Sometimes the legislative process is ugly, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) conceded Thursday after a chaotic week in the House ...

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 ...

MINOT — North Dakota has had a lot of legislative vacancies of late. By the way, are you wondering how that last squares with Article IV, Section 6 of the state constitution? The bit of law states, in ...

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 ...

While redistricting is the unbiased legislative process required for legislative maps, gerrymandering is a biased ...

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 ...

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