"These two sides are just dug in so deeply right now that I don't know what it's going to take to alter where we are at this moment," said Mitchell Miller.

The Senate returns to Capitol Hill, but odds of ending a shutdown remain slim amid a political blame game. The Trump administration is handed another blow in its effort to send National Guard troops to Portland. And New York City's mayoral race highlights a divide between longtime residents and city transplants.

Franklin County resident Colt Shelby has filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court with the hope of forcing a special election in December for the Senate District 26

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly described an ongoing effort by some Kansas Republicans to call a special session to consider redrawing the state’s congressional maps “political theater.”

Gov. Sanders scheduled a special election for 130 days after the legal deadline. Now a Franklin County resident is suing to have the election sooner.

Lawmakers have started to file proposed budget earmarks for local projects as they return to the Capitol to prepare for the 2026 legislative session.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Wednesday that he plans to keep the Senate in session through the weekend if Democrats don’t reverse course and help advance a