The Missouri Senate's first day of the special session was stalled by an unexpected rule change proposed by Republicans.

The Missouri Senate's first day of a redistricting and initiative petition special session got off to a rocky start on Wednesday after Republicans employed a rarely utilized maneuver to approve the rules.

The second day of the Senate session in Harrisburg ended with no budget deal and no public debate on the issue, as Pennsylvania lawmakers remain without a decision more than two months past the state’s budget deadline.

An appeals court panel heard arguments Tuesday on whether the state House Republican majority can sit on bills adopted by the Legislature in the last session instead of sending them to the governor.

Pennsylvania’s state Senate is set to return to Harrisburg Monday afternoon, but with no agreed-upon solution for a state budget impasse that is already 10 weeks old, Harrisburg politicos say not to expect much more than a business-as-usual legislative session.

A longtime Republican lawmaker who will not seek reelection next year still has a few policies he wants to check off before leaving office. In a recent interview with the Kentucky Lantern, Sen. Jimmy Higdon,

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans silenced Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren for criticizing colleague and Attorney General-designate Jeff Sessions with the words of Coretta Scott King from three decades ago. Warren, whose name has been prominent in ...

Senate Bills 627 and 805 would ban law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings and require officers to be readily identifiable, respectively.

Democratic leadership in both chambers did not indicate plans for any legislation other than an awaited transportation package The Oregon House and Senate must continue to gavel in and out of session during the Legislature’s two-week pause in deliberations on the $4.

Missouri passed a redistricting plan, the latest in a series of moves triggered by Trump's call on GOP-led states to redraw their congressional maps to help maintain the party's narrow House majority.