PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted to nominate Senator Valarie J. Lawson as the new Senate president ...

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The U.S. under the legislation would impose a $1,000 fee on migrants seeking asylum — something the nation has never done.

Voters in Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska were asked last year whether they wanted to require employers to provide paid sick leave to their workers. They overwhelmingly said yes. Now some lawmakers in ...

A bill influenced in part by a WCTV Investigates series uncovering mail crime issues in the Big Bend and beyond has passed ...

A bill brought forth by state Rep. David Standridge, R-Hayden, to endorse President Donald Trump’s name change for the Gulf ...

Senate Bill 554 is about keeping our community members safe from rapists, from gang members, and from collateral deportation.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava expressed deep disappointment Tuesday with the Florida Legislature for passing ...

Congress approved legislation to enact stricter penalties for distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery.

President Donald Trump is slated to give a speech at around 6 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday to mark the 100th day of his current term, with the remarks coming after U.S. stocks plunged and then rallied in ...

The Iowa Senate has passed a bill that would set new requirements for pharmacy benefit managers that lawmakers say will help rural pharmacies stay open and lower prescription costs, the Iowa Capital ...

Republican lawmakers in Colorado sent Attorney General Pam Bondi a letter appealing for an investigation into the state's gun control laws.