Senate Bill 624 – filed Jan. 14 and on Feb. 2 moved to the 2027 legislative session – proposes adding a definition of “Islamophobia” to Virginia’s assault-and-battery statute ...

Columnist Joan Barron writes, ''The defeat of the election reform bills and others supported by the hard-right-wing Freedom Cause was a surprise.” ...

NISSWA — Minnesota State Sen. Keri Heintzeman, R-Nisswa, has been appointed to serve on the Senate Higher Education Committee and the Commerce Committee, as lawmakers prepare for the start of the 2026 ...

House Rep. Daniel Holt resigned from his position Friday after accepting a new position as special assistant to the chair of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Mississippi’s 2026 session has pivoted from expanding school choice to competing teacher pay raise plans, while Gov. Tate ...

Small liquor stores have been trying to grow their political influence in recent months because they have a powerful opponent ...

A resolution that would let voters decide whether to amend the New Mexico Constitution to pay state legislators passed the ...

The controversial bill that would empower Broward Health and Memorial Healthcare System — two separate health taxing districts — to bypass antitrust laws and launch joint ventures was “temporarily ...

Finding agreement between the two parties could be difficult this session in the state’s narrowly divided House and Senate.

Here are the bills that passed the Alabama Legislature in the fourth week of the 2026 session. HB 366, sponsored by Rep. Bob Fincher, R-Woodland, sets the salary of Randolph County probate judges to ...

The bills sought to address issues ranging from littering to waste tire piles to deaths in the child welfare system.

There is plenty to keep legislators busy in the current session in Pierre. They must find a way to overhaul the property tax system without bankrupting schools and counties. Some lawmakers have ...