Councilmember Mark Squilla introduced a package of bills that would authorize the arena. Lawmakers will now spend weeks considering them. Members of the No Arena in the Heart of Our City Coalition ...

Two Kansas medical professionals sat for an hour at an early morning committee hearing in mid-March, waiting their turn to ...

Texas’ 2025 legislative session runs from Jan. 14 to June 2. Lawmakers will debate a bevy of issues and pass hundreds of bills that affect Texans’ lives. First, the proposals must survive several ...

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of our 2023 guide to the Texas Legislature. Texas’ 2025 legislative session runs from Jan. 14 to June 2. Lawmakers will debate a bevy of issues and pass ...

This is not really a column about bad judges or about children’s safety in preschools — it’s about the genius of representative democracy — but if either topic interests you, read on. Big issues ...

Over the course of 82 days, a little over 1,000 bills were introduced to the Idaho Legislature. Making it difficult to fully grasp what happened in that period ...

Last month, as Maryland lawmakers considered a bill that would ban transgender students from playing in girls’ sports, something was notably missing from the House Ways and Means Committee hearing ...

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Texas lawmakers will convene for a special session on July 21 to address Gov. Greg Abbott's vetoed bills, including a ban on consumable hemp products containing THC. The special session will also ...

Sagit Afik says proceedings at special panel don't meet basic requirements, demands return to economics committee, after ...

ALBANY — The State Legislature next week is scheduled to vote on a $254 billion state budget that was due more than a month ago and negotiated behind closed doors. The details of what's in it won't ...