Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Sam Givhan, R-Huntsville, reading through the bills that are eligible for a vote by the Alabama Senate on April 1, 2026, on ...

The Georgia Senate unanimously passed a measure that would ban cell phone use on campus for high school students from the morning bell until the dismissal bell, known as a "bell-to-bell" ban. The bill ...

House Democrats appear ready to back a bipartisan Senate deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Border Patrol — ...

The Alabama Senate has given final approval to legislation aimed at helping fully disabled veterans qualify for home loans by adjusting how property tax exemptions are counted in mortgage applications ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House Appropriations Chair Del. Ben Barnes talks to House Minority Whip Del. Jesse T. Pippy before debate and preliminary votes on ...

A Transportation Security Administration agent walks past travelers waiting in line at a checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia on March 23, 2026.

Commissioners of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority approved the controversial sale of Aquarion Water Co. to a nonprofit quasi-public water authority Wednesday morning. Connecticut’s utility ...

This story has been updated. Connecticut regulators gave final approval to the proposed sale of the Aquarion Water Company on Wednesday, paving the way for the state’s largest water utility to become ...

House lawmakers on Friday passed a Republican bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its entirety for eight weeks, after GOP leaders rejected a Senate-passed bill that would exclude ...

Democrats' counteroffer included rules on body cameras and training, source says A Democratic source familiar with the matter told CBS News the party's counteroffer to reopen the Department of ...

In a remarkable 24 hours in Washington, House Republicans snubbed a bipartisan funding deal cut by their own Senate GOP counterparts and instead approved an entirely different plan — prolonging the ...

Senators approved a compromise measure early Friday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security through the end of September, taking a major step toward ending the 42-day partial shutdown that ...