Newsmakers.

• Position: List

1|NEW MEXICO

"Raising the minimum wage is about reducing inequality, but it's also about restoring the true value of work."

Representative Miguel P. Garcia (D) on a proposal to raise the state minimum wage to $10, in the Albuquergue Journal.

2|UTAH

"Do we let people wait until hell freezes over at a light, or do we trust them?"

Representative Ken Ivory (R) on his bill to allow cars to run red lights legally at times of extremely low traffic, in the Salt Lake Tribune.

3|COLORADO

"That's the intention of this bill--to help people believe their vote matters."

Representative Emily Sirota (D) on a bill to award the state's presidential electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, from The Associated Press.

4|NORTH CAROLINA

"Constituents should be the ones that pick their lawmakers, and not the other way around."

Representative Chuck McGrady (R) on a proposal to create an independent commission to draw electoral maps, in The News & Observer.

WOMEN ARE CONTINUING THEIR WINNING STREAK. After getting elected in record numbers to legislatures last year, women have claimed more leadership posts than ever. They now hold the presiding position in eight state Senates and six state Houses.

5|OHIO

OHIO HOUSE MEMBERS HAVE SELECTED LARRY HOUSEHOLDER (R) AS SPEAKER AND BILL SEITZ AS MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER. Householder, who is serving his second consecutive term, was speaker from 2001 to 2004. Seitz was first elected to the House in 2000, where he served as majority whip, assistant majority whip and chair of the Civil and Commercial Law Committee. He then served in the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2016, before returning to the House, where he is serving his second consecutive term.

6|ILLINOIS

ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS NAMED REPRESENTATIVE GREG HARRIS (D)...