Karl Kurtz, of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), says that lawmakers in many states had a good excuse last week for working on Martin Luther King's birthday, a federal holiday.

NCSL的卡尔库尔特（Karl Kurtz）说道，很多州的立法者对上周在马丁路德金（Martin Luther King）的生日那天（联邦法定假日）继续工作都备有绝好的借口。

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The NCSL report says schools should be put into larger groups under the control of one head teacher.

NCSL报告说学校应该在一位校长的控制下结合成较大的团体。

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The NCSL reports that Republicans will soon control both chambers of the legislature in 32 states -- the most in the party's history.

全美州议会联合会报告称，共和党人很快将同时控制32个州的议会两院，这是该党历史上最多的一次。

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From 2001 to 2006, bills proposing adoption of the district system were introduced in many states, but failed to pass, according to the NCSL website.

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Twenty-nine states have constitutional provisions banning same-sex marriage, the NCSL says.

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That has supporters, including the NRF, the SSTGB and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), mulling over how to revamp two bills, both called the "Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act, " which have been pending in the House and the Senate since 2007.

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