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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on Wednesday that means voters in North Carolina will not be able to vote out of their precincts on Nov. 4 nor register to vote and cast ballots on the same day.
Three states are putting the issue to voters in November, including one measure that would criminalize abortion.
At a time when public housing agencies are increasingly considering smoking prohibitions, a new study shows that a ban would save nearly $500 million a year.
An investigation by the HHS inspector general says beneficiaries getting the treatments at “critical access” hospitals pay between two and six times more than those at other hospitals.
But starting this week, potential students can see how much they money they could expect to make monthly at different points in their career, as well as how much they might repay each month in loans.
Candidates for three of the eight major statewide races on this year’s November ballot appear likely to reach Election Day without ever engaging in a debate with their opponent, according to campaign representatives.
After two decades of leaving its gas tax untouched, Massachusetts tied the rate to inflation. In November, voters could join the list of states that repealed the automatic increase.
The state cut water use by 11.5 percent in August, a new report says.
The second Monday of October is designated for the holiday.
Why aren't there more female governors? A look at historical data sheds some light on women's campaigns for the top office.
How judges are appointed, elected and forced to retire (if at all) are key themes in this year's ballot measures.
Matt Price sells 100 different kinds of edibles, tinctures, buds and other marijuana offerings to the patients who frequent Cannabliss, the medical dispensary he opened up in a historic brick building that once served as a fire station.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to extend a controversial partnership with federal immigration authorities designed to target potentially deportable immigrants who have been convicted of serious crimes.
Democrat Anthony G. Brown and Republican Larry Hogan traded accusations of deception Tuesday in a heated debate with four weeks to go before the Nov. 4 election for governor.
In a new report analyzing more than 1,100 chokehold complaints, the review board offers a reason: In the department’s disciplinary proceedings room, and in the board’s own investigations, the very definition of a chokehold had narrowed significantly.
A federal appeals court Tuesday unanimously struck down gay marriage bans in the West, paving the way for same-sex nuptials in five more states.
The boundaries of a congressional district drawn by Virginia's Republican-controlled Legislature were struck down by a federal court Tuesday in a case that involved accusations of racial gerrymandering for partisan advantage.
In Holt v. Hobbs, the U.S. Supreme Court has a chance to decide when courts should defer to prison officials on security policies that burden religious rights.
Contrary to the media narrative, public-school staffing is about where it was before the recession. And too little attention is paid to wide variations from state to state.
Two dozen states are now working with federal officials on programs that use data to determine which intersections or roads are the most deadly and how to use low-cost fixes to make them safer.
In most jails until recently, inmates booked on criminal charges and suspected of being in the country illegally were often held for an additional 48 hours at the behest of federal immigration officials. Now many are ending immigration holds.
Jane Knechtel of Portland, Ore.'s In Other Words feminist community center, which is used to film scenes at the fictional "Women and Women First," a judgmental and humorless retail establishment on IFC comedy series "Portlandia." In Other Words may have to close in February without an infusion of cash.
The number of first-time students choosing the new plans ranges from zero at some universities to 4,000 at the University of North Texas. Varied interest may be because, under such the plan, first-year students tend to pay more than their counterparts on the traditional track.
The new wage rules apply to people working directly or indirectly for taxpayers.
Gov. Rick Scott has hired a California law firm to fight a subpoena over Gmail accounts.
Percent of U.S. public school students who are white. This fall is the first time minorities outnumber whites since the U.S. Department of Education has been tracking the trend.
This fast-growing demographic group is largely ignored yet a sizable share hasn't decided how they'll vote, according to a new survey.
Number of bills each New Jersey state senator would be allowed to sponsor under legislation proposed by State Assemblyman Anthony Bucco who wants to crack down on "silly" bills that have little chance of passage.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, on his state's legalization of recreational marijuana, during a gubernatorial debate.
By activating its nuclear option and cancelling its teachers' contract, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission took an action Monday that could remake the city's schools and have national implications.
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