Welcome to our guide to the 89th Regular Legislative session. We’ll walk you through who makes up the Legislature, how laws are passed and what to expect.

For the second legislative session in a row, Sen. Willie Preston, a Chicago Democrat, is pushing to ban several chemicals ...

Northwest Indiana is throwing its hat into the ring — again — to court the Chicago Bears to build a stadium in the region. The courtship, though, is an open one as a new bill aims to attract any ...

State legislatures around the country are launching their own DOGE initiatives and commissions, from Texas to Missouri, and ...

Dawn Jackson took a plea deal and was sentenced to 30 years in a New Jersey prison for killing her step-grandfather, Robert ...

In a sign DeSantis was not proving a threat to Trump, the Republican Party of Florida voted in September 2023 not to require ...

New Jersey seniors are about to see big changes in how they can apply for state-funded property-tax relief benefits, ...

Rep. Judd Strom, who represents portions of Osage, Washington and Nowata counties, authors school bus seatbelt bill.

A proposal to require a permit to purchase firearms is the latest gun legislation to be introduced in this year’s Legislature ...

The Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee held its first public hearing of the 2025 legislative session ...

The Senate Education Committee has favorably reported Senate Bill No. 1054, sponsored by Sen. Vin Gopal. The bill mandates ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.