#legislation

A federal judge blocked Colorado's unannounced inspection mandate targeting GEO Group's Aurora ICE detention center, citing the supremacy clause.

Rep. Andrew Clyde calls the ruling removing the $200 tax on silencers and short-barreled rifles the greatest Second Amendment restoration in a century.

Missouri voters are deciding on a measure that could make it much harder to amend the state constitution.

The bill would let physicians decide whether abortions after 24 weeks are appropriate, removing current legal limits tied to specific medical cases.

The Senate advanced the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, a Trump-backed package aimed at preventing the U.S. from becoming a "nation of renters."...

Lawmakers in a growing number of states are imposing restrictions on 3D-printed firearms, sparking debate over Second Amendment rights and gun control.

New York Democrats passed a bill replacing "mother" and "father" with "gestating parent" and "non-gestating parent" in state custody laws now.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday ordered the Alaska Legislature to convene a special session on Thursday — one day after the deadline for this year’s regular session — to consider a bill advancing a natural gas line that he has declared his top priority in his final months in office.

Tlaib's resolution would grant homeless Americans over a dozen new protections, including rights to camp, panhandle and access affordable housing.