JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Senate President Ronald Kouchi, left, took the gavel from Sen. Lorraine Inouye. Kouchi said reducing wildfire risks statewide is a top priority for lawmakers.

In their lawsuit, House Democrats say Republicans unlawfully organized and elected a speaker on the legislative session’s ...

As the new legislative session begins, members of the South Carolina State Senate are debating South Carolina’s private ...

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and House Democrats have asked the state’s highest court to intervene in a partisan power struggle that has roiled the start of the 2025 legislative session.

New York's mayor, embroiled in legal trouble, has no chance at winning a second term. Meanwhile, the two parties argue about whether the legislative year can even begin in Minnesota.

A legal fight is brewing over whether to appoint a Republican or a Democrat to the West Virginia House of Delegates seat ...

Iowa’s top judge is calling on state lawmakers to make reforms to the judicial system this legislative session.

Minnesota House Democrats didn't show up for the start of the session and GOP members are making moves without them there. As ...

The Minnesota House DFL filed a lawsuit asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to declare that Republicans acted unlawfully when ...

Minnesota House Republicans voted to hire three lawyers from Rep. Harry Niska’s law firm to represent the chamber in a ...

Steve Simon, who as secretary of state initiates the first House proceedings, ruled there was not a quorum present and ...

In a petition to the Supreme Court, Democrats in the state House accuse Republicans of acting "unlawfully" when they ...