“House Bill No. 3120 is a well-intentioned effort to make child detention facilities, and the communities around them, safer,” Abbott wrote. “This all seems like good policy. If a fire breaks out, ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed $600 million from the 2025-26 budget as he signed the $115 billion spending plan recently passed ...

In a final burst of activity, state lawmakers closed out the 2025 legislative session this week by passing dozens of ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed 28 bills, including efforts to study teacher retention and a slew of criminal justice-related changes.

The Medicaid and SNAP changes are just the latest in a series of Trump policies affecting state finances, including the ...

Youngkin sets veto record as battles over data centers, energy, and AI heat up; 2025 elections could shift Virginia’s path.

Some of the proposed laws rejected by Abbott, including a ban on hemp products containing THC, will be the focus of a special ...

Lawmakers say NY's wrongful death law is unjust to low-income people. Doctors, businesses say changing it would increase ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump isn’t the first president to order military strikes without congressional approval. But his ...

A final Senate vote is expected June 30 on Trump's legislative package of tax cuts, Medicaid cuts and new border security.

President Trump pressed Republican leaders in the House and Senate today to pass the party’s sweeping economic and domestic ...

More than 100 bills were still on the table to potentially become law as lawmakers reconvened in the House and Senate ...