There are only two bathroom stalls for women on the third floor of the Kentucky Statehouse, where the House and Senate ...

For female state lawmakers in Kentucky, choosing when to go to the bathroom has long required careful calculation. There are ...

Roy Cooper will lead the North Carolina Democrats’ effort to win a U.S. Senate election for the first time since 2008. The 68 ...

CHICAGO — Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, who spent years as a close friend and advisor to ex-Illinois House ...

The chief architects of the United States Constitution certainly did not have these measures in mind. James Madison, familiarly called the “Father of the Constitution,” was most responsible for the ...

Researchers put on a "Science fair for canceled grants" on Capitol Hill to highlight cuts to federal funding for science, July 8, 2025 on Capitol Hill. Sumit Chanda, a professor of immunology and ...

Law enforcement agencies across Illinois are adapting to new mental health training requirements mandated by the SAFE-T Act, which took effect in 2022.

Along with lawmakers calling for security changes, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher says Minnesota needs to add metal detectors to four of the buildings in the Capitol complex.

The targeted shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers have sparked discussion about whether more security is necessary to ensure safety in the relatively open State Capitol building, one of the few in ...