A proposal to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeast Oregon did not make it through the U.S. Congress at the end of 2024.

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected House Speaker on Jan. 3., receiving the bare minimum, 218 votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was selected by his Republican colleagues as the Senate’s new majority ...

The Senate kicked off quietly as House steals the spotlight to start 2025. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) plans to pass individual appropriations bills, a farm bill, and focus on regular ...

In less than two weeks, state legislators will convene for the 2025 legislative session, taking action on hundreds of bills, ...

California tribes sue card rooms over alleged illegal gambling, threatening millions in tax revenue for local city services ...

The state law, which went into effect on Jan. 1, is meant to prevent employers from organizing mandatory meetings that could discourage unionization ...

The 119th Congress is convening for the first time on Friday and House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting for his political ...

Theoretically, some 376 measures dealing with everything from leaf blowers to data centers to guns to gender ID, were on life ...

Sen. Ted Cruz is set to take over as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, a position that will give him jurisdiction over a wide swath of the U.S. economy, ...

Three history-making, newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ community will be sworn in to the 119th Congress Friday.

Crane said he told House Speaker Mike Moyle, R-Star, that voters in the May primary chose Republicans who want school ...

The latest iteration of the bill was proposed in 2023 by Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden. It marked the third such proposal by Wyden and Oregon’s other Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley to pass a bill ...