A group of conservative Republican freshmen state legislators in Kansas met with Gov. Sam Brownback (R) on Friday and told him that they will not support his attempt to keep in place a 3-year-old sales tax hike.

Brownback is pushing the sales tax increase to offset a cut...

Some parents hope their children follow in their footsteps. One mayoral candidate in Michigan, however, is seeking to follow the path once walked by his own teenage son.

Scott Sessions is city councilman and a candidate for mayor of Hillsdale, Mich. He's running for an office his son, Michael,...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is being criticized by Democrats for appearing with his family in a new federally funded commercial to promote tourism at the Jersey Shore after the area was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Christie's appearance, first reported Thursday morning by the Star-Ledger, is...

A North Carolina legislative committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would ban the consideration of "foreign laws," including Sharia, in the state's court system in certain cases.

The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee voted out legislation that could make North Carolina the eighth state to ban use of foreign...

A New Jersey mayor backed by President Barack Obama was defeated Tuesday in his bid for a third term leading Jersey City, the state's second-largest city.

Jersey City Councilman Steve Fulop (D) easily beat Mayor Jerramiah Healy (D) 52 percent to 38 percent in the...

A Kansas Republican state legislator is denying involvement in a pair of prostitution-related arrests 16 years ago, after the case resurfaced during an ongoing investigation into a February incident in his hotel room.

Rep. Joe Edwards (R-Haysville) said he was not convicted on prostitution and loitering charges...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) opened the door to a comeback for former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) Friday, saying he'd be a "great" pick for his second in command.

Scott told AM Tampa Bay on WFLA radio Friday that he believes West would be a good pick...

The New York political scene has been shaken up by the revelation that a former New York state senator sentenced to prison Thursday on corruption charges had recorded six of her colleagues as part of her cooperation with the FBI.

Former state Sen. Shirley Huntley...

The Republican-controlled Missouri Legislature passed the nation's most extreme gun protection bill, along with bans on Islamic law and the United Nations sustainability agenda, during a late-night session Wednesday.

Under the gun measure, lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to nullify all federal gun laws in the state, while allowing...

A Republican state legislator in New Hampshire announced during a legislative debate Wednesday that she has a shrine to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in her house.

State Rep. Jeanine Notter (R-Merrimack) told colleagues that she loves history, particularly Civil War history, during a discussion about a bill that...

Tea party favorite Carl Paladino, the unsuccessful 2010 Republican nominee for New York governor, won a landslide victory Tuesday night for a seat on the Buffalo Board of Education.

Paladino easily defeated Adrian Fitzgerald Harris 79 percent to 20 percent to capture a seat representing the south...

WASHINGTON -- While the U.S. Senate on Monday gave overwhelming support to a bill to empower states to collect sales tax on online purchases, chances for its passage in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives are far less certain.

The overwhelming 69-27 vote in the Senate, however, has...

Legislative maneuvering in Kansas will likely postpone a decision on Medicaid expansion, if the state ever decides to enter the program.

Gov. Sam Brownback (R), a leading Obamacare opponent, has punted the decision to the Republican-controlled state legislature, which has largely kept the topic under study during a legislative...

The New Hampshire state legislator who has claimed the federal government is responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing wants to visit a bombing victim who lost both his legs to see if he was in fact hurt in the attack.

State Rep. Stella Tremblay (R-Auburn)

Senate Democrats are questioning Republican strategist Karl Rove about which GOP Senate candidates he considers "ill-suited" for the 2014 election.

Rove wrote in an op-ed published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal that the Republican Party should avoid candidates who could self-destruct or lose leads...

Kansas officials are vowing to fight United States Attorney General Eric Holder's claim that the state's new ban on federal gun laws is unconstitutional.

Holder wrote Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) in late April that the new law which would prohibit the enforcement of federal gun laws on all...

The Republican-controlled Missouri House of Representatives advanced two more pro-gun measures this week in an effort to compete with neighboring Kansas as a new home for the nation's gun industry.

The House gave preliminary approval to legislation that would prohibit the enforcement of federal gun laws on...

The New Hampshire state legislator who has said the federal government caused the Boston Marathon bombing claimed proof in a victim who lost both legs and "was not in pain."

State Rep. Stella Tremblay (R-Auburn) told a conservative talk show host Tuesday that she knows...

A Republican legislator in New Hampshire asked U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) Tuesday if the country is on the brink of a revolution over immigration, gun control and President Barack Obama's political appointments.

State Rep. Edmond Gionet (R-Lincoln) asked Ayotte at a town hall meeting if Obama's new gun control...

The Alabama state Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would nullify all federal gun laws in the state, joining a growing list of state legislatures looking to ban gun legislation from the books.

The Alabama bill says that any federal law that is contrary to the Second Amendment would be...