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Encyclopedia topic: State legislature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) |
 | | State legislatures are the lawmaking bodies of the 50 states in the United States of America (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776). |
 | | For example, in Vermont (A state in New England), state senators were formerly elected at large, two to a county – regardless of that county's size. |
 | | State legislatures have generally grown in importance over time, especially in the states without term limit (additional info and facts about term limit) s. |
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