BISMARCK - After conducting a two-hour hearing Thursday on a tobacco-funds measure, a House panel then converted it into an unrelated concept, prompting an angry reaction from the measure's sponsor.

A measure on the November ballot that would double the county’s quarter-percent homeless sales tax is edging closer to the majority it would need to pass in a new poll of likely Los Angeles County ...

A Republican-led short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown ahead of a deadline later this week cleared a key procedural rule vote Tuesday afternoon, with House GOP leadership confident ...

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WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans aim to release a stopgap measure to avert a partial government shutdown on Saturday, the morning after the Moody's credit ...

The Senate’s action means the measure, which the House approved in a 427-to-1 vote, will be passed in the chamber on receipt and be forwarded to the president’s desk for his signature. Annie Karni As ...

In Mountain View’s North Bayshore neighborhood, where land abutting Google’s headquarters comes at a premium and the average home is priced close to $2 million, a 100-unit affordable housing ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CNI) — After nearly three hours of debate before a packed hearing room, a House committee on Wednesday voted to advance a bill that would impose new requirements on homeschooling, ...

Congress took a step toward creating a database of UFO reports with House passage of a measure that would establish a "secure system" to receive information about unidentified aerial phenomena. The ...

A House bill designed to improve the energy efficiency of federal data centers could wind up as part of a bipartisan Senate energy measure. A House Democrat’s bill designed to improve the energy ...