A friend — a smart journalist steeped in American political history — responded with a gentle correction reminding me that Congress was the “supreme branch,” befitting its Article I status in the ...

This week, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson floated the idea of hobbling our lower federal courts and hence undermining our ...

A bill moving in the final two weeks of the 2025 legislative session aims to allow the House of Delegates and state Senate to ...

A bill moving in the final two weeks of the 2025 legislative session aims to allow the House of Delegates and state Senate to set their own policies on the kinds of documents made available to the ...

I enjoyed Addison Beach's letter on 3/13 and Flo Beville's letter on 3/21. And I would like to add a couple thoughts from a mad Republican Vietnam veteran. They are both right; our senators are ...

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador in a statement Monday urged lawmakers to override Gov. Brad Little’s veto of a bill that ...

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They chose the latter. The revised version gives the Legislature two appointments: one by the Speaker of the House and one by the Senate’s Committee on Committees. The Governor keeps six. The Board ...

U.S. Rep. Hinson said she thinks the judicial branch needs reforms to prevent district judges' universal power to block the ...

Governor Andy Beshear has only one more day to veto any bills passed this legislative session. One bill he has vetoed already ...

President Donald Trump is using the power of the federal government to intimidate or neuter potential sources of opposition to him.

Lawmakers passed the legislation on an emergency basis — meaning it will take effect for 90 days — and a public hearing on a ...