The new South Carolina bill would repeal exceptions for rape and incest ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty A new bill, the "Unborn Child Protection Action,” would make it a felony to receive an abortion, ...

Michigan representatives voted Thursday to conceal their employment, property addresses and other personal information from public view. The state House passed legislation Thursday in a 84-17 vote ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bill that would allow Ohio teenagers 14 and 15 years old to work till 9 p.m. throughout the year is heading to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk, though federal law still stands in the way.

For nearly three years, lawmakers needed to give a 72-hour advance notice if they wanted to inspect a correctional facility, reducing access to and oversight of the state’s prisons. That delay has ...

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers unveiled a bill in the House on Thursday that would restrict the purchase of Chinese chipmaking equipment by CHIPS Act grant recipients for 10 years, Reuters ...

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that environmentalist critics say would dramatically weaken the commonwealth’s goals for limiting climate change, undoing years of work on policies aimed ...

The State Newspaper reporter Ted Clifford was a media witness to the execution by firing squad of Stephen Bryant. Bryant pleaded guilty to the murder of Willard Tietjen, Cliff Gainey, and Christopher ...

A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, volunteered to carry out the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man in South Carolina is scheduled to be executed Friday by a firing squad, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ...