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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed eight lawsuits against eight separate e-cigarette companies on Tuesday, alleging that the companies are "unlawfully targeting children" and not requiring appropriate age verification when selling products.
Tens of thousands of cannabis convictions will be automatically expunged under a partnership between a tech nonprofit and Cook County prosecutors.
The panel recommends redrawing school-district lines citywide to “fully integrate” them within 10 years.
Utah has one of the highest rates of suicide in the U.S. And from 2006 to 2015, 85% of firearm deaths in the state were suicides.
The states, led by California and Massachusetts, argue that the government is already failing to provide detained children with safe and sanitary conditions.
Oklahoma pursued the first case against a drug manufacturer for the national public health disaster, and the ruling may point to what lies ahead in 2,000 more lawsuits.
Several states may be straying into dangerous territory.
A Dispatch analysis found that 1,641 voters who cast ballots after the 2015 primary election — an action that should have prevented them from being placed on a potential purge list — were sent last-chance notices this summer, warning that their registration could be canceled Sept. 6 if they didn’t act.
Five children aged 10 and under have been shot and killed since April and Krewson asked anyone with information to come forward because "conventional policing tactics are not enough."
The proposed gun control reform is set to be considered in mid-November, just days after a Nov. 5 election that will determine who controls Virginia's legislature next year.
The fallout is especially intense in Utah, where Planned Parenthood has been the only provider participating in the nearly 50-year-old Title X family planning program and will now lose about $2 million yearly in federal funds that helped 39,000 mostly low-income, uninsured people.
A former Arizona sheriff who was pardoned by President Trump said he'll run to reclaim the seat he lost in 2016.
The teachers' salaries will be raised incrementally under H.B. 2078, from $32,076 for the 2020-21 school year to $34,576 in 2021-22, $37,076 in 2022-23 and $40,000 in 2023-24.
The issue has come to a head in Wyoming, where rugged terrain and long distances between hospitals forces reliance on these ambulance flights.
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With an eye on tourism and development, states keep trying to come up with evocative new taglines. Sometimes they stumble.
Small test-runs can help an entity avoid big mistakes, but there's an art to getting meaningful results.
For many members of the force, the decision to fire the officer whose chokehold led to Eric Garner’s death signaled a shift in the rules of engagement.
Gov. Roy Cooper's veto adds the governor to a growing list of local law enforcement and state government officials who oppose cooperating with ICE within their jurisdictions.
Letter from Greg Abbott warns over ‘illegal immigrants’ and says ‘we’ll need to take matters into our own hands’
The legislation was modeled after a similar law in California.
The data, described as preliminary, show that deaths continue to decline despite the growing presence of illicit fentanyl in the drug supply.
Beyond the disruptions at local city halls and public libraries, the attacks have serious consequences, with recovery costing millions of dollars.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee dropped his 2020 bid for the White House on Wednesday after his climate-focused campaign failed to gain traction in a crowded field of Democratic candidates, marking the third major departure in recent weeks.
Former Colorado governor announced his withdrawal from the presidential race a week ago
The Republican billionaire has frequently been criticized by members of both major parties for being absent from the Charleston statehouse as his business empire of more than 100 companies bogs down in litigation.
While the political focus may be on mass shootings, states are using the laws far more often to prevent cases of individual gun violence, including suicide.
Too often, the debate over transportation funding in Congress revolves around dollars and cents. But many advocates say we should agree on big goals first, so we know what we’re getting for the money we spend.
A new study found that the gap between the states with the highest standards and those with the lowest standards is narrowing.
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