In the summer of 1865, the good news of freedom finally came to more than 250,000 slaves in Texas. Union troops gathered in ...

All told the Legislature passed more than 900 bills and hundreds more resolutions and other legislation over the course of 85 ...

Southern California Democratic lawmaker Blanca Pacheco’s bill would have added high fees to records requests submitted for a ...

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You can find the region's most in-depth look at New York State politics and government each week on The Legislative Gazette. On each program, the award-winning WAMC News team combines forces to bring ...

Gov. Brian Kemp called state lawmakers for a special session on June 17 to reshape how Georgians vote and to redraw the state’s political maps after last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision gutted a ...

The House has approved a bill to slash the time it takes for newly unionized workers to get a first contract. The measure allows for government intervention if a deal is not reached within 90 days.

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Your poop offers clues about your health. But how can you describe your bowel movements (BMs) to your doctor without bringing in a sample? You and your doctor can use something called the Bristol ...

Fourteen states now have SAVE Act-like laws on the books requiring Americans to provide proof of their citizenship, chiefly a ...

In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down what had been called the “heart” of the Voting Rights Act.