Legislators put some victims&#39; needs on the back burner
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Karen Pettigrew and Carmen Cavo are separated by a few miles of beaches, survived the same hurricanes, and share a similar view of government&#39;s role in helping victims of Florida&#39;s historic hurricane season.
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One stage in the life of bills making their way through Congress has been shoved aside recently.
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OR the past several months, plaintiffs&#39; lawyers and surrogate groups funded by them have criticized House Bill 4 and Proposition 12 as not delivering on its promise of lower professional
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A significant drop in the number of hunters in West Virginia has left a hole in the state's budget, and one lawmaker thinks he has a solution: allow children to receive hunter training in school.
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The U.S. Congress left behind an  unusually long list of stalled or dead bills -- from energy and  transportation to health care and federal spending -- as  lawmakers went home to ask voters to re-elect them next month.
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By JESSICA VAN SACK  The tragedy of four fallen fishermen has become a rallying cry for politicians hoping to reform marine regulations they say threaten the lives of men at sea with too-restrictive limits on the number of days boats may head out.
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A Texas Ranger told lawmakers he was stymied in his two-year struggle to bring justice for the alleged victims of an expanding sex abuse scandal in the state's youth prison system.
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By GARY PERILLOUX  Two bills that would benefit forest-product makers have drawn the ire of the Louisiana Chemical Association because its membership wouldn't get the same deal.
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By Shawn Mansell Deseret Morning News  Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, wants to make life a little more unpleasant for those convicted of sexually assaulting children.  Specifically, he's after repeat sex offenders with his bill, HB86.
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By April Vitello  While the number of adult males dying in all-terrain vehicle accidents continues to rise, legislators still think the focus of their safety efforts should be on children.
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Victims of the Madrid train bombings  issued a stinging rebuke to politicians for seeking to gain  from the tragedy that killed 191 people, injecting humility  into a previously raucous parliamentary investigation.
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Washington -- With House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, now involved directly or tangentially in a handful of ethics cases and investigations, some analysts say another setback could substantially weaken the lawmaker&#39;s ability to champion Republican
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As Democrats and Republicans disagreed on the accomplishments of the 108th Congress, one thing is certain: Hundreds of programs &#151; from highway building to welfare reform &#151; are being kept on life support through temporary measures because lawmakers failed to meet deadline after deadline for renewing them.
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Governmental sites need to be revamped so people can find what they need, experts tell a Congressional committee.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 22 -- Legislators were outraged, insults were hurled. Opponents dragged out old ethnic divisions and warned of a dark collusion.
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Lawmakers are people, too. They give, and they receive. And amid the marathon partisan (and intraparty) griping over everything from the farm bill to the mammoth $555 billion spending bill, many of them managed to squeeze in some holiday shopping before splitting town for the Christmas recess.
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Unable to extend tax breaks as part of a broad energy bill two months ago, lawmakers are trying to attach some of them to an emergency economic aid package containing rebates for millions of taxpayers.