How to Use statehouse in a Sentence

statehouse

noun
  • Democrats in the Texas statehouse pushed back against the bill.
    — Lauren Lantry, ABC News, 19 June 2021
  • The idea does not have wide support in the statehouse.
    — Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That question will be settled from the city to the statehouse.
    — Stacy Davis Gates, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • And the open carry of firearms on statehouse grounds was legal.
    — Javonte Anderson, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The pattern extends to the statehouse floor.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • No amendment to do so has been introduced yet in the statehouse.
    — Scott Bauer and Nicholas Riccardi, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2021
  • As the casket was moved inside, the lines to enter the statehouse grew longer.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Cannon was put in handcuffs and forcibly removed from the statehouse.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Troopers swept the statehouse with guns drawn, clearing the building door by door.
    — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Outside the statehouse, the line to enter snaked around the building.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2022
  • The party will now have full control of the statehouse for the first time in 26 years.
    — Alan Suderman, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The design of the flag flying over the statehouse might not seem like the kind of thing that would stir deep passions.
    — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
  • The Ohio statehouse has grown only more lopsided in the past decade.
    — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Read more about the new law from statehouse reporter Vivian Jones.
    — Nashville Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Fixing those issues is not on anyone’s agenda at the statehouse this year.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The historic features of the old statehouse contributed to civic health as well.
    — Whitney Martinko, Smithsonian, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Dozens of bills aimed at restricting gay or transgender rights have emerged in the statehouse.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
  • From coast to coast, housing has emerged as perhaps the biggest statehouse issue this year.
    — David W. Chen, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Williams tells me her committee sees hundreds of statehouse seats as flippable this fall.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 8 June 2026
  • Teachers are packing the statehouse to rally against the House bill.
    — USA TODAY, 19 June 2019
  • The bill passed with enough votes to overturn a veto in the state Senate, but not the statehouse.
    — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Who is Jeff Longstreth and what is he accused of in the Ohio statehouse bribery case?
    — cleveland, 1 Aug. 2020
  • In Ohio, hundreds gathering on the lawn of the statehouse.
    — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Skyler Hutto was called to testify at the statehouse.
    — Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
  • For me, a 25-year-old statehouse reporter, this is the most exciting hour of the year.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The state’s term limits have opened a safely red statehouse seat for the first time since 2014.
    — Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The state’s term limits have opened a safely red statehouse seat for the first time since 2014.
    — Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • And with the governor's seat and control of the statehouse up for grabs, this year could prove no different.
    — Gaby Vinick, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the plans Bowyer touted align with those Heap has supported in the statehouse.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But its reach expands beyond the city to politicians in the Illinois statehouse.
    — Matt Paprocki, National Review, 16 Apr. 2023

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