State legislators were stunned during a late-night budget debate when a veteran Republican lawmaker stood up and read graphic references to the female anatomy from a school library book.

Bill increases regulation of private special education providers while adding funds for districts to develop their own in-house programs.

A family has their smoke alarms to thank after a house fire, according to crews with the Summerfield Fire District.On Monday morning, a family was awoken by smoke alarms at a home in the 5300 ...

Either way, the “Henry House” is back online, and its doors will soon open for a new purpose, says Niki Mills, Cultural Resources Program manager, Fort Knox Garrison – as a center for Fort ...

The Connecticut House has approved requiring health insurance providers to cover biomarker testing, a process that involves using genome sequencing to diagnose disease more accurately.

The Connecticut House has voted to make it easier to sue gun makers and dealers when they let their guns fall into the wrong hands.Federal law protects gun makers and dealers from liability when ...

E.L. 'Bubba' Henry, who was speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives when Edwin Edwards was governor and oversaw the convention that wrote the current state constitution, died.

Forsyth and Guilford counties, as well as North Carolina's other urban counties, could be represented by just one state senator if a N.C. House bill becomes law.

Guilford County Schools and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools appear to be piggybacked onto a N.C. House bill that could help determine how large is too large for the state’s five biggest ...

State legislators voted Monday night for supplemental grants to Planned Parenthood and a variety of nonprofit organizations.