The handbill that informed enslaved people in Texas of their freedom was given out June 19, 1865, more than two years after ...

The Mass. State Seal of Biliteracy recognizes students who have achieved proficiency in English and a partner language by high school graduation. Students will earn the seal on their diploma as a ...

Massachusetts’s current state seal, featuring an indigenous man underneath a sword-holding arm, may be on its way out. After a couple efforts over the past few years, officials are once again ...

The current Massachusetts state seal features a Native American man on a blue shield with a star in the corner and a disembodied arm holding a sword above. Those in support of changing the state ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed legislation Wednesday creating the Lone Star State’s own cost- and regulation-cutting agency styled after tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A new state park is in the works for Texas, and it just got one step closer to a reality. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced Monday that it had finalized ...

Then something remarkable happened in Texas. Officials in Austin essentially blessed the rigging of their own state lottery. “What we had was a criminal enterprise within our government,” said ...

Virginia’s flag and state seal feature Virtus ... responded this week to a Freedom of Information request from the Texas Freedom to Read Project, which opposes censorship and book banning.

(TNS) — Texas would establish a new state cybersecurity agency to fend off attacks on sensitive public systems and private data under legislation approved Tuesday in the Texas House. The bill ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives passed a two-year state budget after convening for a marathon session of over 13 hours on Thursday. Senate Bill 1 (SB1) was approved on a vote ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas state employees, university workers, retirees and community allies gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday to rally and meet with lawmakers. They started at Wooldridge Square ...