With a new year, comes new laws. Senate Bill 189 which went into effect this week, will impact unhoused and homeless voters.

This year the legislature doesn’t meet in Tallahassee until March, but lawmakers are already hard at work drafting bills for consideration.One of those bills th ...

Despite moral concerns, Texas is gearing up to join the sports betting party. Senator Carol Alvarado, a Democrat from Houston, has already introduced one bill that would legalize sports betting. On ...

School boards could have the option to designate current employees as armed “school guardians” under a new pre-filed law.

Legislation that would require the Office of Management and Budget to tap a Federal Government Service Delivery Lead to ...

A proposal to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeast Oregon did not make it through the U.S. Congress at the end of 2024.

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected House Speaker on Jan. 3., receiving the bare minimum, 218 votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was selected by his Republican colleagues as the Senate’s new majority ...

The Senate kicked off quietly as House steals the spotlight to start 2025. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) plans to pass individual appropriations bills, a farm bill, and focus on regular ...

California tribes sue card rooms over alleged illegal gambling, threatening millions in tax revenue for local city services ...

The reversal leading to Johnson’s victory comes after President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Johnson and said he would make ...

The state law, which went into effect on Jan. 1, is meant to prevent employers from organizing mandatory meetings that could discourage unionization ...

Speaker Mike Johnson faces a major challenge in the new Congress: the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years. In a dramatic turn of events, Johnson managed to retain the gavel in a single vote ...