President Joe Biden tapped Democratic Federal Communications Commissioner (FCC) Jessica Rosenworcel to be the acting chair of the U.S. telecommunications regulator on Thursday.

Spencer Hollers works to equip Southside Independent School District buses with Wi-Fi on Aug. 13, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas ...

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has sought to rally his committee as a center of Democratic messaging and ...

Multiple lawsuits challenging a 2023 Florida law on book removals are now pending in federal appeals court. A federal judge ruled part of the law unconstitutional for being too vague, a decision the ...

After two years of litigation over Texas House Bill 900, a federal judge has granted summary judgment and ordered a permanent injunction to block the mandatory book ratings law. In his October 21 ...

A federal judge has blocked elements of Texas' House Bill 900, which sought to restrict which books are available in school libraries, saying the law is unconstitutional. The 2023 Texas law requiring ...

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Lawrence City Commission candidates discussed a variety of issues during a candidate forum Saturday morning held at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Lawrence City Commission candidates ...

A federal judge has vacated a USDA rule to stop requiring fumigation of Chilean grapes before they can be exported to the U.S. Backed by other grape industry groups, the California Table Grape ...

A Memphis news station is facing criticism from lawmakers for reporting on the federal law enforcement moving into Bluff City. A letter from a coalition of Republican lawmakers called the station's ...

The return of a quorum to the Merit Systems Protection Board may undercut the rationale behind a new Democratic bill that would enable federal employees who appeal disciplinary actions taken against ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the FCC voting for cell phone jamming in state and local prisons. Agents and troops with the Memphis Safe Task Force set up a base of operations ...