Gov. Bruce Rauner blames the veto on Democratic leaders who backed out of a deal to pass comprehensive pension reform by the end of the current general assembly.
Gov. Kate Brown presented a $20.8 billion budget Thursday, which would close half of Oregon's looming $1.7 billion shortfall through cuts to existing programs.
In tapping Rep. Xavier Becerra, a veteran Los Angeles lawmaker and son of Mexican immigrants, Gov. Jerry Brown placed a stalwart defender of immigrant rights at the forefront of anticipated legal battles between California and the incoming Trump administration.
Miami-Dade County has never seen a mayoral race quite like the one unfolding this fall between incumbent Carlos Gimenez and challenger Raquel Regalado. After narrowly missing an outright win in the August primary, Gimenez became the first incumbent mayor forced into a November runoff since the position was given executive power in 1996.
Pennsylvania House transportation committee chairman John Taylor implored union representatives and SEPTA negotiators to talk all night Sunday into Monday, if necessary, to avoid a strike that could bring subways, buses, and trolleys in Philadelphia to a halt Tuesday.
Attempting to stem the flow of youths into prison, King County, Wash., court officers are hailing their first juvenile felony case to be handled through restorative justice, rather than traditional prosecution.
A strike at Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility is among a growing national movement of prisoners who have staged work stoppages or hunger strikes this fall to protest dismal wages, abusive guards, overcrowding and poor health care, among other grievances.
With rising public concern about the threat posed by lead pipes connecting thousands of Chicago homes to the public water supply, city officials announced Monday they will begin testing tap water on streets that face greater risks of exposure to the brain-damaging metal.
In 2002, Miami-Dade voters were promised nearly 90 miles of new rail in exchange for accepting a nearly 8 percent increase in the county sales tax. Fourteen years later, that half-percent transit tax has built less than three miles of extra track. Now Miami-Dade leaders may try to revive those 2002 ambitions with a new revenue source: property taxes.
A Chicago officer whose police powers were suspended after the officer shot an African-American teenager in the back last week was wearing a body camera, but the device was not operating and did not record the fatal encounter, officials said on Monday.
