The Massachusetts leader, whose influence goes well beyond her state, discusses how the Democratic Party can pick its battles ...

This resolution, it simply provides the message to these people in South Dakota that they are second-class citizens." ...

To be the first state to go backwards, I mean, how embarrassing could that possibly be?” said Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, a Democrat.

Austin Foss' poignant words about gay marriage in the North Dakota House personalized the issue for his GOP colleagues.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her seventh State of the State address this week and tacked to the political center; plus ...