Industry leaders say the government failed to protect Thomas Cooper, 5, from dying in a hyperbaric chamber fire at the Oxford ...
Massachusetts is the only state in the country in which the Legislature, governor’s office, and judiciary all claim to be ...
Michigan is the only U.S. state in which the governor and state Legislature aren't subject to Freedom of Information Act laws.
What it does: The bill creates a bipartisan group that would explore how Illinois counties could effectively secede from ...
A newly-created immigration enforcement office will be largely kept secret after being exempt from state public records laws.
Currently, government emails, memos, and documents are automatically presumed to be public — unless those records come from ...
More than 30 states have introduced bills to ban potentially harmful chemicals in food, from red dye 40 to brominated ...
Most lawmakers — as well as Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — want to invest big in water. Here are the proposals ...
The Trump administration's slashing cut the state's Office for Civil Rights, responsible for providing students protection ...
Emboldened by court rulings and election victories, the Christian right is outspoken as it pushes its moral views through the ...
Gov. JB Pritzker is pushing a measure to take phones out of classrooms, but some argue that they serve a purpose.
The months-long dispute between the state Auditor Diana DiZoglio and Democratic leaders on Beacon Hill recently took an ...