PROTECTING THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.

• Position: STATELINE

North Carolina lawmakers are the latest to step up statehouse security measures. All visitors to the Legislative Building, where the General Assembly meets, must now pass through metal detectors, though lawmakers and employees will bypass them, The Associated Press reports. Thirty-two states now have metal detectors at their statehouse entrances, according to NCSL research. North Carolina's $1.3 million security upgrade also includes bag scanners, more monitors and strengthened parking garage entrances. Reluctant to limit constituents' access to...