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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.
Curtis Hill, a Republican, also still could lose his office when the General Assembly convenes in January if Hoosier lawmakers independently conclude, through a two-thirds vote by both Republican-controlled chambers, that Hill's behavior at A.J.'s Lounge warrants his impeachment and removal.
The complaint, filed earlier this month, accused Gov. John Hickenlooper of traveling the globe in private jets and rooming in expensive hotels paid for by businesses in violation of state ethics laws.
The Treasury Department is investigating the theft, which happened in July, city officials told The Washington Post.
Oregon's move to end Medicaid coverage of the drugs for many chronic-pain patients is a bad idea. Let's hope it doesn't spread.
Now district attorneys’ races have become more competitive, attracting large donations and challengers running on pledges to transform the criminal justice system.
Five bombs were sent to Democratic figures in New York City and Washington, D.C., this week. All of them were found and removed by authorities before they could detonate.
The Georgia NAACP filed complaints Tuesday with state election officials alleging that some voting machines mistakenly showed votes cast for Democrat Stacey Abrams registering for her opponent Republican Brian Kemp.
The implementation of the injunction could complicate the work of election officials statewide, requiring the review of hundreds or thousands of ballot signatures with less than two weeks until Election Day.
The legislation, among other things, expands access to substance abuse treatment in Medicaid.
The list of prominent national Democrats being sent packages containing bombs is growing. Threats of violence have also become more common against, and sometimes from, state and local candidates and public officials.
Early Monday morning, Austin Water issued a boil water notice for all of its customers due to elevated levels of silt from last week’s flooding. And by Monday night, the city was warning residents that "immediate action" was needed to avoid running out of water.
Businesses wanted voters to protect exemptions, loopholes and tax breaks that collectively cost the state more than $12 billion a year.
Missouri voters who do not have a photo ID when they arrive at the polls will no longer have to sign a sworn statement to cast a ballot.
As Grovetown prepares to house sex offenders in its council chambers on Halloween night, questions have arisen about the plan's legality.
After 'Explosive Devices' Are Sent to CNN and Top Dems, NYC Mayor Has a Message for Public Officials
Security was ramped up across the city Wednesday after a quartet of suspicious packages were mailed to the homes of former Presidents Clinton and Obama, Gov. Cuomo's Manhattan office and CNN's New York newsroom
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, during a press conference about the explosive packages sent to CNN and top Democrats. The crude pipe bombs targeted former President Barack Obama and his administration's officials, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former CIA Director John Brennan and former Attorney General Eric Holder.
Gubernatorial seats that Democrats could gain in November, according to our ratings. If they gain 10, they would become the majority among governors for the first time since 2010.
Privacy concerns have prompted 10 states to add privacy protections in their constitutions.
After years of bitter fights over oil and gas development, Colorado voters have managed to get a statewide anti-fracking measure on the November ballot.
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