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An S.C. House representative under investigation for allegedly assaulting a female lawmaker has been arrested, the Richland County Solicitor's Office said Thursday.
Republican leaders in the Iowa Legislature are creating a human resources manager position to oversee harassment complaints, six weeks after the state agreed to a $1.75 million settlement with a former Senate staffer who said she was sexually harassed in the GOP caucus office.
The House wouldn't accept a tax bill that, like the Senate's, would eliminate deductions for all state and local taxes, the chairman of the House's tax-writing committee said.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Sunday he does not support impeaching President Donald Trump, after Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer pressed the case for impeachment at the United Nations climate conference here.
TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Sheriff Wayne Ivey was so anxious on election night last year that he secluded himself in his house and hooked up his iPad to a projection screen showing the electoral map.
With new technology, passengers get the convenience of using either their phones or a versatile fare card. But making things simpler for customers is no easy task.
This group of honorees serves as an outstanding example of the strong determination, the bold ideas and the incredible amount of grit it takes to get things done in government.
Jacob Frey soundly defeated Mayor Betsy Hodges and 14 other candidates Tuesday after presenting himself as a mayor who will be visible, willing to compromise and relentlessly enthusiastic about the city.
As the threat from hackers and cybercriminals intensifies, a growing number of states are buying cyber insurance to protect themselves — and taxpayers.
Coastal Texas officials whose counties and cities bore the brunt of Hurricane Harvey’s deadly blow this summer unleashed a barrage of complaints about recovery efforts at a Texas House subcommittee hearing in Corpus Christi on Wednesday.
Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has filed a federal lawsuit against President Trump's voter fraud commission in an effort to obtain information and correspondence about the commission's work.
Gov. Jim Justice said it's proof that the "tides are turning" in West Virginia. Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher called it "unprecedented." Rep. David McKinley said it will "spur tremendous economic growth in our communities."
State Auditor Jim Zeigler is sticking by his endorsement of Roy Moore in the special election for the U.S. Senate and dismissed the relevance of a Washington Post story about Moore's alleged pursuit of teenage girls when he was in his early 30s.
Democrat Larry Barnett conceded defeat Thursday in a shockingly close election for a Chesterfield County seat in the House of Delegates, taking one of a handful of possible recounts off the boards as Republicans try to hold on to a razor-thin 51-49 advantage.
ARLINGTON, Va. — Here in Judge J. Traci Hong’s crammed courtroom, the jargon flows: There is talk of I-360s and I-589s, of provisional waivers and LPRs — lawful permanent residents. Those who’ve come to plead their case shift in their seats, knees jittering. Some are with attorneys; others do without.
But while many cities are beefing up their forces, others are still feeling the effects of the recession.
The Utah Supreme Court has reversed a ruling by the Utah Court of Appeals, which last year found that a law making it a second-degree felony to cause death or serious injury while driving with a measurable amount of drugs in one’s system was unconstitutional.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Texas executed a Mexican national late Wednesday night despite a flurry of last-minute appeals and objections from his native country and United Nations human rights experts.
Just hours after a Medicaid expansion was endorsed by nearly 60 percent of Maine voters, Gov. Paul LePage and his Republican allies in the Legislature were vowing to delay, if not derail, the first-in-the-nation, citizen-initiated law that would provide health care to as many as 70,000 low-income residents.
A big public debut for a self-driving bus in Las Vegas turned out to be trouble.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation acknowledged Monday that it is looking into details surrounding a sexual harassment scandal in the Kentucky Capitol that led to Jeff Hoover's resignation Sunday as speaker of the House of Representatives.
The online theft of money from Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) member accounts discovered on Halloween was not the result of a hack, an agency official said, but sparked an FBI investigation and changes to security practices.
Arizona is joining more than two dozen other states in giving convicted felons a foot in the door for employment.
The Trump administration signaled Tuesday that it would allow states to impose work requirements on some adult Medicaid enrollees, a long-sought goal for conservatives that is strongly opposed by Democrats and advocates for the poor.
Repealing Obamacare’s individual mandate would save the government $338 billion over a decade and result in 13 million more uninsured Americans in 2027, according to a new CBO score.
It turns out that how long a mentor sticks around can have a huge impact. One organization is working with schools to follow kids from kindergarten to graduation, and it's expanding to more cities.
Lawsuits are being filed practically every week. Will governments prevail over the pharmaceutical industry like they did the tobacco industry in the 1990s?
Minority and LGBTQ women, in particular, scored big victories in state and local races across the country.
And the report card isn't good: Most states failed to balance their budgets without resorting to one-time fixes or underfunding pensions, among other violations.
Democrats gained seats in several states on Tuesday -- more in the Virginia House than they have in any single cycle since the 19th century.
Tax increases passed in most places they were on the ballot.
A year after California voters rejected what would have been a first-of-its-kind state law to regulate drug prices, Ohioans did the same.
The ballot measure was widely supported by lenders and real estate agents. Critics warn that it's “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
The state joined a growing trend on Tuesday that critics say is unnecessary and could impede the criminal justice process.
The state is poised to receive hundreds of millions of dollars from BP, ExxonMobil, Shell and Sunoco.
The vote signals support for the health-care law at a time when President Trump is taking major steps to reverse it.
Voters largely opted to re-elect their mayors on Tuesday -- even those under ethical clouds. In several midsized cities, though, Republican incumbents lost to Democrats.
The party unexpectedly won Virginia with a comfortable margin and flipped the seat now held by Republican Chris Christie in New Jersey. But the question remains: What does that mean for 2018?
Voters easily passed a ballot measure allowing judges to strip pensions from any public servant convicted of a job-related crime.
Facing a Florida Senate investigation of sexual harassment claims, state Sen. Jack Latvala temporarily stepped aside from his powerful Appropriations chairmanship on Monday and postponed a fundraiser for his Republican gubernatorial bid while vowing to fight "these untruthful allegations."
Medicaid is rarely associated with getting rich. The patients are poor, the budgets tight and payments to doctors often paltry.
A rite of late autumn in the Twin Cities involves hundreds of cheery green Nice Ride Minnesota bikes being gathered up and packed away for winter storage. But a big change is in the works for bike-sharing here, and it may make its debut as soon as next spring.
With Washington Statehouse Up for Grabs, Democrats Hope to Build West Coast Wall of Trump Resistance
One year ago, Manka Dhingra was preparing for a celebration, a gathering of family and friends to mark Hillary Clinton's election as the nation's first woman president.
The newest state legislator in Oklahoma leaned over his bathroom sink, teasing his tousled hair to get that John F. Kennedy bouffant. The blue suit came from J.C. Penney and fit snugly; the tie was tied tight.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled Alabama can execute a death row inmate who claimed to be mentally incompetent and was granted a stay in 2016.
The Maine House voted Tuesday to sustain Gov. Paul LePage's veto of a bill that would put in place the legal framework for retail sales of recreational marijuana.
As they increasingly understand that they're in the mobility business, some agencies are making the most of innovative approaches.
Federal law prohibits convicted domestic abusers like the Sutherland Springs shooter from owning firearms. But enforcing the law requires proper reporting and the help of states, say gun control advocates.
Aging baby boomers and Americans' eating and technology habits will help drive large increases for some occupations over the next decade.
It's hard to get people to follow their local government on Facebook or Twitter. A few cities are using their employees' personal accounts to connect with more residents.
They have valuable assets that make them fertile ground for startups. To tap those assets, they need to build entrepreneurial ecosystems.
A potentially lifesaving emergency alert system that Sonoma County officials decided against using during the deadly fires that swept through the area last month will finally get a long-planned upgrade, after nearly a yearlong delay by the Trump administration.
President Trump said Monday that a mass shooting at a Texas church that left 26 dead was not “a guns situation,” declaring that the problem was the shooter’s “mental health.”
The latest addition to the Tennessee state park system is about 1 1/2 inches wide and 2 1/2 inches long.
Worshippers had filed in for their weekly song and prayer service at First Baptist Church on Sunday when a man clad in black, wearing a tactical vest and carrying an AR-15-style assault rifle, pulled into the parking lot, got out and opened fire. Soon the man made his way inside, and kept shooting, and shooting, and shooting.
The House passed a bill, 242-174, on Friday to renew funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, community health centers and other public health programs. The legislation passed easily even though many Democrats opposed the measure due to disagreements over the offsets.
Massachusetts on Friday became the first state to ban bump stocks in the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting that left 58 people dead and hundreds injured.
Gov. Scott Walker framed his bid for a third term Sunday as a continuation of the policies and themes he has championed over the past seven years.
Kentucky House Speaker Jeff Hoover resigned Sunday, a day after rejecting calls to step down by Gov. Matt Bevin and others who said they were disgusted by allegations of sexual harassment against Hoover and three other Republican state lawmakers.
The teachers union in New Jersey is spending big to unseat the state Senate president.
The city is eliminating short-term jail sentences for low-level misdemeanors. Other cities will undoubtedly be watching the impact.
A list of opioid-related lawsuits filed by states and local governments.
State and local stakeholders were blindsided by an aspect of the tax bill that would eliminate tax-free financing for many large government projects.
The billions in long-term disaster relief dollars that will fund Texans’ recovery from Hurricane Harvey’s devastating blow are still far from reaching state coffers. But there’s already tension brewing over how much federal money should be spent to fix flood victims' homes and how much should go toward repairing government buildings and launching new flood control projects.
State Rep. John Huffman resigned Saturday evening, according to a resignation letter provided by the House Republican Caucus.
The Trump administration and congressional Republicans took a step forward in their attempt to overhaul the US tax code on Thursday by releasing legislation proposing sweeping changes.
A racist attack on two Asian school board candidates in central New Jersey came in the form of a postcard that read, “The Chinese and Indians are taking over our town!”
Motorists can no longer legally drive in the left lane of a multilane roadway, although the Oklahoma Highway Patrol admits the new law will be enforced with discretion -- especially along roadways with heavy congestion or where right lanes are in need of repair.
A legal feud between Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage and the state’s Democratic attorney general returned to court recently when the governor filed a new complaint alleging his political foe is improperly holding back public records he wants to see.
Gov. John Bel Edwards cannot protect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people working for state government from discrimination, harassment and firing, Louisiana's First Circuit Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday (Nov. 1). The decision hands Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican who challenged the Democratic governor's policy, another notable victory over the governor.
Voters could alter the future of Medicaid, drug prices and abortion in their states.
Ballot language often spurs confusion and lawsuits. Some state election officials are trying to make them easier to understand.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
“We cannot have 13 million hungry children in the United States of America,” says Dorothy McAuliffe.
After four sleepless days fighting to keep her home dry during Hurricane Harvey, after losing her car, after nearly getting electrocuted by a fallen electric box as she waded through brown muck in what wound up being the third flood to hit her property in three years, Maurine Howard wants out.
California violates freedom of speech by requiring antiabortion "crisis pregnancy centers" to tell patients that the state makes abortions available at little or no cost, a Riverside County judge has ruled, reopening debate over a law that federal courts had upheld.
Fallout from the sexual harassment scandal at the Illinois Capitol continued Wednesday, as a state senator lost his leadership position and top Democrats scrambled to find a leader for the agency tasked with investigating such complaints after letting the job remain vacant for years.
President Trump’s bipartisan commission on the opioid crisis made dozens of final recommendations on Wednesday to combat a deadly addiction epidemic, ranging from creating more drug courts to vastly expanding access to medications that treat addiction, including in jails.
Former Gov. Roy Barnes' law firm will represent Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp in a lawsuit that a national election transparency advocacy group filed to force the state to overhaul its election system.
Virginia has been swamped by fearful images as Tuesday's state election nears: heavily tattooed and handcuffed Latinos staring balefully at the television camera, a mug shot of a convicted pedophile set loose on the state.
Embroiled in a criminal case over her legal residency, state Rep. Daisy Baez resigned from the Florida Legislature on Wednesday, the first step in a deal with prosecutors that will also require her to plead guilty to perjury.
The only jail in Mineral County is closed for business.
There are fewer organizations gauging how citizens feel about their governors. Political experts say it's a problem.
Across the country, prisoners or their families are suing states for heat conditions they argue amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
Oklahoma's money problems represent a larger trend in state government.
A victims' rights advocate on Tuesday publicly accused a state senator of sexual harassment and said her complaint fell on deaf ears at the Capitol for nearly a year.
Former State Treasurer Barbara Hafer was sentenced Tuesday to 36 months of probation for lying to the FBI during a long-running federal pay-to-play investigation of Pennsylvania government.
Purdue Pharma was sued this week by New Jersey and Alaska for alleged deceptive marketing, which the plaintiffs said targeted vulnerable groups like senior citizens and directly contributed to the epidemic levels of opioid abuse.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Monday signed a set of bills to provide $2.3 billion in new revenue for the state and end a four-month impasse with lawmakers over how to pay for the state’s fiscal 2018 budget.
With many teachers among the thousands of residents fleeing Puerto Rico for the mainland after Hurricane Maria, school districts in Florida, Texas and New York say they are working to streamline the certification process in the hopes of adding Puerto Rican teachers to their classrooms. But for many of the teachers, the effort has hardly meant a quick ticket to employment.
Former President Barack Obama has been called for Cook County jury duty -- and plans to serve next month, the county's chief judge said Friday.
In an odd twist, low-income people in about half of U.S. counties will now be able to get a taxpayer-subsidized “Obamacare” policy for free, according to a new study that suggests some actions by President Donald Trump against the health law could backfire.
One week from Election Day, Democrat Ralph Northam’s lead has narrowed to five percentage points in the Virginia governor’s race, with Republican Ed Gillespie closing a motivation gap and consolidating support among conservatives and supporters of President Trump, a new Washington Post-Schar School poll finds.
It's hard to think years or decades into the future in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe, but planning now can pay big dividends.
Investigators worked overnight to find out what led a lone-wolf terrorist to drive a rented pickup truck Tuesday and careen down a bike path next to the Hudson River, killing eight people, six of them foreign tourists, officials said.
Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill into law that will expand the reach of a highly trained group of volunteer cybersecurity experts from the public and private sectors.
In the early months of 2016, as U.S. overdose deaths were on track to break records and the number of Texas infants born addicted to opioid painkillers climbed steadily higher, Gov. Greg Abbott was courting a massive pharmaceutical company, McKesson, with a multimillion-dollar offer.
Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson, a Republican, is facing another lawsuit over the state’s process for removing voters from registration lists.
On Nov. 7, the people of Maine will vote on whether or not to expand Medicaid through a citizen's initiative question, giving voters a final say by possibly circumventing the governor's prior refusals after legislators failed to override his previous vetoes.
Together, in one of the first statewide races of the Trump era, Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno are demolishing the conventional wisdom that centrists win in New Jersey.
Incumbent mayors are at risk of losing in several big cities. Meanwhile, some voters might elect their first woman or black woman to lead city hall.
Numbers of workers who work from home vary across regions. See data showing the prevalence of telecommuting by metro area.
One of President Trump’s most fervent fans hopped onto his Harley in South Carolina and roared all the way to Virginia Beach, where he led a “Bikers for Trump” rally Sunday for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie.
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota announced Thursday he will leave office as a result of his indictment on federal obstruction of justice charges.
Ms. Stella’s, a home-cooking restaurant in Milledgeville, Ga., serves roast beef, grilled pork chops, chicken wings and oxtails with 24 sides from which to choose. Last spring, owners Jeri and Lucious Trawick opened a second restaurant in Eatonton, about 20 miles away, and Jeri decided to leave her full-time job to help shepherd the expansion.
All Kansas House Democrats will receive sexual harassment prevention training in December after multiple women stepped forward with allegations of sexual harassment at the Kansas Capitol and the wider world of Kansas politics.
Arguments erupted on the House floor Thursday between Republican and Democratic leaders over the prospect of a vote this week on a GOP-only bill to renew funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Prospective presidential candidates tend to launch PACs to pump money into campaigns of people who might prove helpful. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is starting a nonprofit with other mayors, union leaders and business executives to fund what they call innovation investments around the country.
On Sunday the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority cancelled the highly disputed $300 million contract awarded to Whitefish Energy, a tiny American company tasked with restoring power to the still storm-ravaged island. PREPA spokesperson Carlos Monroig confirmed the news to NPR.
A flood warning was in effect Sunday evening for the tri-state area as a storm system brought heavy, pounding rain and dangerous wind, CBS New York reports.
New reports shed some light on the places and the people the government has trouble counting.
The Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement voted Thursday to withdraw its investments in the for-profit prison industry, which has been dogged for years by health and safety problems.
President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission, already facing several lawsuits, will now be investigated by a government watchdog.
In picking Maj. Susan Ballard as the island's new police chief, the Honolulu Police Commission chose someone who's been a commander within the Honolulu Police Department but -- by several accounts including her own -- was outside of the inner circle that flanked now-indicted and retired Chief Louis Kealoha.
Ending months of frustration and false starts, the House of Representatives Thursday gave its strong endorsement to a two-year, $41 billion state budget that closes a yawning deficit, rejects large scale tax increases and seeks to bolster the state's future financial stability.
President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to take on the deadly opioid epidemic, directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday to declare a limited 90-day public health emergency in response to the crisis.
The Virginia governor's race has turned into a culture war -- and President Donald Trump has jumped right in.
Vicente Rodriguez runs an after-school program in Loma Linda, Calif., but dreams of becoming an English and ethnic studies teacher in a state desperate to fill teaching jobs.
New York has 280 miles of “sidewalk sheds.”
Hurricanes can hurt property taxes long before any water damage is done.
Better data is helping schools find new ways to keep kids in classrooms.
States have significantly fewer people dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud and abuse than they did when the recession started.
The Mormon Church designed the city in a way that makes its streets a liability -- and an opportunity.
It wouldn’t be a panacea, but it’s an option that needs to be on the table.
They’re being used around the country to build better open spaces, but most urban planners still haven’t heard about them.
The GOP holds the majority of governorships, but the number of those vulnerable next year has doubled.
Procedural justice can improve victims' perceptions of police and help law enforcement make communities safer.
House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan says she has "no knowledge" of sexist behavior at the State House and calls on Rep. Teresa Tanzi to file a report with the state police about the allegations she made to The Providence Journal.
A new study of the state's opioid epidemic by Ohio State University researchers shows a staggering economic toll of $6.6 billion to $8.8 billion a year -- about the same amount the state spends annually on K-12 education.
University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley told the Rotary Club of Dalton on Tuesday that affordable education is a key tenet of his leadership.
There's good news and bad news in the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the bipartisan Senate deal to save some Obamacare provisions from President Trump and his wrecking crew.
Poised for settlement money from gas companies, New Jersey voters will decide next month whether it should be spent on the environment -- or balancing the state budget.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Maryland insurance regulators said Wednesday that they approved last-minute rate increases requested by health insurers for individual plans sold under the Affordable Care Act.
A top House Republican said Wednesday that he expected to strike a deal soon to keep an apparently limited version of the state and local tax deduction for individual Americans, a break that party leaders had targeted for elimination in their tax overhaul plan.
A federal judge Wednesday denied a petition to immediately reinstate Affordable Care Act subsidies that President Donald Trump suspended earlier this month.
The Trump administration is siding with professional sports leagues in their opposition to allowing New Jersey to offer sports betting at its casinos and racetracks.
Some aren’t just covering yoga and acupuncture but recommending it before prescription drugs.
Republicans are trying to get Democrats in California and Nevada thrown out of office. Most recall elections, though, are only successful at the local level.
In his new book, David Osborne argues the best way to fix the education system is to increase charter schools and create a survival-of-the-fittest system.
Legislatures regularly interfere with local affairs. The reasons, according to research, will surprise you.
Three of them must retire on the same day Gov. Rick Scott’s term ends. But no one knows who’s replacing them yet -- Scott or his successor?
Some local leaders are nervous about public-private partnerships.
Amid uncertainty over the law's future, premiums will rise an average of 34 percent next year. In a few states, though, they'll actually go down.
The state’s Republican party recently ousted its leader for working with Democrats. Is that hardline strategy effective?
Should Montana have to prove corruption to limit campaign contributions?
President Donald Trump's administration said Wednesday it opposes the Delta tunnels project, another setback for California Gov. Jerry's Brown's plan to transform the troubled estuary and improve water deliveries to the south state.
