The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final flurry of ...

Florida lawmakers put the finishing touches on the state budget, agreeing to nearly $560 million in funding for special ...

"We believe these actions not only contradict the statute but are antithetical to the Fulbright mission and the values," the ...

Democratic California U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed after he interrupted a Los Angeles press conference on immigration by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. He began shouting ...

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) is backing Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) in the Democratic primary to replace retiring Sen. Tina Smith (D ...

"Punishing priests for following the Catholic Church's millennia-old faith traditions isn't just wrong, it's unconstitutional ...

A look at legislative efforts in states across the country that cut to the heart of what it means to freely practice the ...

Religion played such a prominent role in the lives of our founding fathers that the freedom to practice whichever one you ...

Proposed Washington state legislation makes members of the clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect.

Tighter controls on who gets to vote are part of a new initiative that could be introduced to the Washington State ...