The State Bond Commission is expected to vote Friday morning on a $155 million plan aimed at reducing monthly electric bills.

Alaska has long ignored warning signs of a budget crisis. Now, it has no money to fix something that is posing serious health ...

A $1.26 billion contract to build the nation’s largest detention center was awarded to a little-known Virginia company—which ...

The Missouri Republican seems to be going against his entire party with a proposed ban on congressional stock trading.

This summer, President Donald Trump has begun to chisel back Medicaid and food stamps. On a July day in 1965, President ...

Democrats are again trying to revive the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. But they face long odds in the ...

Congressional leaders are already starting to trade blame for a government shutdown, two months before the funding deadline. The posturing sends a signal the threat of a stoppage is more serious ...

Connecticut state senators sent a letter to Congress in support of a new proposed bill that would prohibit ICE agents from ...

California State University says it’s short $2.3 billion, a budget gap that’s grown sharply since the system first revealed two years ago that it didn’t have the money to properly educate ...

Connecticut lawmakers are calling for the release of an Afghan interpreter detained by ICE after a routine green card appointment.

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An Afghan who moved to the United States after working for the U.S. military in his home country ...