Florida’s “hanging chads” ballot controversy riveted the nation during the 2000 presidential contest and later prompted Congress to create an independent commission to help states update their voting ...

A bipartisan group of three freshmen Senators introduced legislation Wednesday to give President Donald Trump’s administration the authority to halt investments from foreign companies, notably ...

The Senate amended and passed three bills Tuesday morning: House bills 2008 and 2009, both reorganizing the executive branch; and House Bill 2013, transferring certain state employees to ...

The Senate amended and passed three bills Tuesday morning: House bills 2008 and 2009, both reorganizing the executive branch; and House Bill 2013, transferring certain state employees to classified ...

33,125 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?33,125 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?

(Photo credit: Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) Gov. Jeff Landry has enacted a hiring freeze for the executive branch of state government in an effort to save $20 million ahead of a projected ...

Jeff Landry on Wednesday issued an executive order instituting a hiring freeze for the executive branch of the state government. The executive branch includes all state government agencies and ...

The president is not just the head of the executive branch but also the sole interpreter of law and the lone representative of the people. For a leader so comfortable in the mayhem of social media ...

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President Trump’s executive order seeking broad changes to how elections are run in the U.S. is vast in scope and holds the potential to reorder the voting landscape across the country, even as ...