Central to the bill is the permanence of the 2017 tax cuts. Trump's warning of a potential 68% tax increase underscores the stakes involved in the legislative process.

He said he wants to see things move faster. He said “Roberts Rules of Order,” which governs the legislative process in Illinois, enables him to do that.

From managing daily logistics to drafting legislation that will become law, legislative staff are key. Being a state with over 20 million residents, Florida’s political process is complex.

Business owners, retirees, investors and economists are all watching the extreme volatility in the U.S. economy following President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. State officials are also monitoring it, ...

The broken legislative process hurts people because bills that should have been passed, that looked like they were set to pass, became casualties of the end-of-session chaos.