Adelanto, a small city with many prisons, debates whether it needs another. Supporters say the proposed 3,264-bed jail is the only option to avoid insolvency.
The governor of New Jersey is much less fat than he used to be. Many see the accomplishment as essential if the Republican intends to make a 2016 bid for the White House.
A new report shows that in recent years, six Western states -- Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Oregon -- saw declines in "unauthorized immigrants" entering the country illegally.
A proposal by the administration of Gov. Paul LePage to remove 19- and 20-year-olds from MaineCare violates the Affordable Care Act and would be illegal, a federal appeals judge ruled Monday.
As promised, Gov. Steve Bullock on Monday unveiled his plan to make another run at asking the Legislature to accept millions in federal dollars to provide health coverage for 70,000 low-income Montanans.
The Senate failed to vote for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline Tuesday, rebuffing a Democratic senator fighting for her political career and setting up a confrontation between President Barack Obama and a Republican-controlled Congress over the pipeline next year.
The country's new USAID strategy has roots in the Gates Foundation's decade-old Grand Challenges, a global incubator for solutions to eradicate diseases, improve health and reduce poverty.
Gov. Bill Haslam is raising questions about plans by two state Senate Republicans to repeal Tennessee's controversial Common Core education standards and create a new panel to make recommendations on their replacement.
