The Republican Study Committee has developed a plan to use the reconciliation process to pass major legislation with 51 ...

The first step is for a state representative or senator to introduce a bill in their respective chamber. For the 2026 ...

Senate Bill 11 was introduced as lethal injection drugs have become more expensive and hard to get, leading some states to ...

Nebraska is unique in the lawmaking process. It's the only Legislature with one chamber, a state Senate. There is no House.

The bipartisan proposal would largely require defendants to be present for the reading of victim impact statements.

A California Assembly bill, which began as a collaboration between UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego students, will take effect Jan. 1.

A proposal to ensure crime victims are not forced to deliver impact statements to an empty courtroom chair advanced ...

Oklahoma has one of the fastest eviction timelines in the country, and a new bill introduced at the State Capitol aims to ...

A bill that would make data centers pay a tariff for their impact on New Jersey's stretched energy grid is on its way to Gov.

Mayor Rick Blangiardi has refused to sign a Honolulu City Council bill that aims to hold the administration more accountable over the funding appropriations it provides for the city’s use each year.

The Winfield Town Council has called legislation drafted by State Senator Rick Niemeyer, R-Lowell, a “perversion of the ...