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State lawmakers are increasingly concerned about the level of threats directed at them amid an uptick in political violence around the country. The most recent incidents occurred in Indiana, where a ...

State leaders who have been taking a hard stance against illegal immigration just discovered and closed what they say was a loophole that allowed people to register their vehicles with only a passport ...

A top Virginia lawmaker uncorked an eyebrow-raising response after the conservative-leaning Supreme Court issued an unsigned ...

One Texas state representative is pushing a bill that would take anti-choice measures in Texas one step further: Tony Tinderholt, of Arlington, TX, wants to criminalize all abortions. The “Abolition ...

Last spring, state Rep. Gary Gates pushed to close a legal loophole that allowed government agencies to give tax breaks to developers for apartment complexes in other Texas communities. The ...