House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to call for a vote on a bill to fix a glitch that has created a potential $1 billion hole in the D.C. budget, though the timing is still uncertain. Johnson ...

Headlining that effort is a mad dash in the S.C. House to pass a revamped bill cutting the state’s top income tax rate from 6.2% to 5.39%, despite the fact that the Senate is unlikely to take up ...

SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, Fla. — Chef Joe Dodd is not shy about his restaurant's strengths. "This is the best fried chicken in Tampa," says the owner of King of the Coop. And not just any fried chicken ...

In her seven-page order Tuesday, Bowser (D) said while officials still hope the House will pass the D.C. budget fix later this month, the city could no longer wait to plan for the possibility of ...

The N.C. House approved by a 111-2 vote Tuesday a bill to repeal the current bill guiding the beginning and ending of the school year for students in North Carolina, setting up a test of wills ...

The first bill up at Wednesday morning’s jam-packed final meeting of the year for the S.C. House Ways and Means Committee was the tax conformity bill, which Rep. Brandon Newton told his ...

“I can only tell you how frustrating it is,” said D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) at a news conference Monday. If the House does not reverse the cut, she added, “the federal government would ...

OF THE FIRE. THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON WHAT’S LEFT IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. YESTERDAY, THE S.C. HOUSE PASSED A LONG NEGOTIATED COMPROMISE WITH SENATE LEADERS ON LIQUOR LIABILITY AND TORT REFORM.

Congress left town this week without passing legislation to prevent significant budget cuts for Washington, as the measure faces staunch opposition from some conservatives. While the measure ...

State Treasurer Brad Briner would be able to invest as much as five percent of North Carolina's state retirement funds in digital assets like cryptocurrencies under a bill the N.C. House of ...

Wilson declined to comment on the debt issue Tuesday, but Chicago Heights has struggled to get money owed by Ford Heights for more than a decade. In 2014, the city warned the village was in ...

Triad motorists facing long lines getting their driver’s license renewed may get up to a two-year reprieve if a bipartisan N.C. House bill becomes law. House Bill 821, which has its second House ...