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A same-sex marriage bill passed the New Jersey state house, Monday, just 3 votes shy of a veto-proof majority.

New Jersey lawmakers gave their blessing to legalizing gay marriage for the first time Monday as the state Senate passed a bill that would allow nuptials for same-sex couples, despite Gov.

A Plattsburgh woman with tea party ties will announce her candidacy for state Assembly on Wednesday in a district held by a GOP lawmaker.

Assemblyman Jack McEneny, top, questions NYS Correction Officers Benevolent Assoc.

The Seraikela Chhau performances of about 60 young proponents - young college-goers in Ranchi - at a Sunday function assured the audience, including Assembly Speaker C.P. Singh, that tradition was well and truly alive and beating.

The fourth Tuesday in June would become New York's primary election day for federal and state offices under a bill Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced today.

Four years ago, villagers of Maldeopur in Ballia were sold a dream. A 1,047km, eight-lane Ganga Expressway would give them fast connectivity to Delhi and all the cities and towns on the way.

The Election Commission today censured Law Minister Salman Khurshid for violating the model code of conduct by promising nine per cent sub-quota for minorities within the 27 per cent quota for OBCs, and asked him to not repeat it in future till the conclusion of Assembly elections.

Four months ago, the state Assembly had passed the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Bill, but it is yet to get clearance from the Union Home Ministry.

The modern-day Ten Commandments, they included changes to teacher training and a new drive for accountability.

Assemblymen Lou Greenwald, right, the sponsor of pension and health benefit bill, waits to see whether his bill passes final approval, June 23, 2011.

A PREVIOUS chairman of Wales' foremost charity for ethnic minorities resigned five years ago after alleging that its chief executive was awarding himself unauthorised pay rises, we can reveal.

Women voters stand in queue to cast their votes during the Assembly election in Manipur on January 28.

The LovelandPrimary School is hosting a parade and assembly in honor of Army Sergeant Chris Tobias, a 2006 Loveland High School graduate, who just finished a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

The state Senate on Tuesday, January 31, approved legislation to expand the state's DNA databank.

The state may have thrown the baby out with the bath water when it chose to kill California's redevelopment agencies, but the Legislature now appears to be trying to administer a little CPR.

Commercial drivers who are not affiliated to transport unions within the Accra Metropolis have expressed worry over frequent arrests by city guards.

The caucus is a civic process that involves talking politics with neighbors, benefits from being run by well-oiled institutions and asks citizens to set aside part of a weekend that might otherwise be spent with family or stocking up for the big game.

State lawmakers took a step toward implementing a major component of President Barack Obama's health care reform law Monday as an Assembly panel moved legislation to establish a New Jersey health insurance exchange.