In his first week in office, President Donald Trump, his administration, and the Republican party have made it clear they are intent on disrupting the status quo in the country. From renaming the Gulf ...

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been the center of controversy since it was adopted on July 9, 1868 -- 157 years ago today. Born of Reconstruction, it was hotly debated by Northern ...

The Iowa state constitution is on display in Secretary of State Paul Pate's office in 2016. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread.

As prisoners stand looking out from a cell, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a tour of the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 26, 2025. Re: “Not for ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Republican-controlled Missouri Legislature is set to deliver on a long-held GOP promise to make it harder to change the state constitution. In particular, a measure offered ...

Over the last few days, President Trump has repeatedly questioned the constitutional right to due process. His attacks come as the courts warn that the administration is exceeding the scope of his ...

In one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratified, potentially enshrining gender equality into the U.S. Constitution as its 28th Amendment. "It is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Secretary ...

Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state constitutions, it’s not the Constitution that’s dead. It’s the idea of amending it.

Less than three weeks before Louisiana voters are set to decide on four amendments to the state constitution, another lawsuit has been filed seeking to remove some of them from the ballot. Voice of ...