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In Washington state, a freshly implemented ballot initiative and a raft of new bills may produce some of the tightest firearms regulations in the US. But standing in the way is a group of rural law enforcement officers who say point blank that they won’t enforce any of it.
After more than a decade of trying, New York legislators on Monday finally passed the Child Victims Act to bolster protections for child sex abuse survivors.
How the state regulates utilities is under growing scrutiny following unprecedented wildfires suspected to have been caused by power line issues, blazes that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed dozens of people.
Two of the most dreaded words in a Midwestern weather forecast — “polar vortex” — returned this week, promising life-threatening low temperatures that could shatter records and plunge much of the region into its deepest freeze in decades.
The state House approved $750 million in tax incentives for the company while teachers protested outside the Capitol.
The parents of at least a quarter of a million kids are at risk of deportation. In case that happens, lawmakers are adding protections -- with bipartisan support -- for the children left behind.
Officials increasingly want to move away from underground waste storage systems, which can leak chemicals that fuel toxic algal blooms.
Voters that Texas may purge because they may not be U.S. citizens. This is the first of what will be a monthly process by the Secretary of State's office of using new technology to identify potential non-citizens who have registered to vote. Voter advocacy groups argue that the method the state is using is problematic.
Mayor Jorge Elorza of Providence, R.I. His remarks were made when the border wall dispute had kept the federal government partially closed for more than a month. Now, the White House and Congress have three weeks to work out a border security deal -- or potentially face another shutdown.
A police officer who shot and killed another officer early Thursday was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action, both felonies.
His legislative focus will be on education. He wants to create an elective course that introduces technical education in middle schools.
The property is expected to open to the public in the fall of 2019. It will be known as the Eagle Creek Wildlife Area.
Unlike in other states, the Virginia march is not expected to extend into a days-long walkout or strike.
Gov. Jay Inslee issued the proclamation Friday, deeming the outbreak of the highly contagious viral infection a "public disaster" affecting the life, health, property and public peace of his state's residents.
Texas Secretary of State David Whitley said working with the Department of Public Safety, his office has been able to identify the potential non-citizens among those registered to vote, including 58,000 who have cast ballots before in Texas elections.
In the nearly three months since elections dogged by accusations of voter suppression, state lawmakers across the country have either filed or pre-filed at least 230 bills that would expand access to the ballot for millions of Americans.
Cities across the country in recent weeks have stepped in to fill shortfalls left by shuttered federal agencies.
The White House and Congress now have three weeks to agree on border security -- or the government could shut down again. A bipartisan group of border-state mayors wants more than a wall -- if at all.
Civic hackathons are one way to build new tools that can augment existing efforts to combat the epidemic.
Women are less likely than men to aspire for and occupy top jobs. They're also less optimistic about their chances of moving up at all.
Tara Casanova Powell, an independent researcher for the Governors Highway Safety Association, which released a report showing that the proportion of traffic deaths related to speeding has remained steady at about 26 percent since the beginning of the millennium. The report partially blamed lax enforcement.
Settlement New York City gave the family of Kalief Browder, who killed himself at home after being jailed for three years -- much of it in solitary confinement -- for charges that were eventually dropped of stealing another teen's backpack. His family couldn't afford the $3,000 bail.
Kansas legislators are still allowed to take unrecorded votes on legislation in committee and as the House or Senate debate bills despite an ongoing push for greater openness in state government.
A panel of federal judges has chosen a redistricting map for Virginia’s House of Delegates that could shift some districts toward Democrats and help the party gain control in this year’s election.
The city will pay $3.3. million to the family of a man who killed himself after spending three years -- much of it in solitary confinement -- on Rikers Island, the Daily News has learned.
Katie Brennan, who is chief of staff of the state’s housing finance agency, accused Albert Alvarez of sexually assaulting her in April 2017 when they were both working to get Murphy elected.
Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday announced a broad attack on opioid addiction in New Jersey by adding it to the list of illnesses that qualify residents for medical marijuana.
In another change of course, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers Thursday sought to withdraw Wisconsin from a multi-state lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act -- this time by seeking legislative approval.
Fifteen and a half months after one of the most destructive wildfires California has ever seen wreaked historic havoc on Wine Country, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. no longer has to wonder whether the state will blame it for the blaze.
As the partial federal government shutdown stretches into its sixth week, low-income families, seniors and the disabled are facing housing instability and possible evictions.
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