The Senate Appropriations Committee room in 224 has been permanently locked in the last couple of days, a quick stroll to the office of ...

In a surprise upset Tuesday, a Democrat won the Jan. 28 special election to fill an open seat in the Iowa Senate. In a ...

A Senate Democrat from Salem tasked with forming new internal rules for the Legislature said she is open to replacing the long-standing joint committee structure with separate House and Senate ...

North Dakota legislators are considering a bill that would create an advisory group to cooperate with officials at Theodore ...

JACKSON, Miss. – Women represent half of the U.S. population but it's still rare for them to have leading roles in setting ...

Both the House speaker and Senate president have introduced bills to keep the Legislature meeting at least some of the time ...

The framers of the Constitution imagined Congress as the preeminent branch of government. But many Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill seem content to play second fiddle.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ...

Vanishing ARPA funds will test Gov. Ned Lamont’s commitment to budget ‘guardrails' as lawmakers seek more funds for Medicaid ...

More than 50 interviews with Democratic leaders revealed a party struggling to decide what it believes in, what issues to prioritize and how to confront an aggressive right-wing administration.

A tough new assessment says the Democratic Party needs to reassess the loss of support among groups of voters it has long taken for granted.

Because when it comes to birthright citizenship, the virtue signaling and armchair excoriation is not just silly -- it's dead ...