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Several states have increased police presence at religious institutions. And religious leaders are grappling with the delicate balance between welcoming and wary.
Peduto told NBC's "Meet the Press," he believes that gun-control measures would go further to help stop these shootings.
Robert Bowers, the 46-year-old gunman, was charged with 11 counts of obstructing exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death, 11 counts of using firearms to commit murder, four counts of obstructing officers and wounding them, and three of use and discharge of firearms.
We're not making the use we should of forms of contraception that can dramatically reduce unplanned pregnancies and infant mortality.
For the second time in two years, Washington state voters opted not to tax greenhouse gas pollution.
States across the country have limited citizens' right to sue their state or local government. Voters in one of them, New Hampshire, revived it on Tuesday.
The constitutional amendment, allowing religious monuments in government buildings, will almost surely wind up in court.
New Hampshire state Rep. Timothy Smith, on his concerns about adding the "right to live free from governmental intrusion" into the state's Constitution. Ten other states have adopted similar language, and in November, it's up to voters whether New Hampshire -- the "Live Free or Die" state -- will.
Age of soon-to-be Wisconsin Rep. Kalan Haywood, who will likely be the youngest state lawmaker in the nation. He won his primary and faces no challenger in November.
The GOP is at risk of losing nine seats, while Democrats could lose three. If there's a big Democratic wave, Republicans could lose their majority.
Florida voters opted to automatically restore voting rights to former felons, affecting some 1.4 million residents. In Louisiana, voters instituted a five-year waiting period for felons to seek political office.
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday signed legislation that also requires police to contact the state Human Services Department whenever they encounter a child who has been sexually exploited.
With early voting on campus restricted to three days, civil rights attorneys, voting rights advocates and local Democrats are now raising the specter that the hour-and-a-half waits that students faced at the polling location could not only dim student turnout but also violate state and federal law.
Those envelopes normally have an “additional postage required” box for stamps, but the language was not included on the sample envelope submitted to a printer earlier this fall, said board spokeswoman Rachel Coll.
Voters in 28 counties impacted by Hurricane Florence will have more flexibility to vote using absentee ballots.
The order directs state agencies to protect Oregon’s coastal economy by preventing activities associated with offshore oil and gas drilling.
The New York Times confirmed with multiple sources a phone call this week when county officials reportedly acknowledged the missing applications and vowed to inform the applicants of the error.
Seventeen Arizona Democrats sponsored a bill that would have directed $2 million to the secretary of state’s office for census communication and outreach, half of which was to be given to each county based on population, and half to each city and town, but it died in committee.
Nevada, a swing state, bucked the trend in 2016. That was when Nevada chose Hillary Clinton for president, when Democrats flipped the state legislature from red to blue and when the state delivered the first Latina senator to Washington D.C.
The Trump administration expects to release a new draft of the proposal to expand offshore drilling "by year's end." Meanwhile, Florida voters sent a message expressing their opposition.
Washington state, which has a history of letting voters weigh in on guns, now ranks among the states with the toughest firearm laws.
Space that egg-laying hens would be legally required to have if a California ballot measure passes and enacts what some say would be the world's strongest protections for farm animals. They would also have to be cage-free.
Threatening letter sent to Deserae Morin, a Republican running for the Vermont House. It was composed of cut-out letters -- some, she said, from her own business cards.
Assistance for grandparents who are raising grandchildren -- a family dynamic that is becoming more common because of the opioid drug crisis -- is officially on the way.
By taking fossil-fuel companies to court, states stand the best chance to hold them to account.
Irving-based Exxon Mobil misled investors for years about the company's financial risks from climate change regulations, according to a lawsuit filed today by New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood.
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Voters rejected a financial practice already common in most other oil-dependent states.
Wisconsin just got approval to implement the new rule, and it will take effect in two other states in January. Meanwhile, more than 8,000 people have lost health insurance in Arkansas -- many who may comply with the rule but not know about it.
The photo in the tweet Wednesday showed Handler giving a thumbs-up next to Deb Haaland, a Democrat running in New Mexico to become the nation’s first Native American woman in Congress.
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