A handful of the nearly 300 new laws going into effect Jan. 1 impact parents. Senate Bill 3136 allows drug-addicted mothers, ...

The 2024 legislative session was an unusual one — bringing chaos on the House floor — and 2025 is already shaping up to be a ...

Plenty of surprises are in store for the coming year as Trump 2.0 begins and the Kentucky legislature kicks off its session.

On the first day of the new Congress, representatives will vote for the speaker of the House as Mike Johnson fights to keep ...

After 58 years in elected office, plans for Maryland’s senior senator Ben Cardin are unclear, but he says those plans don’t include slowing down.

One by one, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and her allies tackled objections from the bill’s chief opponents to carve out a last ...

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) insists the Senate can chart a bipartisan course on global challenges under President-elect ...

The Antisemitism Awareness Act, which would codify a key legal foothold for Jewish students fighting antisemitism on college ...

The Clinton-era law created a separate, unequal justice system for prisoners, placing obstacles in their way before civil ...

President Biden vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying the House's “hurried action” ...

Three U.S. judges appointed by Democratic presidents have withdrawn plans to retire, and President Joe Biden vetoed a bill to ...