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'Shame on you!' was shouted on Wednesday by two women whose lives were affected by recent gun violence after lawmakers shot down a bill that would expand background checks on ...

The United States made a major move toward Immigration reform Tuesday with President Barack Obama’s endorsement of a ...

Frank Lautenberg: Ailing New Jersey senator could be back in Washington, D.C., to vote on legislation that would ...

Tougher gun laws won't stem violence.

Two competing pieces of legislation that both aim to reform the environmental appeal process in the city left ...

Conservative senators from both parties are in favor of expanding background checks for gun buyers and bolstering those ...

Justin Trudeau looks set to win the Liberal leadership this week, but taking the 2015 election is a ...

NEW YORK—The City Council passed a package of bills aimed at helping business owners in New York City ...

President Barack Obama called on Congress to take action on gun control laws Wednesday, acknowledging that it will ...

The Epoch Times asked Bay Area locals what they think about a proposal to extend the time alcohol ...

When a transplant donor is a person overseas who has been commercially exploited or even worse, effectively killed ...

If the law makers and regulators won’t grant a label for genetically engineered foods, maybe the market will.

The 2004 survey data from a national survey of state prison inmates reveals that among those who had ...

Three of four gun reform bills have passed the Senate, but the debate over gun control has not ...

The Sunlight Foundation’s annual state government openness report card found wide variations in how well state legislatures share ...

Every American is entitled to ask federal agencies for almost all of the information the agencies compile. Here’s ...

Gun violence prevention advocates convened at the Lawyer’s Mall near the State House in Annapolis, M.D., on March ...

Legislation banning artificial tanning services for people under 18 in Quebec comes into effect on Monday.

With the City Council legislative session coming to an end this year, sponsor’s privilege—a rarely used and risky ...

Led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the 2013 Senate proposed a new ban on military-style assault weapons on ...

Although the Alberta government is declaring the fall legislative session a success, opposition parties say the session was ...

The Republican-majority Michigan legislature passed controversial right to work legislation on Dec. 11.

The stalemate continues in regard to finding a solution for the impending fiscal cliff as members of both ...

Rumoured legislation to allow reserve land to be sold has stirred distrust among First Nations, despite being optional.

Big cats, including native mountain lions and cougars, as well as nonnative African lions and tigers, are a ...

New England has long been supportive of unions in both the public and private sector, but that may ...

The retirement age for state workers is going up and the percentage they have to pay into their ...