Leaders of both parties often dismiss the stunning increase in “unaffiliated” voters as just a result of automatic ...

As the Legislature enacted tougher sentencing laws, Oklahoma’s prison population increased for a third consecutive year in ...

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Much of the challenge in pushing back against the Trump administration, state leaders said, is responding to an ...

See who’s running for Austin-area Texas House seats in the upcoming primary, with candidate bios, priorities and key races to ...

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Gov. Bob Ferguson has requested $11 million from the Legislature for the design and preconstruction of a new 120-bed veterans ...