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After two consecutive dismal jobs reports, new Labor Department estimates mostly exceeded economists’ expectations.
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A federal audit released Thursday concludes that Gov. Chris Christie’s administration did not violate any rules in awarding a no-bid contract to a politically connected company to haul away debris left by Hurricane Sandy.
Federal investigators concluded there was sufficient evidence to bring charges against public officials during their years-long abuse-of-power investigation targeting Maricopa County law-enforcement agencies, according to heavily redacted records obtained by The Arizona Republic.
The House voted Thursday to back a bill that would allow students, faculty and visitors to carry guns on Idaho's college campuses.
From the beginning, the U.S. government’s decade-long crackdown on prescription drug abuse has run an unsettling risk: that arresting doctors and shuttering “pill mills” would inadvertently fuel a new epidemic of heroin use.
With two days to go before they are supposed to leave town, House Republicans and Gov. Terry McAuliffe showed no signs Thursday of budging in their standoff over expanding Medicaid, bringing Virginia closer to a historic budget stalemate.
The investigative arm of Congress on Wednesday agreed to look into problems with state health exchange websites around the country.
An especially harsh winter has prompted even southern states to consider relaxing the number of days children have to be in school.
Criminal defense attorney Michelle Menken, reacting to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that her client, Michael Robertson, was not guilty of violating the state's Peeping Tom law when he took a photograph up a woman's skirt on the subway because the women were not nude or partially nude.
In surprising move, Tom Corbett became the first Republican governor in the country to prevent food stamp cuts ordered by Congress.
An abortion provider will shutter clinics in McAllen and Beaumont due to strict abortion regulations passed by the Legislature last year.
Bruce Rauner's $6 million sets a record in the Illinois governor race.
A professor and former police officer and others have created an app that alerts cops when they're too tired to continue working safely.
A recent federal court ruling makes states wary of continuing their old way of testing for illegal substances.
Gov. Rick Scott says his predecessor, and likely opponent in the next election, left the state in a "terrible mess."
After hearing their story and those of other parents whose children suffer from severe epilepsy, the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee approved a bill Wednesday that would allow medical use of a marijuana strain called "Charlotte's Web."
Assembly Republicans ousted Rep. Bill Kramer as majority leader Tuesday after accusations that he sexually harassed one woman and inappropriately touched another.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the School District of Philadelphia, claiming a rule regulating the length of employees’ beards constitutes religious discrimination.
A few key Republican senators joined with Democrats on Wednesday to defeat a bill that would have prohibited Arizona from using a set of educational standards known nationally as Common Core.
State Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, disclosed he is gay at a news conference Wednesday, saying the furor over Senate Bill 1062 prompted his decision to go public.
The Obama administration on Wednesday released a broad set of regulatory changes to the health law that would give some consumers additional time to stay in plans that do not comply with all its coverage requirements and all consumers more time to enroll in coverage come 2015.
Taxes on commuters (and reverse commuters) represent a largely untapped source of revenue that cities may begin to target more aggressively -- particularly if they’re struggling. View data showing the cities with the most outside workers and reverse commuters.
A new report details state legislation that impacted the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. While much of the report strikes a hopeful note, it also anticipates more political battles ahead.
Florida State Sen. Jack Latvala, speaking in favor of a new rule requiring legislators to live in the districts they represent and prove that residency with documentation.
Amount that President Obama's 2015 fiscal year budget exceeds what’s allowed under the budget deal signed into law earlier this year.
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