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RINO is often used by Republicans to disparage others within the party who are not sufficiently conservative.
The task force will analyze current and emerging state threats and form stronger prevention strategies. Abbott took similar action — which led to sweeping legislation — after last year's school shooting in Santa Fe.
Starting with next year's presidential primary election, paper ballots will be required, according to the ruling by U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg.
The 22-question survey was sent out Thursday -- one day after the ninth NYPD officer committed suicide this year. The survey was also circulated a week ago, police sources said.
Four cases of severe lung disease in the Twin Cities are being linked to vaping and e-cigarette use.
Former Georgia Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, who lost a close governor's race in November and had considered running for president in 2020.
The number of doctors in California 247 who have had their medical school debt paid off under a new state program aimed at addressing a medical provider shortage. Recipients must agree to see Medicaid patients for 30 percent of their caseloads for five years.
Lead poisoning has been associated with lower IQs and academic achievement, impaired speech, hearing and motor skill difficulties, and cognitive and behavioral delays.
Stacey Abrams told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday she will not run for president in 2020 and will instead focus on a national expansion of her voting rights group.
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will end a presidential campaign that never got off the ground Thursday morning and announce that he is seriously considering a run against Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, according to two people familiar with his plans.
Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday said he would sign an executive order intended to increase state government's focus on curbing gun violence.
Jennifer Jermaine, the Chandler Democrat who sponsored House Bill 2570, said the 21-member task force was gearing up to study the scope of the "epidemic crisis."
We rely too much on incarceration. The pillars of the system should be healing, restoration and renewal.
The fine for killing a wild turkey in Missouri, under a new state anti-poaching measure that also covers black bears, elk and deer.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, to Governing Staff Writer Alan Greenblatt at the National Governors Association’s summer meeting in Salt Lake City. Her comment came after he told her that another governor greeted him by saying, “You wrote a good article. Or my staff said you did.”
In June, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency eliminated the agency's Clean Power Plan and replaced it with a new rule that gives states more leeway in deciding upgrades for coal-fired power plants.
D.C. officials and immigration advocates on Tuesday criticized plans by the federal government to house unaccompanied migrant children in Washington.
The new Tennessee law has nonprofits and voting rights activists scrambling ahead of the 2020 presidential election, as they attempt to understand new regulations that could lead to thousands of dollars in fines and even jail time.
Individuals and companies that violate the sexual harassment law can face lawsuits by employees and can be fined by the state.
Gov. Cooper said he signed the directive to his Cabinet agencies to "build on the work we are already doing" around gun violence and safety.
The decision, in a 4-3 vote, means the mural depicting George Washington's life would survive, but be obscured, at least semi-permanently, from public view.
Photos and musings from our photographer.
After two straight years of beating expectations, pension investment earnings have slightly dipped thanks in part to fears of a trade war.
Sandra, a 66-year-old resident of Newark, N.J., where residents are lining up this week for bottled water because new samples show filters at two of three tested homes weren’t removing lead from the water as expected.
ICE protesters arrested on Saturday after closing a major highway in New York City. They were rallying for an end to the federal immigration enforcement agency.
It was a big improvement for permitting and other forms of service delivery, but it's already outdated. The new goal should be no-stop government.
The administration has portrayed the rule as a way to promote sufficiency and independence among immigrants.
New Mexico, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania allow people with an opioid addiction to qualify for a medical marijuana card.
Those arrested were charged with disorderly conduct for obstructing traffic, NYPD detective Sophia T. Mason said.
The insurance, required of all gun owners except law enforcement officers, would cover the costs of harm caused by accidental gunshots, or by intentional shootings by nonowners who borrow or steal the gun.
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