This corrupt special session is over,” said Democratic leader Gene Wu, less than a day before House Republicans are set to ...

The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map ...

This past Thursday should have been a beautiful day, a day to throw open the windows and putter in the garden, long-awaited ...

Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than current districts.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they don’t ...

CNN, WBBM, KVUE, TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE TV By Steve Contorno, Aileen Graef, Ed Lavandera, CNN Chicago (CNN) — ...

While Gov. J.B. Pritzker tried to decide whether to sign legislation authorizing unaffordable pension increases for Chicago ...

Peoria is not the company town it used to be, but it has a future. And its survival holds lessons for other Rust Belt cities ...

Journalist Rebecca Grant shifts the abortion conversation away from laws and morals to focus on access: getting people the ...

Trump has asked Texas Republicans to redistrict now, mid-decade, in order to cut up five districts that tend to vote ...

Police officers in England and Wales will receive a 4.2% pay rise – but their union says it's far from enough.