There were only so many chair positions to go around, with 30 committees for 88 Republicans, making it inevitable that some would miss out on plum appointments.

For the first time in the state’s 205 years, two Black Alabamians are serving in the House of Representatives.

After the Texas Senate approved its priority legislation to allocate taxpayer money toward private education, the spotlight ...

Members of the Southwest Caucus in the 10th House of Representatives on Friday expressed deep sorrow over the passing of the leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Samuel Ayodele ...

Though Republicans control the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, tight margins may help tether acceptance of federal power grabs to reality.

Ted Cruz and Elon Musk are joining a growing number of people in Washington with eyes on the Texas lawmakers as school choice ...

HB89 would provide presumptive Medicaid eligibility to pregnant Alabamians before their Medicaid applications are reviewed ...

A bill introduced three weeks ago that would overhaul how the legal system handles juveniles caught with firearms appears to ...

More Democratic voters are pushing for the party to become more moderate after losing the White House and control of the Senate to Donald Trump and the GOP.

The mogul seems bent on pushing the Trump White House into a nuclear confrontation with the federal judiciary. He has the ...

Republicans are trying again to exclude people who are in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to portion out congressional seats among the states. But a new study says their inclusion in the ...

The first bill passed through the Oklahoma House of Representatives is an effort to ban cellphones in the classroom.