In 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Community Reinvestment Act, a federal law that sought to wipe away ...

Jim Mayhew is doing something no Democrat has done in recent memory: run to represent the 12th Legislative District in the Washington State Senate. Though Republicans have held the seat since 1965, ...

The Pritzker administration and Democratic lawmakers say every woman in Illinois deserves the right to a healthy and safe ...

Senate Bill 2637, known as the Illinois Food Safety Act ... Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service ...

The Missouri Freedom Caucus, a faction of the state GOP, has vowed to debate the budget in detail and attempt to cut hundreds ...

One of the few contested primaries pitted former Erie Democratic Party chair Jim Wertz against Selena King, a staffer for U.S ...

Republican candidate Dave McCormick and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Jr. were projected the winners of the two major party ...

Gov. JB Pritzker’s office estimates the drugs — which include Wegovy, Mounjaro and Ozempic — will cost taxpayers $210 million ...

McCall and Gov. Kevin Stitt have been pushing for a cut in the state’s 4.75% income tax. The Senate, however, has been ...

Although half of Indiana’s state senate seats are up for re-election in 2024, the races are so far dominated by an ...

The Democratic Party state convention was an opportunity for delegates to hear from gubernatorial candidate Brian King, a ...

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed House Bill 56 into law, which will allow some out of state social workers to practice in ...