CHEYENNE — Standing outside a women’s restroom in the Wyoming State Capitol, Rihanna Kelver gazed downward, clasped her hands ...

Carrying the legacy of an escaped slave who helped lead the 1851 Christiana Riot and served as a conductor on the Underground ...

The Republican-controlled Senate has advanced President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and increased deportation money, but there's more weekend work ahead as Congress races ...

Issues with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards’ processes and data maintenance jeopardized its ability to determine if county jails comply with minimum standards, according to ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after she ...

In her first one-on-one interview since being sworn in as the first woman to serve as South Carolina's representative for the Third Congressional District, Sheri Biggs says things are moving fast.

She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008 and served on the House Oversight Committee. She is the first woman to serve the state of Wyoming in the United States Senate.

She became the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman to serve in Congress. Mink represented Hawaii from 1965 to 1977, and again from 1990 until her death in 2002, for a total of ...

Rep. Patsy Mink was a major author and sponsor of Title IX, a law that prohibits sex discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal funding.