With more than 20 hours of discussion, the Texas House Committee on Public Education adjourned around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.

In Olympia, hundreds gathered to support a bill limiting annual rent increases, advocating for affordable housing solutions.

The State Seal is stamped on official documents including California drivers’ licenses. It is on the badge for the California ...

Several states are considering moves to change how they compensate people incarcerated after wrongful convictions. Georgia is ...

A round-up of news briefs from CT Mirror reporters about this week's happenings at the Connecticut General Assembly.

I n a dramatic break with much of their party, ten Senate Democrats voted alongside Republicans on Friday to pass a six-month ...

A beloved leader of the state’s Legislative Black Caucus, Thompson is remembered as the conscience of the Florida Senate and ...

Once Brown's plans are known, plenty of other Democrats will be ready to go, predicted Greg Beswick, a former Ohio Democratic ...

Alan Simpson, a longtime Republican senator from Wyoming who championed bipartisan solutions and steadfastly advocated for a moderate blend of conservatism, has died. He was 93.

Grijalva, the son of a Mexican immigrant who rose to the halls of Congress in a public-service career that stretched more than 40 years, has died.

At the State Capitol Thursday, a proposal was heard that aims to resurrect the retired Minnesota state flag. The bill — ...

Some state legislators say it’s important to commemorate the former flag. Others say problematic imagery and the old flag’s ...