Should the Legislature come back to take a formal vote now, the most likely path appears through, ironically enough, one of those informal sessions, where lawmakers can approve an order suspending ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Massachusetts lawmakers scrambled to pass key legislation before the formal session came to an end on Wednesday. As the clock quickly ticked towards Wednesday’s ...

Codifying the president's executive orders would turn them into formal law, making it permanent and harder to change or undo in the future.

Senate Republicans echoed similar concerns. Republicans gained the leverage to hold up the bill after Democrats failed to come to a compromise before formal law making ended for the year on Nov. 15.

The last time Congress came close to passing a nationwide data privacy law was in 2022, when the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation on a 53-2 vote.

Moore argued Thursday there's more support for the casino and video gambling proposal than there was for the sports betting law. "The response that we're hearing from legislators from those ...