On the eve of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, two-thirds of Americans say the system of checks and balances that divides power between the White House, Congress and the courts is ...

Equating controversial or legally contested executive actions with the collapse of 250 years of constitutional democracy ...

The Trump administration’s aggressive policies on immigration are receiving pushback not just on Capitol Hill but across the country. Democratic leaders in multiple states are refusing to cooperate ...

Multi-member independent agencies have been part of the U.S. government since its earliest days. For centuries, the U.S.

Former minister Matan Kahana reflects on three decades split between his religious Zionist synagogue community and his secular fighter pilot squadron, exposing the deep gap between mutual fears and ...

The Mountain States Policy Center is hosting the We the Students Civics Quiz Bowl on May 2 at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise.

Locals are concerned about the future of Harriman State Park after the passage of a bill in the Idaho Senate. SB 1300, which passed the Senate floor on Monday with a 21-14 vote, provides for Senate ...

U.S. House Rep. Jeff Hurd, the Grand Junction Republican representing Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, held a telephone town hall Wednesday night, with more than 14,000 constituents listening in ...

The Comptroller is the state’s chief fiscal watchdog, responsible for paying Illinois’ bills on time. The real power of the office is controlling the flow of funds and deciding how quickly payments ...

If Massachusetts truly wants to protect its people from authoritarian surveillance, it must pass privacy legislation with ...

The ambitious $7 million technology program was supposed to make Hawaiʻi schools safer by equipping teachers and principals ...

A federal regulatory assessment notice on a government website shows the Department of Homeland Security plans to retrofit a 473,158‑square‑foot warehouse and establish a “secure operational area” ...