A House bill that would substantially boost school funding has cleared two committees and could be headed for a final vote, ...

A proposal to support pilots who are disqualified from flying due to mental health reasons advanced in the state Senate ...

The budgets are setting up a process that would probably mean big cuts in social programs, notably Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in California. The Senate budget Friday did not deal with most domestic ...

Furthermore, Begich, who proudly proclaims himself a member of Congress’ Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) caucus ...

A state Republican leader has introduced a resolution encouraging Tennessee teachers, especially geography teachers, to use ...

The hours-long “vote-a-rama” rambled along, in a dreaded, but crucial part of the budget process, as senators considered one amendment after another, largely from Democrats trying to halt it.

"I thought I was done voting in the senate," adding a laugh-cry emoji. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, Susan Collins, of Maine, and Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, the former Republican Senate ...

Elected officials in the nation’s largest state are hoping for a long-term increase in drilling and production as the new ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire ...

As fluoride skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. starts his first full week as Health and Human Services Secretary, debate over community water fluoridation simmers.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as director of the FBI, moving to place him atop the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency despite doubts from ...