Shutting down the Colorado Youth Advisory Council would save about $50,000 a year. That’s a relatively paltry amount, but ...

Florida lawmakers next week will start the annual legislative session, which will include considering hundreds of bills. Here ...

Lawmakers in Santa Fe pass a bipartisan public safety package, work on CYFD reforms and prepare for the state budget as the legislative session nears its end.

The congresswoman from New York is in line to be confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. But first, her ...

The Texas Lottery Commission’s executive director said Monday he would move to ban couriers from buying lottery tickets after finding that state law bars the practice, an about-face from the agency’s ...

Florida’s legislative session begins March 4—just weeks after a special session that passed sweeping immigration reform. As ...

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"This was a nearly nine hour voting marathon where Democrats were trying to do some political damage to the Republicans," said Mitchell Miller.

The Trump Administration’s series of unilateral actions undermining Congress’s constitutional authority over federal budget ...

A House bill that would substantially boost school funding has cleared two committees and could be headed for a final vote, ...

Republican lawmakers are desperate for some presidential leadership on their budget plan. In theory, Trump could step up. In practice, he doesn’t want to.

Speaker Mike Johnson is facing an increasingly narrow path to pass President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda through the ...