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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called on lawmakers to pass legislation limiting cellphone use during classes.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state Legislature passed a bill last weekend that caps rent increases for many. The proposal ...

Fabiola Amaya, a 21-year-old UT Austin student, is leading the charge for Senate Bill 752, which would make university ...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that 100 countries are “knocking on the door” of the ...

Good morning and welcome to the weekly Monday edition of the New York & New Jersey Energy newsletter. We’ll take a look at ...

Congress returns Monday from a two-week recess as Republicans eye an ambitious schedule to move on the centerpiece ...

Local religious groups are denouncing recent comments by Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith surrounding his belief ...

The Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis is urging Governor Braun to condemn Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s praise of the Three-Fifths ...

SB 880, filed by State Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) Miami, has cleared a hurdle in the Senate. It is asking the state to designate the American Flamingo as the official state bird, replacing it with the ...

Congress returns from a two-week recess with a massive item on its to-do list: budget reconciliation. Lawmakers barely passed the plan's framework along party lines and now face an uphill battle on ...