Changing the maximum sentencing laws for misdemeanors would have a profound impact, write two Rhode Island representatives.

Supporters say that the carbon cap will drastically reduce the amount of harmful greenhouse gases emitted in the state while ...

The effects of this tax on remittances sent to Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela and countries in Central America could be devastating, ...

Between the Ohio biennial budget and a new property tax bill, central Ohio public school districts are nervous about the ...

A bill before Delaware lawmakers would change the legal age to serve alcohol in "taprooms" and "taverns" to 18 years old from 21. Teens would be required to be under the supervision of a supervisor ...

The French Senate passed a bill late on Wednesday that includes lack of consent in the country's criminal definition of rape, ...

Recent data published by the AHA shows that rural Americans could have the most to lose if the Senate’s version of the Big ...

Nearly half of all renters in Pennsylvania are considered rent-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30% of their monthly income on rent.

New Jersey is poised to lose $19.2 billion over the next nine years in health care spending from the House bill that includes ...

Lawmakers are getting dangerously close to the debt ceiling breach deadline which will come in the middle of next month.

Senate Bill 442, titled the “Parents Protection Act,” bars denying prospective adoptive parents placement of a child because ...

The Pennsylvania House advanced a bill that would let municipalities raise higher emergency service taxes, a move advocates ...