Explore the U.S. bicameral legislature, its structure with the House of Representatives and Senate, and the historical ...

As Gov. Ron DeSantis enters the final year of his second term, some lawmakers are attempting to curtail his executive powers.

The Hawaiʻi State Senate announced its new leadership and committee assignments ahead of the 33rd Legislature that opens on ...

A historically slow legislative year ended with a flurry of votes, leading to dozens of bills being passed before the final ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas constitution limits its Legislature to a 140-day regular session every other year, and the final three weeks of a session include several deadlines, setting a rapid and ...

Though the Nevada Legislature creates public records laws, it is not required to follow them. The public can’t examine legislators’ emails, or view investigative documents on legislators’ alleged ...

When politicians are candidates for office, they like to say that they'll run government like a business. This is a promise that's easier said than done. Let's say a would-be entrepreneur approached a ...

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. It’s one state budget crisis after another. That’s the takeaway from quarterly economic and ...

Jonathan Choe and Brandi Kruse challenged Washington’s press credentialing system, reshaping access rules and highlighting tensions also seen in Oregon and Idaho as traditional media gatekeeping faces ...

SALT LAKE CITY — More than a year after the Utah Supreme Court said lawmakers overreached by changing a ballot initiative on redistricting, a lower court judge ruled Monday that the current maps can't ...

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. In an effort to ease the state’s affordability crisis, Colorado lawmakers this year ...