New scaffolding was placed June 17 around the 23-foot-tall, 17,000-pound bronze statue atop the Oregon State Capitol in preparation for his next makeover.

Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

Wisconsin's state capitol building features the only granite dome in the US, according to Travel Wisconsin. On top of the dome, a gilded bronze statue by Daniel Chester French is aptly named ...

Albany lawmakers adjourned their annual session this month without adopting any legislation addressing immigration, even as ...

Organizers of the “No Kings” demonstrations said millions had marched in hundreds of events.

The White House has issued a scathing response to a statue erected on the National Mall to protest President Donald Trump’s military birthday parade. Titled “Dictator Approved,” the 8-foot ...

FILE: Oregon’s Capitol building in December 2024. Lawmakers just wrapped a lengthy session. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB In the end, Oregon lawmakers did grapple with the biggest questions before ...

Democratic Sen. Chris Gorsek of Gresham said today he has resigned as co-chair of the legislative transportation committee, less than three days after he interrupted and reproached a Republican on the ...

Packed with maritime and colonial history, Maryland’s capital city of Annapolis also offers tons of ways to get out on the water or enjoy its bounty on your plate.

As a travel writer with two decades of exploring the nooks and crannies of the United States, I’ve seen firsthand ...

The bronze statue of the teenage civil rights heroine will replace a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that the state removed from the U.S. Capitol in December 2020.