During the current Mississippi legislative session, which runs from Jan. 7 through April 6, lawmakers will consider a raft of bills that could become law and impact prisons and jails, courts, policing ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) suggested on Friday that open Senate seats in Michigan and Minnesota could serve ...

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

A Feb. 15 special primary election was called to fill the two vacancies in the Legislature after Cleo Fields, a Baton Rouge Democrat, won election to the U.S. House and after Jean-Paul Coussan, a ...

Senator Smith announced Thursday that she would not run for re-election after just one full term in the chamber, scrambling ...

The judge said Regier consistently during the 2023 session denied relying on political considerations and told others he didn't know how to check the partisan lean of his proposed districts.

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) also announced he will not run for another term in Michigan, a perennial battleground.

Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced Thursday she won't seek re-election in 2026, forcing the Democratic Party to defend ...

Democrat attorneys general signed a “secret agreement,” starting Nov. 8, 2024, pledging to oppose Trump’s anticipated ...

The Mississippi Senate has yet to come out with a plan to redraw the state's legislative districts, but the House has passed its proposal onward.

Minnesota’s Democratic Sen. Tina Smith announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection in 2026, a decision that could ...

Gov. Mike DeWine wants to make changes to the state’s adult recreational marijuana and legislative redistricting laws — and is seeking cooperation from his fellow Republicans who control the state ...