A number of accountability bills have sailed through legislative committee hearings. Others could use some last-minute public support.

To be effective and competent at the Legislature, legislators and their staff need time to gather knowledge, analyze it, ...

As the 2025 budget continues to generate reactions from various quarters, JOHN AMEH details the concerns from critics and how lawmakers have been responding to them.Nigeria has a new Appropriation ...

Amid a push by local leaders to conserve farmlands and open spaces in the Bay Area from future development, state senator David Cortese has introduced a bill that would shore up funding to preserve ...

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has asked the Supreme Court (SC) another five days or until Feb. 27 to submit the ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he appreciates consensus for tax relief, but says it should take a different form. He says he ...

Democrats who lead both chambers warned that the budget might need to be readdressed in the coming weeks, pending potential cuts to federal spending.

And finally one of the other sponsors, Rep John Bear, R-Campbell, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, stood up ...

Trump and Republican congressional leaders could fumble their way into a prolonged and painful shutdown of the federal ...

A new bill would give the Legislature direct control over high school graduation requirements. The House Ways and Means ...

Senators are chugging through an late-night budget “vote-a-rama,” a crucial, if dreaded, step toward President Donald Trump's ...