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U.S. states are adopting and expanding programs that use taxpayer money to pay for private schools even as their costs rise ...

Labor groups have met the requirements to put a measure on the 2026 ballot to repeal a law banning police, firefighters and ...

Georgia has taken a significant step forward in safeguarding small businesses, protecting consumers, and ensuring a fairer ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

The measure requires the impounding of dogs that have injured or killed someone and mandates that owners of dogs classified ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called on lawmakers to pass legislation limiting cellphone use during classes.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state Legislature passed a bill last weekend that caps rent increases for many. The proposal ...

Fabiola Amaya, a 21-year-old UT Austin student, is leading the charge for Senate Bill 752, which would make university ...

Local religious groups are denouncing recent comments by Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith surrounding his belief ...

The Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis is urging Governor Braun to condemn Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s praise of the Three-Fifths ...

SB 880, filed by State Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) Miami, has cleared a hurdle in the Senate. It is asking the state to designate the American Flamingo as the official state bird, replacing it with the ...