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A slew of North Dakota Republican leaders are calling on a state lawmaker to resign following reports that he made homophobic and xenophobic comments toward an officer during a DUI stop earlier this month. State Rep. Nico Rios (R) was pulled over on Dec. 15 for not staying in his lane and was arrested on…

The Little Hoover Commission holds a public hearing on retail theft Thursday.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor had a profound impact on abortion, racial equality, religion and federalism during her years on the Supreme Court.

If states insist upon giving away taxpayer money to private companies, the least they can offer in return is transparency.

Marco Bello/AFP via Getty ImagesFlorida state lawmaker Michelle Salzman has come under fire for appearing to call for the deaths of all Palestinians. In an impassioned speech this week, state representative Angie Nixon called for a ceasefire and asked of her fellow lawmakers: “We are at 10,000 dead Palestinians. How many will be enough?” “All of them,” Michelle Salzman responded in a widely panned comment that she has since sought to walk back. Salzman initially calle...

Alabama State LegislatureAn 82-year-old state lawmaker from Alabama was sent to jail on Monday for FaceTiming a witness—the founder of a gospel music non-profit he allegedly tried to bribe to lie to the FBI about a kickback scheme. Rep. John Rogers, a Democrat who has spent four decades in the state legislature, denies violating a court order not to contact anyone in his case and said it was “an erroneous phone call made by someone.” According to AL.com, his spokesman says R...

A former longtime North Dakota lawmaker has been indicted on a federal charge alleging he traveled to Prague with the intent to rape a minor. The four-page indictment against...

Michigan voters approved an amendment last fall to subject state lawmakers and some statewide officeholders to financial disclosure requirements.

Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Arizona Corporation Commissioner Anna Tovar to the state board that oversees and sets standards for public education.

The scheme already cost another lawmaker his seat