Recreational marijuana is back on the table for state lawmakers. But it’s still a long way away from being legally sold in ...

So Congress has become the first U.S. institution that really resembles a collection of robots. I will not concede that they ...

Virts, formerly commander of the International Space Station, is running for a Senate seat in Texas as a Democrat.

I worked in a bipartisan way to get a new law (Public Act 24-46) passed, providing municipal property tax exemption for Connecticut veterans who have a federal Veterans Affairs service-related, 100% ...

The consolation prize retirees received from the One Big Beautiful Bill is arguably a bigger win than ending the tax on ...

President Donald Trump wanted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on his desk to sign by the Fourth of July, and he got it.

A national private school voucher program is now law, though the school choice initiative comes with a huge caveat. States also choose — whether or not to participate.  It’s a setback for advocates ...

Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said he was “disheartened” by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s veto of the National Polytechnic University (NPU) bill. The bill would have granted the Polytechnic ...

“We want Illinoisians throughout our state to understand the ripple effects of the Trump administration’s cruelty and be ...

It’s one thing to pass a major piece of legislation and have it signed by the president; it’s quite another to get the public to swallow it as something that benefits most of the country. House and ...

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. House Amended budget bill The House on July 3 ...

History can be cruel. Charles Sumner, the great abolitionist senator from Massachusetts, is remembered only for being beaten ...