As Stein concludes the first month of his term, The Chronicle analyzed the state government’s veto history from 1997 to 2024 ...

Members of the St. Louis County Council have renewed efforts to amend the county charter and allow for the hiring of a County ...

In the first major test of Portland's new government structure, the city approved a land use application for a fossil fuel ...

The ability of our elected representatives to make optimally informed decisions about programs and budgets is constrained by ...

Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) joined a letter to President Donald Trump, demanding the President cease his purge of nonpartisan civil servants, including career professionals and independent ...

There are three main ways to go on this business of Donald Trump's abruptly presuming to restrict the terms and availability of ongoing federal grants. There is a Republican way, a Democratic way and ...

Lawmakers have assembled at the state capitol today for the start of Oklahoma's 60th legislative session. Here’s a bit of ...

By Gabriel T. Ingles, former Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals IN MY previous article entitled “Lawyering is not ...

TOPEKA — The 2025 Legislative Session officially began on Monday, January 13, at 2:00 p.m., marking the start of another year ...

The framers of the Constitution imagined Congress as the preeminent branch of government. But many Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill seem content to play second fiddle.

Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia and Rep. Glenn Ivey of Maryland join Jonathan Capehart to discuss the breaking news that ...

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.