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The settlement says state agencies and universities can't ban transgender people from using the bathroom of the gender with which they identify. It applies only to public restrooms and similar facilities in state government buildings.
City Council members in Charlotte on Monday night will consider a resolution to "strongly condemn," among other things, President Donald Trump's recent call for four congresswomen to leave the United States.
House Bill 836 ensures children are able to have short-term guardians if they have a parent detained or deported by ICE.
The first-term Democratic governor did not give details, but a Lujan Grisham spokesman cited communication and leadership issues and said education initiatives were not being implemented as quickly and thoroughly as the governor wanted.
The legislation, which Gov. Kate Brown signed last month, lets students have an excused absence if they miss school because of their mental or behavioral health.
The state is training an additional 20 prison inmates to potentially respond to wildfires.
The measure, which passed in June in both houses at the State Capitol, was signed into law Monday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Its provisions took effect immediately on Monday.
The amount Equifax has agreed to pay to settle federal and state investigations into a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other sensitive information for nearly 150 million people. The settlement would be the largest ever paid by a company over a data breach.
A bill that would help the billion-dollar industry get access to bank accounts won support from some key U.S. senators.
Former Florida Democratic state House candidate Elizabeth McCarthy confessing to a state investigator that she lied about being a medical doctor and about removing 77 bullets from 32 victims of the 2016 Pulse shooting in Orlando.
The influx comes at a time when the foster care system is scrambling to adjust to major federal changes.
The agency wants to require people who receive TANF benefits to pass a review of their income and assets to determine whether they are eligible for free food from SNAP, officials said.
The proposed settlement, announced Monday, would be the largest ever paid by a company over a data breach.
Native girls and women are more likely than average to be the victim of a violent crime.
Close to 2,000 demonstrators have gathered near an access road in Hawaii to protest the construction of a telescope on sacred ground.
The documents, released by the Florida Department of Health, say Catherine Elizabeth McCarthy admitted to a state investigator that she lied about being a doctor, including when she said she was one of the doctors who treated victims of the June 2016 massacre.
Prosecutors and crime lab scientists were scrambling to find a solution after a change in the state's definition of marijuana imperiled criminal cases.
The savings from lower incarceration costs will allow the state to further invest in initiatives aimed at keeping people from returning, or going, to prison, and supporting crime victims, officials said.
Hawaii recently passed a law allowing police to ticket pedestrians for starting to cross a street when the countdown starts. Other states let the walkers decide if they can make it.
A letter from Wyoming Valley West School District in Pennsylvania that went out to dozens of families this month. The letter continued: "If you are taken to Dependency court, the result may be your child being removed from your home and placed in foster care."
Following years of turmoil and gridlock in many states, newly elected governors are getting a lot done.
The number of power outages Wisconsin and Michigan experienced as a result of damaging winds that swept through nearly 500 miles in 10 hours on Friday.
Democratic socialist candidates have won seats this year in Chicago, Denver and Philadelphia. More are likely to join them.
Gov. Rossello has faced fierce criticism after messages between him and several of his top aides leaked, in which the men used homophobic and sexist language and joked about victims of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island in September 2017.
They’re circulating petitions against two state senators and Gov. Jared Polis. And earlier this year they tried and failed to force a recall election of two Assembly members, one of whom resigned.
A powerful derecho storm moved through the Upper Midwest on Friday night, gathering up 73 damaging wind reports, according to the National Weather Service.
Dozens of police officers with criminal records have worked in Alaska's cities, despite a state law that should have disqualified them.
The arrival of the peak fire season in California — a time of uninterrupted sunshine, hot winds and crackling-dry vegetation — has the state on edge.
About three-quarters of survey respondents said medical cannabis has helped them cope with their PTSD, a report released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Health shows.
Top leaders of the Illinois Republican Party launched an effort at damage control Sunday after a social media post echoed President Donald Trump's criticism of four Democratic congresswoman.
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