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Sen. Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) authored Senate Bill 482, which would increase the penalty for assaulting a utility worker to ...

The Colorado legislature has seven days left in the 2025 session and is working Thursday to push legislation through ...

The Florida Legislature passed compromise legislation this week intended to help condominium owners deal with massive repair ...

The resolution, which Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine expects to introduce on Thursday, comes after two votes on Democratic ...

Shea, who is also the managing director for FastFacility, an economic development site location consultancy. The magazine ...

Florida lawmakers Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would make a series of changes related to charter schools, ...

If U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is successful in his bid to become Colorado’s next governor, the Democrat says he’ll handpick his ...

House Bill 15 would put an immediate end to the “legacy generation rider” for the two Ohio Valley Electric Corp. plants ...

In a bid to strengthen animal protection laws, Arizona legislators have reintroduced a bill that clarifies animal cruelty, neglect and mistreatment. Advocates say the bill’s clear definitions will ...

A Texas House and Senate Bill are on its way to Governor Greg Abbott's desk to make changes to online education for Texas school districts.

A dying man was asking me how he could make my life easier, because that’s who he was,” Senator Melissa Murray said of ...