Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Laura Chapman, R-Ohio, speaks to senators during the floor session Tuesday. Chapman expressed disappointment that a bill that ...

The regular session of the West Virginia Legislature wraps up Saturday, and one of the most curious bills to get traction this year was SB 1071, the Creating Public Defense and Provisioning Act. Don’t ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem being fired is "not enough" for Democrats to back the Republican's proposed funding bill ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Judiciary Committee grabbed some headlines earlier this week when it passed a bill that supporters said would allow for the public sale of machine guns through the state ...

West Virginia Senate President Randy Smith released a statement Friday setting the record straight on how Senate Bill 1071 — which would have required State Police to sell machine guns to certain ...

Virginia Democrats advance sweeping assault weapons ban while West Virginia Republicans propose allowing machine gun ownership, highlighting sharp divide.

A bill that would ban machine gun conversion devices under Kentucky law is drawing support from police chiefs and sheriffs across the state. On Feb. 10, police chiefs and sheriffs from departments ...