The most important part of the American legislative body is the U.S. Senate. It utilizes different types of documents to carry out its functions. While the public often focuses on how a bill becomes a ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New legislation signed into law by New York Governor Kathy Hochul expands the definition of “child safety zones.” The law allows the consideration of violent crime statistics ...

A bipartisan bill offered Monday by Senate Banking Committee member Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Andy Kim, D-N.J., would force ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Legislation that would have updated Virginia’s definition of a hate crime failed to get out of the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice Monday morning. Attorney General Mark R.

The American Federation of Government Employees on Wednesday called on Congress to standardize the definition of federal law enforcement officers across agencies, so employees who perform similar jobs ...

Legislation introduced in the state Senate would make it harder for the state to hide how much clean energy initiatives are costing local utility users. State Sen. Chris Jacobs, R-Buffalo, recently ...

Veteran service leaders across Massachusetts say the state’s definition of veteran is failing them as it blocks them from ...

LANSING – The chair of the Senate Education Committee says efforts to pass anti-bullying legislation in the state are stalled because lawmakers can't define what bullying is – yet he expects local ...