A bill that would have ended probation-only sentences for child sexual assault died on a 4-3 party-line vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee, despite bipartisan sponsorship from Republican and Democrat lawmakers.

While Washington looked away for two decades, Beijing locked up South America's copper, electricity and shipping infrastructure. A new deep water port in Chile could be the turning point.

The Trump administration eliminated the legal foundation for federal greenhouse gas vehicle regulations, claiming over $1.3 trillion in savings, while critics call the figure misleading and warn of health consequences.

A bipartisan bill that would have penalized state agencies for ignoring audit recommendations was killed in the House State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee, a panel critics call the legislature's graveyard for inconvenient legislation.

A grassroots petition drive collected more than 500,000 signatures to place measures on child sex trafficking, youth sports, and minor surgery on the 2026 ballot.

Prosecutor and Republican House candidate Nathan Marsh warns that a Democrat-backed second-look sentencing bill would strip victims of finality while the legislature simultaneously pushes a de facto gun registry.