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One possibility is an expansion of California's gun violence restraining order law, which allows police and family members to seek the temporary removal of firearms from someone they believe is a danger to themselves or others.
The race for Florida governor is likely heading to a recount after Democrat-heavy counties tallied more ballots that allowed Andrew Gillum to narrow the margins against Republican Ron DeSantis by less than half a percentage point.
In a major last-minute act, Mr. Sessions signed a memorandum on Wednesday before President Trump fired him sharply curtailing the use of so-called consent decrees, court-approved deals between the Justice Department and local governments that create a road map of changes for law enforcement and other institutions.
Jennifer Carroll Foy, who was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates last fall and was pregnant with twins while campaigning.
States where Democrats have a "trifecta" -- control of the state House, Senate and governor's office. They solidified power on Tuesday in Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico and New York. Republicans have 22 trifectas, including in Alaska, which they captured on Tuesday.
The state's new approach to the workplace goes far beyond traditional telecommuting. It's not only making employees and managers happier, it's saving the state millions of dollars.
Republican Brian Kemp on Thursday resigned as Georgia's secretary of state, saying he needs to start the work of transitioning to the state's top office after earning a "clear and convincing victory" at the ballot box.
Moderate-to liberal candidates won in five states, while conservatives were successful in two.
Despite all the teacher strikes and walkouts, voters largely stuck to partisan lines at the ballot box.
The Senate remains in Republican control, but the House flipped to the Democrats. The last time there was only one divided state legislature was over 100 years ago in 1914.
Looking over the aftermath of Tuesday night’s bloodbath for the New Jersey GOP, Assembly Republican leader Jon Bramnick thinks he has a fix.
The number of people sent to Arkansas' prisons for violating their terms of probation or parole fell more than 41 percent in 2017, as a new law went into effect that was aimed at stemming the surge in population.
On Wednesday evening -- with nearly all 3.9 million votes counted and Abrams trailing Kemp by fewer than 63,000 votes -- the Abrams campaign said that it was 25,700 votes shy of triggering a runoff and 23,800 votes from a recount and that she would not concede until it was clear every last vote was tallied.
The new totals show that DeSantis is ahead of Democrat Andrew Gillum by 0.57 percent of the vote or 46,722 votes. The state will conduct an automatic recount if the margin falls to 0.5 percent.
We need to know more about what governments are doing -- and how well their efforts are working. A couple of recent studies point the way.
The defeats are the latest signal of the difficulty of winning broad support for environmental measures, even on the heels of a particularly alarming round of reports from climate scientists in recent weeks warning of catastrophic consequences and calling for immediate action to address climate change.
Amid record-breaking numbers in early voting this midterm season, there have been some irregularities reported at polling stations in several states on Election Day.
With the right kind of investment, they can provide the skills employers need, and their graduates are more likely to stay in the community.
The winners of last week's elections don't have long to build their new administrations. They need to move quickly and effectively.
Aubrey Jewett, a political scientist at the University of Central Florida.
With Democrats taking over the U.S. House, Congress may grind to a halt. Red and blue states, meanwhile, will go their separate ways on abortion, taxes, education, health and voting rights.
An unprecedented number of female candidates ran for state or local office this year.
A handful of Democratic wins in governors' races resulted in a Midwest that's more politically balanced than in recent years.
On the heels of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s controversial confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, these results raise questions about how alleged misconduct factors into voters’ decisions.
Net worth of J.B. Pritzker, the governor-elect of Illinois. Once he takes office, he will be the richest sitting politician in the country, surpassing President Trump, whose net worth is $3.1 billion.
The party now has 14 "trifectas," compared to the Republicans' 22.
The trajectory of health policy -- from Medicaid to abortion to soda taxes -- is set for change in some states.
Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, announcing on early Wednesday morning that she refuses to concede in her race against Republican Ron DeSantis.
The last time only one state legislature was under divided control in the entire country, which is the case after Tuesday's elections.
Efforts to raise state taxes largely failed. That wasn't the case at the local level.
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