Texans have the chance to weigh in on the first primary election this year. Election officials say this is the chance Texans have to make their voices heard.
The confidentiality agreement came to light through an open records request by The Star as the Legislature tackles concerns about transparency, sexual harassment and the treatment of interns.
Idaho Rep. Brandon Hixon may have touched, abused or had sex with two young girls — one a young female relative — in repeated incidents, records claim.
Critics say lawmakers’ changes to North Carolina’s courts system threaten to undermine confidence in the state’s justice system by inserting politics into the courtroom.
Miami-Dade County dropped its “sanctuary” protections for undocumented immigrants shortly after Donald Trump became president. Now it’s handing over one suspected immigration offender per day to ICE agents.
The California Senate and Assembly say they will work together to address sexual harassment at the Capitol in Sacramento. So far, their steps have been independent.
Following the passage of similar measures in Chicago and Seattle, Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez wants the city to consider an ordinance that would require hotels to provide workers with panic buttons to report sexual harassment or assault.
Women in the Florida Senate and female lobbyists say they’re experiencing a chilling work environment as part of the fallout from public allegations of sexual harassment against a powerful male colleague.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle pledged a grand jury inquiry into the brutality and misconduct documented in Fight Club, a Miami Herald investigation of the Florida juvenile justice system.
As accidents caused by distracted driving increase, some Florida lawmakers want to make texting while driving a primary offense, just like running a stop sign. Opponents fear that could lead to racial profiling.
Navy Lt. Alaric Piette, just five years out of Georgetown Law and a former SEAL, is the lone lawyer in court on the defense team of the man accused at Guantánamo of planning the USS Cole bombing.
California State Sen. Ricardo Lara and Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia are part of a growing group of Latino politicians who have joined the climate change fight.
Adam McCracken, a Winter Springs clinical psychologist, received the restoration of his civil rights from Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet on June 15. McCracken and his wife, Renee, testified about why restoration of his rights was so important.
