Though it has faced continued opposition, the bill aimed to end affirmative action is headed to the Senate for one final vote ...

The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at eliminating affirmative action programs in state and local ...

The Tennessee legislature approved Gov. Bill Lee's signature education initiative during a special legislative session.

The bill initially sought to prohibit firearms in state and local public buildings, parks, playgrounds, county fairs and anywhere else where children are present. It would have been all ...

Civic Pulse podcast by Yaacov Behrman dives into the issues that shape our communities and lives—exploring why they matter ...

Arkansas legislators spent a second day advancing two controversial bills that stirred debate on the House and Senate floors ...

The Jefferson County Quorum Court failed once again to pass a budget on Tuesday night, prolonging a standoff that has left ...

Only two Democrats—Representatives Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, both of Texas—voted in support of the bill. All present Republicans ... "I have two little girls, I don't want them ...

A crucial faction of politically vulnerable Democrats joined with Republicans to lift the Laken Riley bill to passage on a ...

The genital inspection of little girls is the wrong answer ... Democrat of North Carolina, voted “present.” Mr. Cuellar opposed the same bill last year, while both Mr. Gonzalez and Mr ...

As currently written, the legislation, named after a young Georgia woman horribly murdered by an undocumented immigrant last year, would do little to ... The original bill passed the House ...

Pittsburgh’s City Planning Commission endorsed Mayor Ed Gainey’s proposal to require affordable units in larger, new housing ...