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Min was pulled over near the state Capitol by the California Highway Patrol when he drove through a red light with his headlights off, according to the arrest report. Officers conducted a DUI test and arrested him on suspicion of driving…

California state Sen. Dave Min (D-Irvine), who is running for Congress next year in a competitive Orange County district, was released from Sacramento County jail Wednesday, according to Sacramento Sheriff’s Department records. Min said in…

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr asked a court Monday to allow for her return to the House floor after she was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and…

Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, who was suspended by the legislature for transgender advocacy, is suing to return to the House. Zephyr was suspended after accusing Republican lawmakers, who passed a bill banning transgender hormonal…

China is using high-end technology to oppress its own citizens and even erase its own history, which is why the U.S. needs to put tough restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence and other technology to Beijing, according to a…

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester used a tweet Friday to defend a transgender Montana state lawmaker who told Republicans earlier this month they have "blood on (their) hands.""I served in the Montana legislature for years, working with…

Republican Minnesota state Sen. Warren Limmer (R) was arguing against bills that would permit adults ... 21 and older in Minnesota to purchase up to two ounces of cannabis flower, eight grams of concentrate or 800 milligrams of edible…

By Amy Beth Hanson, Brittany Peterson and Sam Metz | Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Zooey Zephyr spent her first day in legislative exile Thursday on a bench just outside the House chambers from which Republicans voted to…

The Republican-controlled Montana House voted Wednesday to discipline Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the state's first transgender lawmaker. Zephyr is barred from participating on the House floor for the remainder of the 2023…

The Montana House of Representatives voted by a two-thirds majority Wednesday to suspend a transgender lawmaker who previously accused colleagues of “torture” for attempting to ban gender-affirming care in the state.Democratic State Rep.…