The Senate adopted a budget resolution that outlines parameters to fund border security, immigration enforcement and defense ...

Washington’s legislative session includes a series of key deadlines and Friday was the first major cutoff. This means bills that don’t impact the budget must have been voted out of a committ ...

Congress can fight the deep state by taxing “official time”—the practice by which taxpayers pay federal employees to do union ...

President Donald Trump’s fifth week in office included a dramatic shift in U.S. policy toward Russia, firing the country’s ...

Despite their apparent powerlessness, Democrats can block appropriations measures with a Senate filibuster, as they could in ...

Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda last week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune convened his leadership team to ...

It was a session when the high cost of housing and closely linked issues of local government powers took central stage, as ...

A number of accountability bills have sailed through legislative committee hearings. Others could use some last-minute public support.

Rep. Steve Harshman R-Casper, a former House Speaker and former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, broke the ...

Amid a push by local leaders to conserve farmlands and open spaces in the Bay Area from future development, state senator David Cortese has introduced a bill that would shore up funding to preserve ...

A new bill would give the Legislature direct control over high school graduation requirements. The House Ways and Means ...

Senators are chugging through an late-night budget “vote-a-rama,” a crucial, if dreaded, step toward President Donald Trump's ...