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Critics of Texas House leadership spent big in this year’s speaker’s race. They fought years for that chance.
A pair of lawsuits filed by allies of West Texas megadonor Tim Dunn shut down laws that banned outside spending in the House ...
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Territory's Consultants in Washington Tout Republican Connections as USVI Seeks Federal Support Under Trump Administration
The Republican control of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives was a topic of discussion as the V.I.
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House receives arrest request for rape-suspect MP
A formal request for the arrest of Thai Progressive Party MP Chaiyamparwaan Manpianjit , who is accused of raping a Taiwanese ...
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Texas’ New House Speaker Aims to Unite the State’s Most Powerful Republicans
Rep. Dustin Burrows is looking to change the dynamic among the "Big Three" – the governor, Lt. governor, and the House speaker – this session.
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Mid-Ohio Valley Foundations – Communities: West Virginia’s statewide elected leaders switch places
CHARLESTON — As West Virginia enters 2025, many of the state’s elected leaders look the same. But after November’s elections, ...
House GOP releases budget calling for trillions in cuts to taxes and spending
The blueprint conflicts with a Senate budget resolution, which doesn't address taxes or the debt ceiling. It also includes ...
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Bill Permitting Officers to Check Immigration Status Clears House, Moves to Senate
A bill to allow law enforcement officers to check immigration status during a lawful stop, requiring them to report anyone ...
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Once a political giant, Madigan now a convicted felon and likely prison inmate — but not a racketeer
The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois ...
Georgia Senate GOP passes October firearms sales tax break
Senate Bill 47 passes 31-21 in a party-line vote on an 11-day sales tax waiver on firearms in Georgia. Republicans tout gun ...
Ohio Senate passes higher ed overhaul to eliminate DEI, ban faculty strikes
Republicans in the Ohio Senate approved a sweeping higher education overhaul − hours after hundreds of students and faculty ...
Who is Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s new intelligence director, and why is she controversial?
Democrat, Gabbard has long been a divisive figure in Washington. Here’s how she got that reputation — and why Trump picked ...
Splits, fusions and evolutions: how Australia’s political parties took hold
In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...