The state sends more than 100 people to a for-profit prison in Mississippi, and Department of Corrections data shows Vermont’s prisons lack capacity to hold all the people in state custody.

The Iowa Senate Education Committee advanced a number of bills impacting both K-12 and higher education on Thursday, ensuring they will remain active as the session’s second funnel deadline looms.

House Bill 123 and Senate Bill 140 would eliminate one obstacle from turning a public school into a charter school ...

The Missouri House approved its version of the state budget, sending the $47.9 billion spending plan to the next step. But it’s what’s not in that budget getting the most attention.

House Bill 1205 would impose new financial and legal restrictions on petition-signature gatherers and the groups that back ...

President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs have sent markets spiraling, and analysts are horrified at the possibility ...

The House has rejected past voucher plans, but Speaker Dustin Burrow says the policy now has enough support in the GOP-led ...

U.S. Senate Republicans planned a first step on Thursday toward advancing President Donald Trump's sweeping tax cut agenda ...

Florida lawmakers took a significant step toward banning weather manipulation on Thursday, with legislation clearing the Senate.

First on the agenda was HB 2, the school funding measure that originated in the House. The committee passed it by a vote of 13-2.

Building on a years-long effort to make it harder to change the state Constitution, the Florida House on Thursday approved a controversial measure that would impose new requirements on the ...