Labor unions are trying once again to regulate self-checkout lanes at California stores. This year’s bill waters down a ...

Oakland County authorities the new legislation would keep future children from falling through the cracks when they transfer ...

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Overwhelming bipartisan passage of $488 billion in federal funding masked a bigger fight ahead over funding the rest of the ...

The tests would be administered at the beginning, middle and end of the school year. But the proposal’s fate is unclear with ...

Senate Bill 10, which would shield victims of sex trafficking from prosecution for certain crimes if they were coerced by their trafficker, has been passed in the Texas Senate during the special ...

Ohio’s minimum wage is $10.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.35 per hour for tipped employees. "People are getting ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is seeking former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) arrest, alleging in a motion filed on ...

As SEPTA's funding deadline approaches, the Pennsylvania State Senate introduced a new plan to fund the transit system, but ...

As Pennsylvania’s budget impasse continues, elected officials involved in negotiations have repeatedly said talks are ...

Another key bill the Senate passed was SB 6, Protecting Unborn Children, filed by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Tyler, which prohibits ...