Republicans are exploring cuts to Medicaid in an effort to pay for the president’s priorities. But public opinion, a divided ...

State lawmakers have introduced bills to limit SNAP benefits, change vaccine policies and ban fluoride in public water.

Mandatory processes and detailed rules have increasingly constrained officials’ discretion, leading to endless lawsuits, ...

Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on immigration ...

If it remains in place, the president’s order will add deep uncertainty to the future of a nascent industry that could ...

The proposed measures include a bill allowing incarcerated individuals to register and another that would require ID ...

Mike Madigan, a former state Democratic Party chair, had been the longest-serving chamber leader in U.S. history. A jury has ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows is looking to change the dynamic among the "Big Three" – the governor, Lt. governor, and the House ...

President Trump, who calls FEMA “not good,” has issued an executive order and established a commission to look at ending the ...

GOP legislators and governors around the country are borrowing Trump's ideas and language on a host of issues. Separately, ...

Jeff Landry signed a bill last year that classified abortion medications as controlled substances. (Gage Skidmore via Flickr) ...

Tools are available to not only count people experiencing homelessness more accurately but also to provide them with ...