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The decision likely means the structure -- once home to the Oilers and Astros and touted as the Eighth Wonder of the World -- will be demolished.
Plagued by drought, voters in the Lone Star State approved a plan to use rainy day funds to pay for projects that will preserve or expand the state's water supply.
A temporary boost in food stamp benefits expired on Nov. 1. Now hungry families must turn to food banks and other public programs for help.
Use of tough federal sentencing laws varies widely nationwide.
Mike Duggan, the former head of the Detroit Medical Center, is the city's first white mayor in 40 years.
The 2013 Opportunity Index tries to determine which states and counties offer the best chances for their residents to get ahead.
Many school districts pay for students to bring iPads home and many government agencies allow employees to use their personal devices for work. But issues like who pays for devices when they break, get lost or stolen are unclear.
Chicago's Gabe Klein and New York's Janette Sadik-Khan are poised to leave office within a few months. Their influence on their cities can't be overstated.
Percent of welfare applications the state of Kansas denies, more than double the denial rate in neighboring Missouri.
New Newark, N.J., Mayor Luis Quintana, drawing distinctions between him and his predecessor, the Twitter-happy Cory Booker who last month was elected to the U.S. Senate.
The legal push in some Republican-controlled states to restrict abortion rights suffered a setback Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Oklahoma's appeal seeking to reinstate a law that effectively banned the use of abortion-inducing drugs.
The Affordable Care Act is the biggest new health care program in decades, but the Obama administration has ruled that neither the federal insurance exchange nor the federal subsidies paid to insurance companies on behalf of low-income people are “federal health care programs.”
Former Florida Republican Gov. Charlie Crist announced Monday he is running for governor as a Democrat.
Democrat Bill de Blasio faces the challenge of high expectations as he goes into Tuesday's New York City mayoral election with a 40-point lead on Republican Joe Lhota in public opinion polls.
A group of Republican lawmakers and two interest groups who pushed for voter ID now are going to court to stop a state website that allows voters to register online.
Texas voters will go to the polls today to vote on a slew of constitutional and municipal issues, from funding water projects to granting tax breaks to aerospace companies.
Here are the results from the most important state and local races and ballot initiatives across the country.
In Alabama, lack of competition may be behind insurance premium costs.
Are the bad vibes at the federal level encouraging more interest at the lower levels – or is it bad advertising all around for the public sector?
After a string of legal defeats, Alabama backs down.
Florida criminal case puts focus on bullying laws.
Dealey Plaza: A place Dallas has long tried to avoid and forget
Seattle suburb will vote on massive wage hike for airport, hotel workers.
Estimated annual cost increase for the average family if voters in Washington state pass genetically modified food labeling laws, according to the Washington Research Council.
U.S. Congressman Mike Michaud, of Maine, who came out in an editorial about his campaign to be governor of the state.
New Jersey is asking a federal appeals court for another chance to make the case that the state should be able to legalize sports betting at its casinos and horse racing tracks.
A closely watched federal trial is set to begin Monday over a Wisconsin law requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. The outcome could set a precedent for legal challenges in dozens of states that have imposed or stiffened voter ID requirements in recent years.
The third floor of the California governor’s mansion, which reopens to the public this evening after being closed to visitors for decades, is a place filled with history that’s mostly quiet and personal rather than political: a place of family memories.
The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it has put on the fast track the lawsuit trying to reverse the Ohio Controlling Board’s decision that freed up federal money for Medicaid expansion in the state.
A six-term congressman and former paper mill worker hoping to unseat Maine Gov. Paul LePage next year announced that he’s gay — a response to what he called a ‘‘whisper campaign’’ by political opponents hoping to weaken his gubernatorial bid.
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