The contract gives workers a $20 per hour minimum wage as well as affordable health insurance and pension contributions.

The food service workers depend on senators to fund their jobs and benefits.

The House has already removed what was long known as the Harris Rider from the federal budget, and the Senate’s move puts D.C. closer to being able to legalize marijuana sales.

There are just three weeks left in Maryland’s legislative session.

Senators vote 21-17 on party lines to end capital punishment, but the House of Delegates has to pass its own bill before the death penalty can be abolished.

Virginia has used the death penalty longer and executed more people than any other state, but the tide has turned against capital punishment in the commonwealth.

The chances have improved, but there’s a big obstacle: the filibuster.

2020 was a huge year for the D.C. statehood movement, with the U.S. House of Representatives approving a bill to make D.C. the 51st state. But hopes for any further action will likely be dashed by the Senate — even if Democrats do take control.

The Virginia Senate and House of Delegates are now set to negotiate over a final budget for the Commonwealth.

Organizers want the Supreme Court post left vacant until after the presidential inauguration in January.