A proposal to allow hedge funds and private equity firms to own dental practices in North Carolina has stalled in the state House.

The rise of Val Lawson as president of the Rhode Island Senate put questions of conflict of interest front and center at the Statehouse this year. That’s because Lawson also serves as president of one ...

Israel’s offensive against Iran is exposing Tehran’s strategic weakness, while the U.S. remains paralyzed, caught between internal political divisions and external chaos.