The Latest Breaking News from General Assembly

Three Syrians whose family members were forcibly disappeared during the civil war were at the United Nations this week to lobby for the creation of an Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic. The UN General Assembly is expected to vote on a resolution calling for the…

The Democratic-controlled Connecticut General Assembly is poised to wrap up what’s been one of the most bipartisan legislative sessions in recent memory

THE new Moderator of the Church of Scotland has condemned the levels of poverty in the UK as “unacceptable”.

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is embarking on a campaign to beat back education and tax legislation from the Republican-controlled General Assembly

Rep. Tricia Cotham, R-N.C., switched from being a Dem last month but sponsored a bill codifying Roe four months ago

Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy is becoming law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto

For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus

The veto by Gov. Roy Cooper launches a major test for leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly to attempt an override vote after they recently gained veto-proof majorities in both chambers.

BALTIMORE — After hours of debate Monday that saw tensions rise on the House of Delegates floor during the final day of the General Assembly session, delegates approved a bill to restrict where guns can be carried in public in Maryland.

The future movement of vehicles along Kentucky highways got a hearing in Frankfort during the now-completed General Assembly session

Terry Brooks, the executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates, said the General Assembly has passed bills to improve the juvenile justice system.