The move comes after nearly a year of requests for voluntary recognition by employees in offices run by Speaker Emanuel ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, has filed legislation that would, for the first time in Illinois, authorize legislative staff to form a union and engage in ...

The benefits of pension reform over time outweigh any upfront monetary or political cost. Surely the governor can make that ...

The North Carolina legislature has voted to pass a long ... throughout our state,” House Majority Leader John Bell said. But most Democrats voted no. They say the budget doesn’t do enough ...

After the House reviews the bill through committee hearings and makes changes to align the budget with their priorities, the bill goes to the Ohio Senate to repeat the process. The budget has to be ...

The North Carolina legislature has voted to pass a long ... throughout our state,” House Majority Leader John Bell said. But most Democrats voted no. They say the budget doesn’t do enough ...

North Carolina's new, $30-billion budget passed ... state's infrastructure — meeting our needs on health care, education, transportation, manufacturing and tourism, just to name a few," House ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina House voted to pass a new, $30 billion state budget Thursday — the first vote needed in a series of approvals that are expected to soon wrap up months of ...