To create a new state, the Constitution requires a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate, the House of Representatives, State Houses ...

President Donald Trump has highlighted our broken federal disaster system and the urgent need for states to lead. As former ...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has said that none of the 30 proposals for new states met the requirements of Section 8 of the Constitution. Kalu, in a statement issued ...

This clarification comes in response to a widely circulated report claiming that the House had formally proposed the creation of 31 new states. The report falsely asserted that the Constitution Review ...

The House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee’s proposed creation of 31 additional states besides the country’s 36 existing states has sparked widespread reactions from prominent ...

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ben­jamin Okezie Kalu has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to temper justice with mercy and give freedom to the leader of the ...

Special Florida House panels are teed up next week to scrutinize Gov. Ron DeSantis’ line-item budget vetoes, setting up ...

After more than a decade of trying to bring a casino to Linn County, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission voted 4-1 to grant ...

President Donald Trump is meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday as he continues to move ahead with reshaping the federal government. Follow here for the latest live news updates.

Under a new power-sharing deal, Demuth will be speaker at least through next year. She spoke with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer.

I was talking to a friend not long ago who was pretty down on politics in all its forms. “I actually find real enjoyment in politics,” I told him. He asked if I was nuts. No, I said, there’s a lot of ...

Top Republicans praised the Texas Senate's passage of "school choice" legislation as the proposal advances to the House where ...