SPOKANE, Wash. -- Governor Bob Ferguson has ordered state and U.S. flags at all state agency facilities to be lowered in honor of Washington's longest-serving Speaker of the House.

State Representative Alex Riley announced his candidacy for Speaker of the Missouri House, promising to restore legislative authority to address real issues facing Missouri.

Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) leaves the House chamber after being voted out as speaker on Tuesday in Washington. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) At 4:45 p.m., the gavel fell on Kevin McCarthy ...

Former Speaker of the Michigan House Lee Chatfield and his wife, Stephanie Chatfield, will stand trial for financial crimes, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Friday.

LANSING, Mich. — Former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, 35-year-old Lee Chatfield of Levering, was bound over to stand trial in Ingham County's 30th Circuit Court on Friday on ...

Lansing — Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield and his wife, Stephanie Chatfield, are headed to trial on felony charges that they embezzled political funds after a judge decided Friday ...

House Speaker Matt Ritter, a Hartford Democrat, said the reading of graphic language from library books on the House floor was "tomfoolery.'' He is shown here in his office at the state Capitol in ...

As leader of the House of Representatives, the speaker controls what bills make it to the floor, appoints members to committees, signs bills, ...

A group of 18 small business owners have signed a letter that was sent to House Speaker Matthew Ritter (D-Hartford) demanding a vote on Senate Bill 2, which seeks to regulate artificial intelligence.

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — After months of back-and-forth, Connecticut lawmakers have reached a deal on the two-year state budget, Gov. Ned Lamont announced on X Monday morning. The House … ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan was sentenced Friday to seven and a half years in federal prison and a $2.5 million fine in his corruption case.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives Lee Chatfield and his wife Stephanie Chatfield will stand trial, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.