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 Wednesday, ...

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.

Hours after the Senate approved a spending framework, President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview that he’s open to ...

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 ...

Of the 25 priority bills Patrick identified, two had been filed before his announcement: Senate Bill 1, the state budget, and SB 2 — the controversial $1 billion school voucher program that the ...

Democrats who lead both chambers warned that the budget might need to be readdressed in the coming weeks, pending potential cuts to federal spending.

And finally one of the other sponsors, Rep John Bear, R-Campbell, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, stood up ...