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The lawmaker was facing an expulsion hearing after an internal investigation found he had furnished a 19-year-old staffer with alcohol and later tried to...

The legislation, which Gov. Kim Reynolds has said she will sign, will permit children as young as 14 to complete work including roofing, construction,...

"It is outrageous that industry groups, on your behalf, are putting your plan's enormous profits over care for seniors," wrote Sens. Elizabeth Warren and...

"As South Africans, we refuse to stand by while apartheid is being perpetrated again," the resolution's author asserted. BRETT WILKINS, CommonDreams.orgSouth African lawmakers voted Tuesday...

"Don't let them distract you," said Teamsters president Sean O'Brien. "Unions create jobs, make work safer, and put more money in workers' pockets."KENNY STANCIL,...

Pro-democracy advocates said that S.B. 4B was approved because right-wing Gov. Ron DeSantis wants "to expand his prosecutorial authority over Floridians who are lawfully...

"DeSantis decided to deny the potentially life-changing class and effectively censor the freedom of our education and shield us from the truths of our...

"She chose to forfeit the Democratic Party infrastructure, so it's only right that no Democratic staffer, consultant, or vendor should work with her," said...

"It's long past time for the EPA to take meaningful action to protect our most imperiled wildlife and put protections in place for endangered...

"The new playbook of total ideological control is in full swing," said one free expression advocate.JULIA CONLEY, CommonDreamsDespite outcry from parents, teachers, and students, newly...