HELENA - The next chapter in Montana's school funding saga opened Wednesday, as the 11 lawmakers on the Senate Education Committee tried to figure out exactly how they're going to ...

Since 2010, the Legislature has phased in, with proper safeguards, retention of tuition paid by out-of-state students at all 29 of the state’s public colleges and universities. More to the point, in ...

As the second half of the state Legislature begins, the House will have this puzzler to ponder: What is a wild Montana huckleberry? State Sen. Jim Elliott, D-Trout Creek, thinks he knows and is ...

Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, stands outside of the Capitol on Friday. Tarr sponsored legislation to update a 40-year-old definition of consent in state law, which the Legislature passed on the ...

Alabama Rep. Neil Rafferty speaks in support of transgender rights during a rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery ...

The Texas House passed a bill on Tuesday that would require public schools and colleges to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism. Lawmakers approved ...

In 2023, the Montana State Legislature passed a bill, signed into law by the governor, that defined sex and sexuality as being either, and only, male or female.

When the South Dakota Supreme Court said last week that the state Legislature did not use the final day of business by extending business past midnight, it left a number of questions unanswered ...

Texas voters are, largely, on board with this type of legislation — seven in 10 voters, and 94% of Republicans, believe the sex listed on a birth certificate should be the only way to define gender.

The legislature's proposed definition is as follows: (A) “Hedge fund” means a pool of funds managed by investors for the purpose of earning a return on those funds, ...

The key word in Washington’s constitutional crisis is ample. Whether schools start in the fall may depend on whether the Legislature can fulfill its promise to amply fund public schools.