According to an official release, Speaker Om Birla will chair the meeting of the Standing Committee of Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) on 10 January 2025 in ...

Representative-elect Dyson told News Three’s Anna Maynard that he plans to support the caucus’s choice for speaker, not ...

Michael Madigan, the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, has taken the stand to testify in his own defense during his federal corruption trial this week.

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday.

Ohio Republican leaders are looking at cutting spending for public education, calling the current formula "unsustainable." ...

A special service will be held in the Capitol Rotunda, with eulogies by Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

The first session day also saw several new members of the Legislature sworn into office to represent sections of the ...

Ever since Republicans took back control of the U.S. House in 2022, their biggest concern has been the unruly hard-right ...

The former speaker is arguably one of the most notable former politicians to testify in their own defense since former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

Changing lame duck, even with sensible tweaks, would require a constitutional amendment, which is difficult. Amendments require hundreds of thousands of signatures or a two-thirds legislative vote, ...