizations, betw
— Rick Perry (@GovernorPerry)February 9, 2024 In May 2023, HJR102 pretty much lost all hope. Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick announced that the sports betting bill will not be referred and discussed on the Senate floor, since it was carried by Democrats. ...
North Dakota's New Governor Eyes 'Path to Zero' Property Tax on People's Homes. Can It Be Done? North Dakota is in a unique position to use its oil wealth to eventually end property taxes on people's homes under a plan from new Gov. Kelly Armstrong ...
This surprising result goes against the recent literature in political economy. We then perform another regression discontinuity design in which we find that whether a government is aligned (both the Governor and the majority in the state House belong to the same party) or divided (they belong ...