House Bill 1 requires residential youth camps to create detailed plans – including evacuation, shelter-in-place, and first-responder communication protocols – for natural disasters and other emergenc...

Parents of the 27 campers and counselors killed when floodwaters rushed through a summer camp in Texas' Hill Country pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to pass a bill that would boost camp safety.

“Had the requirements of SB 1 been in place on the night of July 4, I have no doubt that some lives, if not all lives, would have been saved,” Perry said.

The majority of the Democrats complied with the law enforcement escort, showing reporters what they called “permission slips” they received to leave the House floor and pointing to the officers escor...

A California legislative hearing turned into a shouting match Tuesday as a Republican lawmaker clashed with Democrats over a partisan plan to rewrite U.S. House maps to win Democrats more seats.

One lawmaker, State Rep. Nicole Collier, has been at the Texas Capitol since Monday after refusing a mandatory police escort meant to ensure Democrats will show up when the state House convenes Wedne...