“If civic-affairs news is the broccoli of American journalism, then coverage of legislative procedure is the unsalted lima bean.” This will be the year journalism finally explains arcane legislative ...

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) would say about budget negotiations that “the pain was inevitable but the suffering was optional.” Sometimes, though, the suffering is not optional.

When we discuss Florida’s political process, we’re quick to mention the elected officials who dominate the headlines. However, the truth is the legislative process in the nation’s third-largest state ...

This time of year, the New Hampshire State House and the Legislative Office Building are bustling with public hearings, committee meetings and voting sessions. Come summer, half of the legislative hub ...