A bill drafted by the American Kratom Association, a national industry lobbying group, is pending in the Montana Legislature.

The Legislature is considering bills that would lift long-standing restrictions on how Texas’ panel can investigate maternal deaths and near-misses.

Republican Rep. Tom Massie is daring allies of President Donald Trump to primary him as he refuses to support a GOP-backed stopgap spending plan. The right-wing fiscal hawk insisted he won’t back down ...