There was little doubt the Senate would pass the $14.3 billion state budget, but that didn't mean the final debate was ...

The history of Rome is one of the most fascinating stories of power, innovation, and transformation. From its humble beginnings as a small kingdom, Rome grew to become a dominant force that influenced ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is making waves in Florida around immigration. Here's what's happening.

As a disturbing symbol of the extreme disrespect being shown Latinos in California, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif. — a mild ...

Bills related to sexual abuse cases, expungement, payday lenders and auto-body shops are on the agenda at the RI State House.

No kings’ would effectively be the watchword through the Roman republic’s entire history. ‘Rex’ was a word the Romans hated.

The Roman Republic was originally a system of shared political authority. The Senate, the people and elected magistrates shared power. But in the first century BC, powerful and charismatic figures ...

The Roman Republic lasted nearly 500 years, about twice as long as Americans have had theirs. ... When Augustus died in his bed at a ripe old age, the Roman Senate made him a god.

The United States, too, may endure as a great power for centuries to come. The ultimate lesson of the Roman Republic’s fate is that once you’ve allowed one man to rule as a monarch, even if you ...

Rank did not matter: 90 senators, 15 of them who had been consuls (the Republic’s CEOs), were targeted. Sulla declared he did everything to protect the Roman Republic and expand its glory. Only ...

The real defenders of Roman values—according to Cicero, anyway—exchanged sharp words in the Roman senate. Catiline, on the other hand, “trained” his superhuman physical hardiness to ...