Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters on Saturday that senators will remain in session until a deal is unlocked to reopen the government as the shutdown reached Day 39 with members still far from an agreement. When asked if lawmakers ...

The New Mexico Senate handed the governor an early legislative victory Friday, passing three priority bills she had set a goal of getting through the chamber in the first week of the legislative session.

The Senate on Tuesday again failed to conclude work on the long-awaited Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, retreating into another extended closed-door session that ended without any clear resolution on the fate of the proposed reforms.

The Detroit Democrat's habitual absences in the state Senate break with a longstanding tradition in Michigan of presiding over daily sessions.