AUSTIN — The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing Rep. Dustin Burrows as their new ...

At the turn of the 20th Century, Mississippi designed and built its new state house. In 1900, the Legislature authorized its construction. It took two years to build it at a cost of $1 million. Now if ...

Before the Texas’s 89th Legislature began Tuesday, state representatives and senators had already filed over 2,300 bills, ...

Lawmakers will debate the future of public education, find ways to spend nearly $200 billion in tax money and wrangle over ...

In the first round of the CFP Playoff, Texas ran for 292 yards and 6.1 YPC against an overmatched Clemson front to cruise to an easy 38-24 victory. It was a much more competitive double-overtime ...

tour of the U.S. Capitol building. Earlier that day, President Trump held a rally, where supporters walked to the Capitol to peacefully protest the certification of the 2020 election. During this ...

Carter honored at the Capitol: Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in state at the US Capitol Rotunda as lawmakers and the public pay their respects. Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker ...

Former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol before his funeral Thursday. Will it be open to the public to pay its respects?

None of that comes up on the official tours of the Capitol building, a sign of how divided lawmakers and the public remain. Here's NPR congressional correspondent Barbara Sprunt. UNIDENTIFIED TOUR ...

Nearly 2 million tourists visit the U.S. Capitol each year and learn about the building's art and history. What they don't hear on official tours is what happened on Jan. 6, 2021. Barbara Sprunt is a ...

Nearly 2 million tourists visit the U.S. Capitol each year and learn about the building's art and history. What they don't hear on official tours is what happened on Jan. 6, 2021.