COLUMBUS, Ohio — On April 9, the Ohio House of Representatives passed a spending deal that would cut funding to public schools, increase vouchers for private schools, alter library funding and provide ...

Legislating the right way involves hearings, proponent and opponent testimony and other checks and balances, to ensure that a bill’s sponsors -- along with those voting it into law -- at least hear ...

Massachusetts state legislators say they are creating a new era of openness on Beacon Hill. They want to make more votes public, better explain the bills they’re proposing, and make changes that ...