Definition of statehouse
: the building in which a state legislature sits
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Examples of statehouse in a Sentence
a field trip to the statehouse to see the legislature in session
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Despite their fondness for Madaleno, both Kasemeyer and Miller are supporting one of his opponents, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, who served in the statehouse before Madaleno.
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The breakthrough — made possible by a coalition of Democrats and a handful of Republicans in the statehouse — continues the expansion of the government safety net made possible by the 2010 healthcare law, often called Obamacare.
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Many candidates from underrepresented communities will get their start on school boards, city councils, in statehouses and DA offices.
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Greitens' trial for his first felony charge is set to begin May 14, likely before the start of a special session in the statehouse.
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Adams, who served in the statehouse in North Carolina, also taught Art History for 40 years at Bennett College, a HBCU in North Carolina.
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Ervin, who has two adult sons and four grandkids, is not the only black woman seeking an American governorship at a time when there are no sitting black governors anywhere in the U.S. (and women run just six statehouses).
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On one side is Stacey Abrams, the proudly progressive, African American former House minority leader who represented a majority-black Atlanta district in her decade at the statehouse.
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Seven months after the #MeToo movement began, state lawmakers across the country are still grappling with how to root out what many say is a longstanding misogynistic culture in statehouses.
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First Known Use of statehouse
1778
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Definition of statehouse for English Language Learners
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: the building in which the legislature of a U.S. state meets and works
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: the building where the legislature of a state meets
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