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York County businessman Tom Wolf won the Democratic nomination for governor yesterday - defeating U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, state Treasurer Rob McCord and former state Environmental Protection Secretary Katie McGinty - in large part due to a $10 million bet he made on early campaign commercials.
City voters once again rejected a controversial measure that would have allowed politicians to keep their current post while campaigning for another.
Gov. Nathan Deal handily defeated two GOP challengers Tuesday after a bitter primary contest. Now he must prepare for a November vote against Democrat Jason Carter, whose brand-name political legacy has already electrified the race.
Solidifying a general election matchup they’ve effectively been running for nearly a year, Democrat Mike Ross and Republican Asa Hutchinson clinched their parties’ nominations for Arkansas governor in Tuesday’s primary.
A federal judge in Richmond on Tuesday denied defense motions to dismiss the corruption charges against former Gov. Bob McDonnell and former first lady Maureen McDonnell.
The board of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange voted this morning to dump the contractor that botched the building of its Nevada Health Link website, and to move partly into the federal system for at least the next year.
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Emmet G. Sullivan, U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia, ruling that the ballot referendum passed last year by Washington, D.C., giving the city the right to spend its local tax and fee revenue without seeking an annual appropriation from Congress, was illegal. While Sullivan said he sympathized with the city, Congress ultimately maintains control, and only Congress can grant the city the right to control its own money.
Marijuana Policy Project Communications Director Mason Tvert, reacting to threats by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to block the use of federal water for marijuana cultivation in the states.
A new survey shows most governments are experiencing more retirements and also hiring more.
The difference in annual salary between a state legislator serving in New Hampshire ($100) and California ($91,000).
ESOPs give employees part ownership of their companies and prevent major job losses when owners retire. But only two states support them.
Elected officials have a tendency to promise big savings and painless cuts that often don’t turn out how they hoped.
Which incumbent governors face a tough road ahead and which are expected to win re-election easily?
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is "evaluating how the Controlled Substances Act applies in the context of Reclamation project water being used to facilitate marijuana-related activities.”
Pay for state lawmakers varies widely across the country.
The agricultural community must adapt or face climate consequences, scientists say.
Pennsylvania Democrats will go to the polls Tuesday to choose a nominee to take on Gov. Corbett after a sometimes-ugly primary campaign that has cost more than $31 million before the final bills are totaled.
Tuesday is billed as Oregon's statewide primary election. But for voters, it's really more a series of local contests – some more interesting than the others.
Georgia voters head to the polls Tuesday to pick their party’s nominees for statewide offices, state legislative seats, congressional seats and scores of down-ticket races.
With an expected 30 percent (or less) voter turnout in Tuesday's primary elections, about 930,000 Kentuckians will take to the polls to determine which candidates will appear on the ballot during this fall's general election.
Tea party favorites are running competitive races for governor, secretary of state, superintendent of public instruction and attorney general as well as for congressional seats.
Wealthy donors will be able to give more money to Minnesota candidates this year after a federal judge on Monday ordered a temporary halt to enforcement of the state’s long-standing limit on certain political donations.
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld the state's lethal-injection secrecy law, saying it plays a "positive role" in the capital punishment process.
Oregon's ban on same-sex marriages was struck down Monday by U.S. District Judge Michael McShane, who ruled that the prohibition violated the federal constitutional rights of gays and lesbians.
Bob Copeland, a police commissioner in the lakeside resort town, was the eye of a media superstorm late last week, after residents protested his use and defense of a racial slur in reference to President Obama.
Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group supported by the Koch brothers, has launched an effort to torpedo a proposed settlement in the Detroit bankruptcy case, potentially complicating chances for completing the deal just as its prospects seemed to be improving.
After suffering deep cuts during the recession, public health officials are rethinking how to fund these essential services.
Before streetcars practically disappeared, they carried millions of people around our cities. Will light rail systems decline too?
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