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House Bill 1177 passed by a vote of 16-15 and now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature or veto.
On Memorial Day, 51 tornadoes were reported across eight states -- Idaho, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio -- and severe weather is forecast to continue Tuesday and Wednesday.
More people are believed to be relying on family and friends to watch their kids. Minneapolis is helping to educate those informal providers.
More than half of mayors discussed it during their annual State of the City addresses this year -- double the number four years ago.
Clarke Forsythe of the anti-abortion group Americans United for Life, referring to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case guaranteeing women the right to an abortion.
States where the measles has made a comeback in the last year, most recently in Maine. The vaccine-preventable infection can cause pneumonia, encephalitis, brain damage and death.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported the state's first measles case in two years on Tuesday, adding Maine to the growing list of states affected by one the nation's most severe measles outbreak in decades.
The Mueller report indicated the FBI believed Russian hackers sent more than 120 "spearphishing" emails to elections officials throughout the state in 2016.
The legislation brings Maryland to the forefront of states using energy policy to promote investment in green technology.
Gov. Jared Polis signed equal pay legislation into law Wednesday, but it won't take effect for another 19 months, leaving Colorado employers with time to limit their legal liability before 2021.
The legislation, which passed both chambers with bipartisan support, is expected to raise more than $20 million a year for addiction prevention and treatment to stem the opioid crisis.
The company’s product, HEXWAVE, can be hidden in walls and other structures as it scans for objects like guns, knives and explosives obscured by clothing or bags, according to a promotional video on the Liberty Defense website.
The recovery from the Great Recession has in some ways led to a tiny reversal of the Great Migration.
"It's happening again," one man tweeted Wednesday before the sky turned violent. "Just like eight years ago. ..."
Children at risk of losing their home because a proposed U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rule would disqualify families from living in public housing if they have an undocumented person living with them.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on infrastructure.
Most states have improved their finances since the last one.
Gov. Jay Inslee signed the measure Tuesday implementing the new rules, which rank among the strongest statewide mandates in the nation. California and Oregon have similar laws.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is headed to Washington, D.C., this week to push the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for better communication and federal reimbursement as New Mexico handles an influx of asylum-seeking families
Bill H.57, which passed both thestate House and Senate earlier this year, would "recognize as a fundamental right the freedom of reproductive choice" and "prohibit public entities from interfering with or restricting the right of an individual to terminate the individual's pregnancy."
After a months-long investigation, Eastern Virginia Medical School says it can't "conclusively determine" whether or not Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was one of the two men -- one wearing blackface and the other wearing a KKK robe -- who appeared in a racist yearbook photo.
The announcement came less than an hour after Board President Frank Clark told fellow board members at their regular monthly meeting that he is stepping down.
If adopted by enough states, the national popular vote compact would effectively neuter the electoral college, a constitutional creation that awards states one presidential vote for each of its congressional delegates.
"Chokehold: Policing Black Men," written by former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, takes a close look at mass incarceration with a focus on African American men.
Trump lives in New York, which also is home to his businesses. Analysts and lawmakers have said his state tax returns would contain much of the same information as his federal returns.
The lesson for cities from the experiences of the past decade: Even revenue sources long considered reliable can be volatile.
The president left the meeting with congressional leaders after only three minutes, holding an infrastructure bill hostage unless the investigations into him end.
The Supreme Court, once feared by tribal advocates, ruled twice this year in favor of tribal rights. It’s set to decide another case soon.
A wave of conservative states passed abortion bans this year, but the national backlash didn't come until Alabama's was signed into law.
Local governments are changing the frequency of performance evaluations, who receives them and what they're assessing.
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