Puerto Ricans, who from birth are U.S. citizens, have historically moved to the mainland in times of trouble, but this latest wave of migration is desperate and accelerating.
The coach, convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys he met through his work with a charity for at-risk youth, has been fighting to have his $4,900-a-month Pennsylvania State University pension restored since 2012.
The city government is indicating in may be time to retire Mayor Michael Nutter's 2014 executive order that has barred city police and prison officials from cooperating with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
With voters almost perfectly segmented _ roughly a third Republican, a third Democratic and a third unaffiliated _ neither party starts with any real advantage in Colorado, reflecting a presidential contest more wide open than any since the 2000 election ended in a near-tie.
the debate in Washington may have devolved into a typical Beltway scrum about giving the president what he wants or asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop him. But in places such as the state capitol in Providence, R.I., and Olympia, Wash., and Sacramento, Calif., state officials already are deploying strategies that could slow some of the impact of climate change.
One of Gov. Bill Walker's deputy chiefs of staff, Marcia Davis, was secretary, Your Future Alaska, that spent $50,000 on Walker's behalf without directly coordinating with his campaign. Last week the Alaska Public Offices Commission, filed a formal complaint, alleging the group hid the identities of Walker's supporters and failed to file required reports on time.
The state attorney general, Kathleen Kane ,was held for trial on the felony count after a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Cathleen Kelly Rebar.
The count ruled Friday that the Bureau of Motor Vehicle's process of reviewing and approving personalized license plates does not violate the Constitution because license plates are a form of government speech -- one that is controlled by the state, not a private citizen's speech protected by the First Amendment.
Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican legislators indicated Monday that they had reached a tentative agreement on key pieces of the state's long-overdue spending plan.
