A number of accountability bills have sailed through legislative committee hearings. Others could use some last-minute public support.

One-party rule imperils Ohioans’ wallets and their state’s treasury (think House Bill 6, the FirstEnergy bailout, or the ...

The Department of Education was created by Congress in 1979 to track, manage and coordinate education programs and procedures ...

The Virginia legislature has ended its 45-day session by addressing a slew of budget amendments ranging from tax cuts to ...

Amid a push by local leaders to conserve farmlands and open spaces in the Bay Area from future development, state senator David Cortese has introduced a bill that would shore up funding to preserve ...

Of the 25 priority bills Patrick identified, two had been filed before his announcement: Senate Bill 1, the state budget, and SB 2 — the controversial $1 billion school voucher program that the ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he appreciates consensus for tax relief, but says it should take a different form. He says he ...

And finally one of the other sponsors, Rep John Bear, R-Campbell, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, stood up ...

A fierce debate about the future of Medicaid is currently underway in Congress. The public health insurance program covers 1 ...

Trump and Republican congressional leaders could fumble their way into a prolonged and painful shutdown of the federal ...

Democrats say they’ve made serious concessions and want Republicans to support a bipartisan supplemental state budget.

REGULATORY POWER: The Senate has approved an amendment sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, to a budget resolution (S. Con.