Looming on the horizon are battles regarding discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals including questions about employment, public accommodation, and housing discrimination.

Sarah Janecek, Scott Dibble, Jeff Kolb and Ryan Winkler express their view on recent news events.

Petersen leaves the Senate after one term to focus on his family and career.

The court's 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage.

A change to the method used to amend the constitution--to require a two-thirds majority support in both houses, for instance--would, itself, require the passage of an amendment.

What's at stake following the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision is how the country will reconcile deep-seated disagreements over competing rights to religious exercise, free speech and equal treatment.

A relative handful of individuals lead the donor pack.

Conservative activist Sheila Kihne tries to broaden her strategy as she takes a former ally to August primary.

Some Republicans are pushing the party to drop its opposition to same-sex unions, part of a broader campaign to get the GOP to appeal to younger voters by de-emphasizing social issues.

Is the Supreme Court of 2013 radically liberal or radically conservative? The answer, it turns out, is both.