Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has shifted the Democratic majority on the powerful Assembly Budget Committee from 10-5 to 11 ...

Ah, the more things change on Beacon Hill, the more they stay the same. Oh sure, both branches have made modest changes in their internal rules to at least let the public in on what pieces of ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — For the first time in decades, there will be no members of the Legislature’s minority caucus sitting as rank-and-file members on legislative committees. On Wednesday, Ulster County ...

Leaders of the Massachusetts House and Senate have brought back 12 legislative committees that in the previous session did not hold a single hearing or consider a single bill, and in many cases kept ...