It is intended to discourage child pornography, according to its legislative sponsors.

Because no new money is needed for charter schools, property taxes should not be affected, legislative sponsors say.

This time Hyde secured legislative sponsors, and the request was added as an amendment to another bill.

Prudential and legislative sponsors say none of this should concern the company's customers.

The company and the legislative sponsors proudly refer to the bill as one of the most consumer-friendly measures of its type.

Although some lawyers and legislative sponsors are confident the Massachusetts law is constitutional, others think a successful challenge is inevitable.

The bill's legislative sponsors said it was intended to end a "kangaroo court" system for disciplining government workers.

The policy became a formal act in 1935, and its legislative sponsors were state of North Carolina.

But it has put legislative sponsors of the measure in a defensive mode, at least for the moment.

The law's legislative sponsors said the shooting was an isolated incident that in no way diminished the soundness of the law.