The bill heads to the Senate with a week until the Legislature's self-imposed deadline to get an anti-crime package to the governor.

It only took the Texas Senate 22 days from the start of this year’s legislative session to introduce, debate and pass its ...

On Wednesday, a routine budget hearing for the Texas Lottery Commission turned into a harsh warning from lawmakers. The Senate Finance Committee urged the commission to take action to ban courier ...

A Lindsay Republican's bill that sought to require the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom in Montana ...

The effort to legalize sports betting in Minnesota is off to a weak start this legislative session, with a proposal backed by competing gaming industry groups already facing resistance from Democratic ...

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

The Justice Department has put new emphasis on prosecutions and investigations with a focus on states that have helped ...

Quickly signed into law by the governor, the wide-ranging plan toughens penalties for crimes committed by undocumented ...

Former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell broke ranks with Donald Trump on three controversial cabinet picks. But all three ...

Senate Democrats voted to block nine of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s appointments requiring General Assembly confirmation in a series of party-line votes on Friday. The nine blocked appointments ...

Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...

After a month of online squabbling on social media, a third effort led to compromise legislation that the House and Senate ...