A group of Des Moines firefighters and their family members filled a legislative committee room last week at the Iowa Capitol ...

You’re hoping for life in your dream House, but we’re dreaming of life in the Tree House. Home to perhaps the most infamous party suite and one of the most beloved dhalls on campus — even Bill Gates ...

Local educators, immigrant families, and advocates will gather for a rally on Monday. This comes amid two immigration bills ...

Lawmakers are back from their crossover break and beginning work on bills passed by the opposite chamber. The big picture: ...

Speaker, Trump promote funding bill  Musk is ground zero for DOGE challenges Are courts the guardrails against “King” Trump?

What it does: The bill would allow for a judge to expunge someone's "red flag" record if a court determines the person to no longer be dangerous. Currently, if a person's weapons are seized and a ...

Perennial efforts to allow different forms of gambling, such as a lottery, and legalize adult recreational marijuana use, ...

A bill to restrict “non-medical,” i.e., religious, exemptions from Hawaii’s vaccine mandates has properly been put on ice in the state House, due to constitutional concerns. But the serious problem ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is looking to lock down the votes to pass his stopgap funding bill and avert a government shutdown by Friday’s deadline, as he works to keep the lights on in ...

To win elections, Democrats have to appeal to average American voters and develop fresh leaders to become the faces, voices ...

The wrangling over an extension of government dominates the agenda for both the House and the Senate this week.

Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, will vote against the government funding proposal President Trump is urging Republicans to support ...