Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) would say about budget negotiations that “the pain was inevitable but the suffering was optional.” Sometimes, though, the suffering is not optional.

One of the perennial questions that gets asked each legislative session is “How many bills are enough?” Too often, monitoring ...

After a California judge or justice determines there is ambiguity in a state statute, they will turn to consideration of ...

There have been several published reports of state government at its subterranean worst. A few weeks ago the media reported that during the final hours of the 2023 session of the Connecticut General ...

A central fact of 21st century American political life is that we live in an increasingly distrustful society. Our distrust often manifests itself in the form of partisan enmity. But, as the struggle ...

House Speaker Todd Huston, right, and Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray share a laugh before a May legislative meeting. Environmental activists decried the legislative process for two bills ...

MINOT, N.D. — To work in journalism is to accentuate the negative. There's a saying in this line of work explaining why that is: "Safe airplane landings aren't news." The planes are supposed to land ...

Editor of the Indiana Capital Chronicle Niki Kelly recently shared why the end of the legislative session is her least favorite season. Kelly wonders why the democratic processes that are embraced ...

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of our 2023 guide to the Texas Legislature. Texas’ 2025 legislative session runs from Jan. 14 to June 2. Lawmakers will debate a bevy of issues and pass ...