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The Los Angeles City Council, in a move led by Councilman Gil Cedillo, approved a resolution Wednesday calling on President Obama to halt most immigrant deportations.
A policy begun in the Schwarzenegger administration allows the governor to block job bias cases against public agencies.
Here's the rankings for AG offices up for re-election in November.
Ohio, known for heavy industry, is turning for marketing help to the owner of Victoria’s Secret, known for push-up brassieres.
Republican Rep. Mark Patterson said Wednesday he'll resign from the Idaho Legislature after party colleagues from his Boise district urged him to quit amid revelations that he had pleaded guilty in 1974 to assault with intent to commit forcible rape.
Federal drug abuse officials called out Colorado by name Wednesday in releasing a new national survey of illicit drug use among teenagers, saying marijuana legalization efforts are clearly changing youth attitudes in a dangerous way.
Federal prosecutors told Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell last week that he and his wife would be charged in connection with a gift scandal, but senior Justice Department officials delayed the decision after the McDonnells’ attorneys made a face-to-face appeal in Washington, according to people familiar with the case.
On the final day of the statewide recount in the race for Virginia’s attorney general, Republican Mark D. Obenshain conceded to Democrat Mark R. Herring, the certified winner of the Nov. 5 election, ending what Obenshain called “a vigorous and hard-fought campaign.”
States continued to turn away from the death penalty this year, with just 39 people executed in nine states, according to a year-end report from the Death Penalty Information Center. Maryland repealed the death penalty this year, continuing a six-year trend of one state each year ending the punishment.
Andrew Dobbs, program director for the Texas Campaign for the Environment, on efforts to improve recycling in the state.
Miami-Dade County's mayor is pushing a compromise plan that may help get this budget-buster under control.
States with no income tax could see reduced consumer spending in 2014 if a federal tax deduction is allowed to expire.
The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously rejected more than $17 million in popular programs proposed by Mayor Vincent C. Gray because of the would-be source of funding: an already strapped trust fund for retiree health-care costs.
A way for businessmen to take a mid-day nap in the 1800s, the incline in Dubuque, Iowa, is still used by commuters and sightseers today.
As the No Child Left Behind era ends and Common Core begins, two education heavyweights face-off over what we’ve learned and where we’ve gone wrong.
Municipal officials and entrepreneurs see the power of cultural events as a way to spur short-term tourism while shaping an image of the host city as a cool, dynamic location where companies and citizens in modern, creative industries can thrive.
Hall County, Ga., has quietly become full of charter schools. But its model isn't what you'd think.
Private-sector actors are reshaping the center of some cities in ways local governments no longer have the ability to do themselves.
It’s a tough time to be a politician, but these state lawmakers are really making a mark.
Plus six trending issues that could be big this year.
After its driest year on record, the state is trying one of the cheaper ways of staving off drought: cloud seeding. But is it safe and does it work?
Whether or not Americans support doctors helping terminally ill patients to voluntarily end their lives depends on the words used to describe the issue. Those words also determine the success of such bills.
States are supposed to implement the new education standards this fall. But the opposition to Common Core – which has enemies of every political persuasion – could undermine the program first.
Total prize in the Mega Millions lottery game, drawn Tuesday night. Officials announced that stores in California and Georgia sold winning tickets.
Beginning Jan. 1, Seattle police officers will be operating under new rules when it comes to using force.
Democrat Tyler Olson exited the race for Iowa governor on Tuesday, potentially reopening the field for challengers to incumbent Republican Terry Branstad.
The lawsuit marks the latest flash point in a heated national debate over whether to grant the benefit to children brought here illegally.
Wall Street analysts at Moody’s Investors Service today lowered their outlook on New Jersey’s debt from stable to negative, saying the state remains hamstrung by rising costs and “a sluggish economic recovery” despite Gov. Chris Christie’s efforts
The embattled director of the state’s fledgling health insurance exchange resigned Tuesday amid mounting criticism of her leadership and the troubled rollout of the new health care program.
The White House is tapping the private sector for its next point man to oversee the troubled Obamacare website.
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