A budget plan with a $70 billion expected price tag for immigration enforcement advanced after an overnight session. It now heads to the House of Representatives.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado lawmakers’ choreographed, multiweek budget marathon has hit a sizable speed bump after a Republican triggered the legislative equivalent of the ...

Here is a question worth sitting with: Does it matter how a law gets made, as long as the law itself is good? Most Oklahomans would probably say yes, it matters. We elect legislators to represent us.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two state Senate committees have approved a bill requiring annual training for permitting agency employees in a push to streamline ...

Louisiana lawmakers will consider more than a dozen bills affecting New Orleans during this year’s three-month regular legislative session. Mayor Helena Moreno is backing a package of bills to ...

Legislative leaders have been abundantly clear about their innermost feelings on ballot questions — they don’t like ‘em. “The whole system is fraught with peril,” House Speaker Ron Mariano told a ...

BELLOWS FALLS — Immediately following the March 21 session of Legislators at the Rockingham Free Public Library, (from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. every third Saturday during the Legislative session) state ...

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 ...

The Florida legislative session ended on Friday, but lawmakers are expected back in Tallahassee for special sessions on the budget, redistricting and property taxes. The session has ended — without a ...

A massive redevelopment plan for the Provo Towne Centre is going through the city legislative process, though much remains to be determined before the project is greenlit. Brixton Capital, a real ...