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The spigot will run dry, toilets won’t flush and there will be no cooling shower on sweltering days for more than 100,000 people in Prince George’s County as crews wrestle to repair a major water main that serves their homes and businesses.
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels pledged to promote academic freedom when he became president of Purdue University in January, but newly released emails show he attempted to eliminate what he considered liberal “propaganda” at Indiana’s public universities while governor
Campuses are being forced to tighten security, constrict their culture of openness and try to determine what has been stolen.
A statistics expert hired by opponents challenging Pennsylvania's voter ID law testified this morning that hundreds of thousands of registered voters do not have valid identification issued by the state Department of Transportation.
Democratic Gov. Lincoln Chafee, citing a tradition of separating church and state, on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have authorized the issuance of license plates that say ‘‘Choose Life’’ to raise money for a Christian crisis pregnancy center that opposes abortion.
Individuals buying health insurance on their own will see their premiums tumble next year in New York State, and supporters of the health care overhaul credit the online purchasing exchanges the law created.
Her election next year would be historic on two fronts: Heather Mizeur would be Maryland’s first female governor and its first openly gay governor.
Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman John E. Walsh’s decision to leave his post to lead Governor’s Deval Patrick’s political action committee fanned the flames of speculation that the Commonwealth’s chief executive might be taking a look at higher office.
The new tax that 5,000 Oregon drivers will likely soon have the option of paying for every mile they drive in lieu of the 30 cents-per-gallon tax, making it the first state to do so.
Oregon state Sen. Alan Olsen, who is pushing a bill in the legislature that would require lawmakers to put their names on proposed bills and amendments.
Prince George’s County last month became the first in the nation to give the chief executive the authority to appoint a superintendent and school board members.
The California Supreme Court refused Monday to halt same-sex marriages while considering a legal bid to revive Proposition 8.
Information about the pensions for employees of greater Boston's transit agency has been hidden from the public. Now it's a matter of public record.
A new trend in the human services field suggests it isn't. Instead of punishing noncustodial parents, officials are trying to help them find and keep jobs.
Proponents of legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in Maine’s largest city evoked the controversial George Zimmerman verdict during a Monday news conference in Portland and said laws against pot are used to unfairly target blacks.
Lawmakers and regular Oregonians interested in tracking an issue face a common conundrum: Who exactly introduced a bill and the amendments?
A 2011 North Dakota law that outlaws one of two drugs used in nonsurgical abortions violates the state and U.S. constitutions, a state judge ruled Monday.
Jack Martin has been serving as Detroit's chief financial officer since spring 2012, when state intervention in city government began.
Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell could restore the voting rights of 10,000 nonviolent ex-felons by the end of his term — nearly twice as many as he has granted in 3½ years in office, administration officials said Monday.
State auditors examining the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's role as gatekeeper to medical marijuana use found lax regulation of physicians, unnecessarily high patient fees and a failure to oversee caregivers.
Lawyers for disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich filed a long-awaited appeal of his conviction and 14-year sentence late Monday, arguing that U.S. District Judge James Zagel's "one-sided evidentiary rulings" favored prosecutors and that the stiff sentence he imposed was based on vague and speculative evidence.
Mayor Bob Filner, facing calls for his resignation amid allegations that he sexually harassed female staff members, said Monday morning that he will not resign.
For months, Attorney General Lisa Madigan and her father, House Speaker Michael Madigan, brushed aside the notion that it would be a conflict of interest if she served as governor while he continued to run the General Assembly.
The high-profile light-rail project will link Detroit's two most vibrant sections. Financing for the $131 million line includes a huge amount of private and philanthropic support.
California Gov. Jerry Brown, on why the state has not spent more money building new prisons to reduce overcrowding.
The number of states that require school attendance until age 18. Kentucky and Maryland are set to become the next two as they phase in the new requirement.
Across the country, at least 22 states have “stand your ground” laws, with varying degrees of requirements for when citizens may use deadly force to protect themselves. In the wake of the George Zimmerman's acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, they are receiving fresh scrutiny.
Medicaid spending in Arkansas, which has undertaken the most ambitious performance pay plan for the program in the country, grew at a historically low rate in fiscal year 2013, the state Medicaid agency reported last Friday.
The legislation, which awaits the governor's signature, would mark a radical departure from the traditional gas tax to fund transportation infrastructure.
Janet Napolitano, the U.S. secretary of Homeland Security and former governor of Arizona, has been named as the next president of the University of California system.
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