The speaker election ends a multi-month fight within the Texas Republican Party that began last legislative session.

Cory Swanson, Montana’s new chief justice, said throughout his campaign he’ll make decisions case by case. He rebuked his opponent for saying he’d respect the court’s ruling that protected abortion.

Though abortion rights supporters prevailed on ballot measures in seven of the 10 states where abortion was up for a vote on ...

As state legislatures convene, they face the same political polarization seen in Congress. Some are in near-deadlock.

A federal judge evaluated a motion to intervene in Louisville's consent decree in a packed federal courthouse Monday.

A single vote can be momentous, even in states where one party dominates. In North Carolina, a legislator who unexpectedly switched her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican enabled GOP ...

Clerks must wait until the morning of Election Day to begin processing ballots and counting votes, even if they were received weeks earlier. Two strategies are being considered to change ...

Many conservative states also are pushing to bring Christianity into public K-12 education through moves such as requiring ...

Louisville, filed a bill Friday to add rape, incest and some nonviable pregnancy exception’s to the commonwealth’s strict ...

The bill to cut Kentucky’s individual income tax rate to 3.5% passed the House with bipartisan support and is expected to ...

Ahead of taking office, The Courier Journal spoke with all seven new members of the Louisville Metro Council. What to know ...