Even before she had been sworn in as the first LGBTQ member of the House of Representatives from Washington state, queer ...

Proponents argue the resolution would make it easier for a more diverse group of representatives to join the Legislature.

This week, similarly desperate Springfield Republicans threw their own “Hail Mary.” They filed a lawsuit asking the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the state ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

The House GOP majority was already tiny. As a Florida Republican resigns to join Team Trump, the party's troubles just got a little worse. By Steve Benen After Donald Trump’s presidential ...

Gretchen Whitmer ends her time in that office. Nesbitt, a Republican from Lawton, held the top Republican role in the state Senate as its minority leader during the recently concluded legislative ...

The lower chamber is controlled by Republicans by just three votes, 218-215. If more than one Republican defects and the Democrats remain unified, the GOP won't be able to pass its priorities.

Consider what’s happening in Republican states. The top three states for the number of new solar panel installations include not only California but also Republican-led Florida and Texas.

They say that, too, resonates strongly with voters. “It carries so much more emotional weight,” said Republican state Rep. Ron Bryce, a doctor from southeastern Kansas. “We’re talking ...

House and Senate leaders left a meeting at the White House on Tuesday with varying levels of optimism about being able to fit their plans for a massive conservative policy overhaul into one bill ...

A Republican strategist close to Trump said Ramaswamy “burned through the bridges, and he finally burned Elon.” Elon’s purported ability to achieve the end to the means has again ...

To help cover these costs, Republican lawmakers on the House Budget Committee have singled out federal spending programs that could be cut, with several of Biden's student debt reduction and ...