RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers agreed Wednesday to spend another $528 million on still-pressing needs from ...

State Senate Republicans unveiled a series of bills on Wednesday targeting the affordability crisis, proposing tax cuts and ...

New North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein wants Republicans in charge of the legislature to roll back upcoming income tax ...

One amendment, by Rep. Saira Draper, D-Atlanta, would reduce the measure’s scope. The version that passed the Senate last month had set the threshold for a compliance impact analysis at $1 million, ...

California also is bracing for major budget hits if Republicans in Congress follow through with a plan to slash billions of dollars in Medicaid and potentially jeopardize coverage for millions of ...

Officials arrested Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the occupied West Bank, for overstaying her student visa. According to ...

“Rural hospitals are in trouble—that’s true in Vermont and it’s true in Iowa. They need a lifeline like the bipartisan Rural ...

A growing number of Democrats are criticizing Senate Minority Leader Schumer for voting yes on the Republican-led government ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is facing the toughest fight of his Senate leadership career amid sharp attacks ...

"He's done a lot of great things. But I'm afraid that it may be time for the Senate Democrats to pick new leadership as we move forward." ...

The progressive group Indivisible called on Schumer to “step aside” on Saturday, accusing him of having “surrendered leverage ...

Hundreds of people angered by national politics are crowding town halls led by members of Massachusetts' all-Democratic ...