TRENTON — State Sen. Diane Allen has plenty of unfinished business that she hopes to finish before she retires next year. Near the top of that list is getting legislation signed into law that would address the thousands of New Jersey schoolchildren found to be chronically absent from public schools. Allen has been pushing the legislation for […]

State Rep. Leslie Osborn has been selected to serve as the 2017 Oklahoma director of the National Foundation of Women Legislators, the nation’s oldest non-partisan organization addressing the needs of elected women at all levels of government. “It’s truly an honor to be selected by the NWFL to serve as state director,” said Osborn, R-Mustang, […]

A nationwide organization that works to provide more opportunities for female lawmakers is getting some Brooklyn-style input. Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis has been named by the National Foundation for Women Legislators to serve as its New York state director. Founded in 1938, the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL) works with female lawmakers across the country […]

COLUMBIA– The Senate’s game of musical chairs Wednesday ended well for one of the four women in the Legislature’s upper chamber. State Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, was elevated to chair of the Senate General Committee, filling a leadership post left open when Kevin Bryant, R-Anderson, resigned his Senate seat to fill a vacancy in the lieutenant […]

Ohio Sen. Frank LaRose, Maine Treasurer Terry Hayes, and Idaho Rep. Melissa Wintrow Named 2017 Co-Chairs of National Network of State Legislators COLUMBUS, OH (January 13, 2017) The National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD) today announced the new chairs for their National Network of State Legislators committed to Civil Governance. The Network consists of 100 […]

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. As part of an ongoing effort to raise awareness of the crime in Michigan, state Sen. Judy Emmons will be helping lead a public discussion on human trafficking. “Human trafficking in Michigan is real and, although we have achieved much in shining the light on this heinous crime, it continues to […]

Senator Diane Allen cooks her personal recipe for Linguini Carbonara with Pasta & Politics host Nick Acocella and talks about her athletic ability, her love of cooking, her Quakerism, her career in broadcasting and how she was fired, her unorthodox child rearing style necessitated because she anchored the 6 and the 11 o’clock news – […]

ATLANTA – It could soon be illegal in Georgia to smoke in a car when children are present. State Representative Sandra Scott, D-Rex, has pre-filed legislation that would ban adults from smoking in a vehicle when anyone under 18 is also in the car. “It would be the voice for the voiceless; it would be the voice for children,” explained Rep. […]

By Sam Stockard Bipartisanship forms the backbone of state Rep. Karen Camper’s legislative philosophy. The Memphis Democrat from Whitehaven recently received the honor as one of the 2016 Elected Women of Excellence, an award established by the National Foundation for Women Legislators to recognize hard work and legislative efforts. But being recognized by other women […]

December 21, 2016 ATLANTA – State Representative Sandra Scott (D-Rex) was recently appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the National Foundation of Women Legislators. “Those that aspire to change the world are the same that are willing to change themselves for the betterment of their community and the future of our country,” Scott said in […]