When the Founding Fathers wrote the U.S. Constitution, they envisioned three distinct branches of government; legislative, executive and judiciary. These were balanced with numerous checks and ...

Lawmaking does not just mean passing bills and creating new laws. It also means oversight and accountability, as well as ...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signs an executive order rescinding the state’s Medicaid work requirements proposed by former Gov. Matt Bevin during a press conference at the Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., ...

The Constitution created three branches of government: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. For the past century, progressives in Congress have created a fourth branch composed of ...

A potential pay raise for lawmakers — which would be a first in nearly 15 years — remains an open issue in negotiations over the final fiscal 2024 Legislative Branch appropriations measure.

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. Envisioning the principles of ...

After a nearly monthlong delay, the House on Wednesday passed the fiscal 2024 Legislative Branch appropriations bill. The $5.3 billion bill represents a 4.7 percent cut from current spending levels.

The recent special session in Carson City included consideration of several high-profile bills, including a vast expansion of the state film tax subsidies (failed) and Gov. Joe Lombardo’s “tough on ...

The legislative branch exerted itself as a coequal branch of government this year, though not one without its own internal ...

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Throughout this week, the Washington Examiner’s Restoring America project will feature its latest series titled “Reforming the Deep State: Reining in the Federal Bureaucracy.” We invited some of the ...