On Thursday, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation opened the bidding process on schedule for the new Rourke Bridge ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries put Republican leaders on notice that they can’t take Democratic votes for granted.

The Legislature’s resistance harkens back to a time in which lawmakers regularly pushed back against the governor.

California will spend $2.5 billion to help the Los Angeles area recover from recent deadly wildfires under a relief package approved Thursday by state lawmakers.

"Immigration was outside my parents' house and my dad and uncle were trying to go to work like normal and they got followed and they pulled them over." ...

A new bill under consideration in the General Assembly would put the measure on the November 2026 ballot for voters to decide whether to increase the minimum wage to $20 an hour. Bill proponents want ...

A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments about a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.

Many underrepresented people who built successful government careers credited those laws and their enforcement with expanding the path to prosperity.

On his first day in office, Donald Trump made multiple commutations, including a blanket pardon to the rioters of January 6, 2021.

In addition to facing political animosity and policy resistance, reforms to dial down DEI will also encounter institutional inertia.

When Pocan talked to LGBTQ Nation for our Queer State of the Union series last year, he was more confident that, despite Republican control of the House and growing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric from many ...