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 ...

Against the backdrop of federal job cuts and funding freezes, the Virginia legislature passed several budget amendments and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Legislators filed nearly 2,000 bills, plus more than a 1,000 resolutions in the 2025 General Assembly session. Most died.

Meanwhile, the cost of wildfires and wildfire mitigation is another reason electricity rates are high in California.

The Virginia legislature ended its 45-day session Saturday with a slew of budget amendments ranging from tax cuts to child care, but some lawmakers said they would likely ...

The Colorado legislature condemned the pardons issued by President Donald Trump to people convicted for their actions in the ...