Property guardianship, in which residents live in otherwise vacant buildings, used to be considered edgy. But as the rental market tightens, more people are embracing the arrangement.
Vacant seats, and consistently poor attendance on both sides of the aisle, have exacerbated the challenges of already razor-thin margins in the House and Senate.
We have no F.D.A. director, no permanent C.D.C. director and no surgeon general.
The Florida Democrat submitted her candidacy to state officials less than one week before announcing her resignation in April 2026.
The Democrat's resignation means there are currently 431 lawmakers in the lower chamber, consisting of 217 Republicans, 213 Democrats and one independent. There are also four vacancies.
Olympia attorney Corner Edwards is attempting a long-shot bid to recall Washington Governor Bob Ferguson as a “pressure tactic” to have the state’s top executive make appointments to the two vacant seats on the state’s Public Disclosure Commission.
The Trump administration has eliminated health care positions left vacant after a wave of resignations and retirements at the V.A. last year.