Explore the U.S. bicameral legislature, its structure with the House of Representatives and Senate, and the historical reasons for its establishment.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio is calling for New York’s bicameral Legislature to be abolished and replaced with a unicameral version because, in his judgment, the present structure is ...

KINGSTON, N.Y — The Ulster County Legislature’s committee structure is getting a bit of a makeover under Ulster County Legislature Chairwoman Tracey Bartels, who announced her appointments to the ...

Sherry Robinson All She Wrote In my time covering the Legislature, I watched thoughtful deliberations for the first few weeks ...

The Vermont Statehouse dome in Montpelier. Photo by Glenn Russell for VTDigger Lawmakers are revising a proposal to create a new Statehouse human resources structure after legislative staff testified ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - An Alabama lawmaker wants to change when the legislative session is held. He wants to divide the session into two parts. Alabama’s state constitution directs the Legislature ...