Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The California Capitol stands in Sacramento as the legislative session opens, Jan. 5, 2026. Photo: Madeline Shannon / The Center ...

Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney, left, and House Speaker Matt Ritter in conversation in February 2025. Credit: Mark Pazniokas / CT Mirror Senate President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, ...

West Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore Donna Boley announced Thursday that she was resigning effective immediately to focus on her health and spend more time with her family. (Photo Provided) ...

Robert Cramer was elected as new Iowa board of Regents president Wednesday after former president, Sherry Bates, announced her resignation from the position on Dec. 1. Kurt Tjaden was elected as ...

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State Sen. Larry Walker of Perry has been unanimously elected president pro tempore of the Georgia State Senate at the start of the legislative session, the state senate press office says. “I am ...

Editor's note: Madeline Shannon, a reporter with The Center Square, is based at the California Capitol in Sacramento and begins filing her stories there today as the new legislative session starts.