as in capitol
the building in which a state legislature meets a field trip to the statehouse to see the legislature in session

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Recent Examples of statehouse In statehouses across the country, lawmakers will take action to provide the same year-one deductibility at the state level for business capital expenditures, along with research and development costs, that OBBBA restored federally. Patrick Gleason, Denver Post, 25 July 2025 Read more from statehouse reporter Melissa Brown on where the bill stands and the key differences between the House and Senate versions of the legislation. Powered By, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Indiana House Democrats returned to the statehouse after five weeks. Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025 Proposals for fair districting criteria and independent commissions have circulated in statehouses and Congress for years. Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for statehouse
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  • This includes European troops on the ground in Ukraine and Zelenskyy's call for arms sales, which would contradict Putin's demands for Ukraine to demilitarize. Lawmakers in Texas and California are back to work in their state capitols as the battle to redistrict intensifies across the country.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025
  • It’s not lost on many in the Texas capitol that the same interests who blocked tort reform from passing during the regular session earlier this year also helped finance Texas Democrats’ latest quorum-blocking walkout.
    Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Statehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statehouse. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.

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