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Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) signed legislation on Earth Day Monday banning single-use plastic bags in New York, making the Empire State the third in the nation to pass such a law.
New Jersey workers can’t be fired if they flunk a drug test because they are medical marijuana patients, a state appeals court has ruled.
The bill also would create a standardized "threat assessment" tool for schools to keep records of students they feel may pose a "behavioral threat" to themselves or others.
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed Monday scientifically challenged legislation that would require doctors to tell women taking an abortion pill that the medication's effects can be reversed.
The highly contested and litigated controversy hinges on the contents of five tapes of recorded phone conversations inside the South Bend police department and allegations that the tapes contain racist comments made by a group of officers about former Police Chief Darryl Boykins, who is black.
Oregon is one of 20 states and the District of Columbia that challenged the Trump administration's changes to the Title X family planning program in U.S. District Court in Oregon, along with Planned Parenthood affiliates and the American Medical Association.
McKean who was elected to the Iowa House in 1978, said there was no single issue that precipitated his move, but cited the election of President Donald Trump in 2016 and a Republican Party he found "very changed."
"People have asked me to give this some serious thought, and I think I owe it to them to give it serious consideration," Gov. Larry Hogan said of challenging Trump.
It is a politically charged dispute over how to conduct the once-a-decade count of the U.S. population, and the justices sounded sharply split along familiar ideological lines.
In California, where the soda industry spends millions on lobbying, a bill to tax sugary drinks has been shelved. Lawmakers in four other states proposed one this year.
About one in five Americans now lack regular access to local media coverage. Studies show this is bad for politics, municipal debt -- and even the environment.
Washington state Sen. Maureen Walsh, a Republican, in response to a bill that would require nurses to get breaks and protect them against mandatory overtime. Her comments sparked online outrage among nurses nationwide.
The population experiences homelessness at disproportionate rates.
Under current New Hampshire law, registered voters must only prove “domicile” rather than permanent residency, according to CNN.
The bill won’t require schools to teach the material, but will add it as an encouraged curriculum item for middle schools, junior high schools, and high schools. T
The 18.1 million hours of overtime recorded last year by the state's workforce marked a 3.4 percent increase in overtime pay — $25.7 million — from 2017.
The footage, widely shared through social media, has drawn a public outcry. It shows two deputies take a boy down, bang his forehead into the pavement and repeatedly punch him in the head.
In Texas, the HHSC uses an automated system to detect income changes in households with children on Medicaid several times a year.
Renewable energy was a centerpiece of Sisolak's 2018 campaign for governor in which he touted solar projects undertaken during his tenure as chairman of the Clark County Commission.
A handful of states, cities and counties are experimenting with ways to house former inmates while protecting the public.
Increase in the number of paid firefighters since the 1980s even though the number of overall firefighters dropped 5 percent. With fewer volunteer firefighters, departments have had to hire more paid ones.
Connecticut state Sen. Dennis Bradley, a Democrat who introduced a bill that would require new publicly-accessible buildings to have diaper-changing tables accessible to men and women. New York passed a similar law this year, which was the first of its kind in the country.
State and local officials are striking long-term deals with private companies to upgrade airports, college campuses and prisons.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) says he’s likely to sign off on a bill that would abolish Columbus Day from the list of state holidays and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day.
Washington is just a governor's signature away from becoming the first state in the U.S. to legalize the "natural organic reduction" of human remains, colloquially known as "composting."
Teachers are already stressed. But along with testing standards, parent relationships and growing class sizes, teachers and school staff in the post-Columbine era increasingly worry about keeping their students -- and themselves -- safe from shootings and other violence.
The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Wednesday the state is violating the U.S. Constitution when it sentences juveniles convicted of aggravated murder.
Jail time for groping. Flagging college students who are expelled for sexual assault. Money to test forensic evidence in thousands of “rape kits” to resume stalled investigations.
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has demanded that Lujan Grisham and New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas investigate the militia organization, United Constitutional Patriots. Some of the group's members are armed.
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