Bills related to sexual abuse cases, expungement, payday lenders and auto-body shops are on the agenda at the RI State House.

Colleagues described Representative Melissa Hortman as a skilled, conciliatory lawmaker who was at once steely and warm.

Florida could shield from public disclosure the home addresses of legislators, other elected officials and their family ...

Democratic Gov. Josh Stein has a series of controversial bills on his desk to sign or veto. It’s the first test of the new ...

If you think the Democrat Party is fractured now—stick around. It is only going to get worse before it gets any better, ...

Republican leaders counter that lawfully partisan — and not racial — considerations helped inform their decision-making.

Exclusive: The dramatic late intervention comes in a letter to Leader of the House Lucy Powell from Labour MPs warning that ...

Six weeks after the regularly scheduled session ended, legislative leaders finished negotiating details of a spending plan ...

The House’s "big, beautiful bill" requires states to pay for a portion of food benefit costs — changes that would oblige ...

President Trump and Senate Republicans are facing a crucial week in their push to enact the mammoth bill containing their domestic agenda. GOP leaders are hoping to unveil text this week that ...

The EPA and North Carolina General Assembly advanced federal and state deregulatory reforms last week aimed at tamping down ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Melissa Hortman’s influence at the Minnesota Capitol and her power as a Democratic leader to shape the ...