Child marriage under any circumstance is not in the best interest of the child,” said NH Rep. Cassandra Levesque, D-Barrington.
DFL Leaders want to put a constitutional amendment before Minnesota voters in 2026 that would extend to abortion rights and gender identity. It differs from a version that cleared the state Senate.
Opposes of the bill say its language is deceptive to voters, and worry about legal ramifications it might bring, among other things. Those in favor of the amendment say it better aligns with Minnesota ...
Senate Bill 615 sought to increase the age of consent from 16 to 18. It also contained provisions that would have protected ...
Delegates at the Iowa Republican Party’s state convention voted to include a policy statement on marriage in the oarty’s 2024 ...
An effort to raise Oklahoma’s age of sexual consent appears dead for the session after lawmakers tried to take it a step ...
New Hampshire may become the next state to ban child marriage after its state House of Representatives passed a bill that ...
With four days left in the 2024 session, lawmakers are trying to move along the 287 bills left on the calendar before the end ...
For the second year in a row, the sounds of Cinco de Mayo echoed into the Capitol as lawmakers toiled on a Saturday to find ...
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