State of the State Schedule 2015

For fans of political oratory, it's a very happy new year indeed. We're coming off an election year when 36 governors were either elected or re-elected, and new legislatures will sit in most states. It's a clean slate for a lot of these pols, and they're gearing up to unveil their agendas in speeches to kick off the 2015 legislative sessions. From redistricting to labor issues to taxes to human rights, the policies that really affect you get made in your state capitol, not Congress—especially in this era of gridlock. Every year, I urge everyone to watch or read the State of the State address—and, this year, inaugural speech—for your state to bone up on what conservative or liberal dream policy is (or isn't) coming down the pike. Here's Baseballot's annual list of speeches to catch this winter (updated as new speeches are given or announced):

Alabama: January 19 at 9am CT (inaugural); March 3 at 6:30pm CT (State of the State)
Alaska: December 1 at 11:30am AKT (inaugural); January 21 at 7pm AKT (State of the State); January 22 at 7pm AKT (budget address)
Arizona: January 5 at noon MT (inaugural); January 12 at 2pm MT (State of the State)
Arkansas: January 13 at noon CT (inaugural); January 22 at 10am CT (health-care speech)
California: January 5 at 10am PT
Colorado: January 13 at 11am MT (inaugural); January 15 at 11am MT (State of the State)
Connecticut: January 7 at 1:30pm ET (inaugural); January 7 at 4pm ET (State of the State); February 18 at noon ET (budget address)
Delaware: January 22 at 2pm ET (State of the State); January 29 at 1pm ET (budget address)
Florida: January 6 at 11:20am ET (inaugural); March 3 at 11am ET (State of the State)
Georgia: January 12 at 2pm ET (inaugural); January 14 at 11am ET (State of the State)
Hawaii: December 1 at noon HAT (inaugural); January 26 at 10am HAT (State of the State)
Idaho: January 9 at noon MT (inaugural); January 12 at 1pm MT (State of the State)
Illinois: January 12 at 11am CT (inaugural); February 4 at noon CT (State of the State); February 18 at noon CT (budget address)
Indiana: January 13 at 7pm ET
Iowa: January 13 at 10am CT (Condition of the State); January 16 at 9am CT (inaugural)
Kansas: January 12 at 11am CT (inaugural); January 15 at 6:30pm CT (State of the State)
Kentucky: January 7 at 7pm ET
Louisiana: April 13 at 1pm CT
Maine: January 7 at 11:30am ET (inaugural); February 3 at 7pm ET (State of the State)
Maryland: January 21 at noon ET (inaugural); February 4 at noon ET (State of the State)
Massachusetts: January 8 at noon ET
Michigan: January 1 at 11:30am ET (inaugural); January 20 at 7pm ET (State of the State)
Minnesota: January 5 at noon CT (inaugural); April 9 at 7pm CT (State of the State)
Mississippi: January 21 at 5pm CT
Missouri: January 21 at 7pm CT
Montana: January 28 at 7pm MT
Nebraska: January 8 at 2pm CT (inaugural); January 22 at 10am CT (State of the State)
Nevada: January 5 at noon PT (inaugural); January 15 at 6pm PT (State of the State)
New Hampshire: January 8 at noon ET (inaugural); February 12 at 1pm ET (budget address)
New Jersey: January 13 at 2pm ET (State of the State); February 24 at 2pm ET (budget address)
New Mexico: January 1 at 9am MT (inaugural); January 20 at noon MT (State of the State)
New York: January 1 at noon ET (New York City inaugural); January 1 at 4:15pm ET (Buffalo inaugural); January 21 at 1:30pm ET (State of the State)
North Carolina: February 4 at 7pm ET
North Dakota: January 6 at 1pm CT
Ohio: January 12 at 11:30am ET (inaugural); February 24 at 7pm ET (State of the State)
Oklahoma: January 12 at noon CT (inaugural); February 2 at 12:30pm CT (State of the State)
Oregon: January 12 at 10:30am PT (Kitzhaber inaugural); February 18 at 10am PT (Brown inaugural); April 17 at noon PT (State of the State)
Pennsylvania: January 20 at noon ET (inaugural); March 3 at 11:30am ET (budget address)
Rhode Island: January 6 at noon ET (inaugural); March 12 at 7pm ET (budget address)
South Carolina: January 14 at 11am ET (inaugural); January 21 at 7pm ET (State of the State)
South Dakota: December 2 at 1pm CT (budget address); January 10 at noon CT (inaugural); January 13 at 1pm CT (State of the State)
Tennessee: January 17 at 11am CT (inaugural); February 9 at 6pm CT (State of the State)
Texas: January 20 at 11am CT (inaugural); February 17 at 11am CT (State of the State)
Utah: January 28 at 6:30pm MT
Vermont: January 8 at 1:30pm ET (inaugural); January 15 at 2pm ET (budget address)
Virginia: January 14 at 7pm ET
Washington: January 13 at noon PT
West Virginia: January 14 at 7pm ET
Wisconsin: January 5 at 11am CT (inaugural); January 13 at 7pm CT (State of the State); February 3 at 7pm CT (budget address)
Wyoming: January 5 at 10am MT (inaugural); January 14 at 10am MT (State of the State)

National: January 20 at 9pm ET