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Officials with the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision say that even one such case is unacceptable, but that only around 0.02% of the total prison population of nearly 50,000 are referenced in the reports.
Some of those who escaped from the massive Camp Fire last week questioned why Butte County leaders did not do more to warn residents of Paradise and neighboring mountain communities as a fire whipped with fearsome speed through the mountainous region north of Sacramento.
Citing a lack of evidence pointing to any wrongdoing, the judge stopped short of granting the Scott campaign’s request for an injunction to impound the machines.
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh filed a motion Tuesday in federal court challenging President Donald Trump's appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting U.S. attorney general after the ouster last week of Jeff Sessions.
The winning packages, disclosed by Amazon on Tuesday, paled next to Washington state's historic $8.7 billion giveaway to Boeing five years ago.
Small schools and high poverty schools are putting their students at the biggest disadvantage, according to a new report.
Thad Kousser, political scientist at the University of California, San Diego, describing outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown’s persona.
Age required to buy a semiautomatic assault rifle in Washington state, where voters passed comprehensive gun control last week. The new law also includes secure gun storage requirements, enhanced background checks and waiting periods for firearms.
Georgia Secretary of State Robyn Crittenden instructed county election officials Monday to count absentee ballots even if they lack a voter's date of birth, as long as the voter's identity can be verified.
The VA is working with states and cities to use the innovative financing approach to help veterans with PTSD find gainful employment. If it's successful, the payoff for investors is big.
Today, 47 states and the District of Columbia have laws allowing localities to set up assisted outpatient treatment, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center, a nonprofit group that strongly supports assisted outpatient treatment.
Lancaster County District Judge Kevin McManaman said nowhere in the state law defining eligibility for the Bridge to Independence (B2I) Program is there "any expression, positive or otherwise," to justify the conclusion the Legislature intended for them to be eligible for enrollment in the program.
Twenty-eight states and territories regulate their own workplaces rather than defer to the feds. While some of these programs are effective, others are in trouble for not adequately protecting workers.
A photo of the Baraboo High School class of 2019 surfaced late Sunday, showing a group of about 50 boys standing on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse with their arms outstretched above their heads, laughing and smiling.
Two Navajo men, Willie Grayeyes and Kenneth Maryboy, won their county commission seats, giving Native Americans a 2-1 advantage on the local governing body for the first time in San Juan County.
Democrats claimed victory Monday in two state Senate races, giving them back the two-thirds supermajority they lost in June when Orange County Democrat Josh Newman was recalled after he voted in favor of Gov. Jerry Brown's gas tax increase.
The number of international students entering U.S. colleges and universities has fallen for the second year in a row, a nonprofit group said on Tuesday, amid efforts by the Trump administration to tighten restrictions on foreigners studying in the United States.
As vote counts in several states increased Democrats' midterm election gains, and further undercut President Donald Trump's claims to victory, the president on Monday led some Republicans in alleging vote fraud, especially in Florida, without evidence.
Supporters of additional funding for transportation have plenty of reasons to smile after last week’s elections, but that doesn’t mean they can stop worrying.
These honorees didn’t just set goals; they set ambitious, attention-grabbing goals that they're accomplishing.
Commissioner of New York City Department of Transportation
Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections
Faith Winter, Toi Hutchinson, Karen Engleman
Tweet from President Donald Trump on Saturday as more than 300,000 people were evacuated from their homes. The death toll had risen to 31 as of Monday afternoon.
State or local candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America who won last week.
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