Rep. Matt Simpson said he wanted to gauge the appetite of the Legislature for the legislation, which drew criticism from the ...

At a time when attacks against the LGBTQ+ community have skyrocketed — from the Trump administration, from local governments, from conservative media, and more — many gay bars in the South, in ...

In 2023, the Legislature passed a bill by House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, to exempt overtime pay from ...

Alabama’s new law to restrict products with THC derived from hemp has critics who call it a government overreach that will ...

The 2025 Rhode Island General Assembly legislative session is coming to a close after six months. Key legislation, including the state budget and an "assault weapons" ban, are being debated in the ...

Entering a legislative session amid questions about whether he’d run for a third term, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker outlined an ambitious agenda that ended with mixed results. In a State of the ...

The 2025 Rhode Island General Assembly legislative session is coming to a close after six months. Key legislation, including the state budget and an "assault weapons" ban, are being debated in the ...

The Legislature already plans to allocate funds this year for the debt and that fund. "God forbid, we are in a recession. We are in the 2000s all over again," said House Speaker Daniel Perez of Miami.

Gov. Jeff Landry addresses the Louisiana Legislature on opening day of legislative session, Monday, April 14, 2025, at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate-Pool) ...