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Advocates on both sides of the issue say that medical cannabis programs are increasingly functioning as a Trojan horse for de facto legalization in the 40 states where the politics of legalization aren’t quite ripe yet.
The new law, signed Tuesday by Mayor de Blasio and introduced by Council Speaker Corey Johnson, will allow adults born here to change the gender on their birth certificate without a medical professional's approval -- instead letting them "self-attest" their gender.
Two controversies erupted at once Tuesday, one over a state online voter registration system and the other involving the storm's disruption of the last day that Florida residents could become eligible voters in 2018.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to toss out an appeals court order that allows North Dakota to enforce its voter ID requirement during the 2018 elections.
Sen. Bernie Sanders will campaign for Democratic candidates across the country this month at more than 15 planned events in nine states -- including a number of presidential primary hot spots.
Jeff Sessions' announcement came the day after President Donald Trump -- who has repeatedly highlighted Chicago's stubborn gun violence -- suggested the department employ stop-and-frisk policing to battle crime.
Education has emerged as an issue this fall beyond school board and superintendent races.
When the Legislature passed rules this year requiring emergency power in long-term care facilities, Hurricane Michael was exactly the kind of disaster lawmakers had in mind.
The night's biggest voting rights measure was in Florida, where more than 1 million felons had their right to vote restored.
State laws related to immigration enacted this year, which is a 13 percent decline from 2017 but still more than usual.
Alexa James, executive director of Chicago's chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Last month, the mayor of Hallandale Beach, Keith London, bizarrely accused fellow commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub of profiting from bleaching her sphincter, causing public outrage and series of #MeToo posts on social media. Now, Lima-Taub is the one under fire for apparently comparing the mayor to Adolf Hitler during Wednesday night's regularly scheduled commission meeting.
Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub of Hallandale Beach, Fla., referring to Mayor Keith London.
The fact that some farmers are determined to keep spraying dicamba is putting enormous pressure on others who are farming by the rules.
The minimum security inmates were working in the jail's kitchen when they hid in food waste trash cans taken outside for disposal.
Inmate Abuse: Wisconsin Investigated 132 Sexual Misconduct Complaints Against Prison Staff in 1 Year
The prison staff — including one guard trained in preventing such behavior — are accused of having sexual intercourse and forging romantic relationships with inmates, spanking them and making sexually harassing comments, among other allegations.
LGBT advocates are celebrating the new state guidance, saying it puts New Jersey among the national leaders in protecting transgender students from unaccepting or abusive parents.
Three months after the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus ruling, teachers appear to be sticking with their union, even though they are no longer required to pay dues or a fee in lieu of their dues.
These errors, which include non-citizens, are in addition to the roughly 23,000 registration mistakes disclosed by the DMV last month.
Hurricane Michael was likely to strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane sometime Tuesday, meteorologist Danielle Niles of CBS Boston reports.
The president said he wanted officials to "work with local authorities to try to change the terrible deal the city of Chicago entered into with ACLU, which ties law enforcement's hands, and to strongly consider stop-and-frisk."
In the spring of 2016, former Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed a bill that gave Virginia a first-of-its-kind loan program.
The man behind the wheel in the deadly New York limousine crash did not have the proper license and the vehicle had failed an inspection just last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
Money meant for jail food that Etowah County, Ala., Sheriff Todd Entrekin pocketed over three years. In September, he bought a $740,000 beach house, prompting charges of ethics violations. Last week, the charges were dropped.
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who says he is open to the idea of decriminalizing marijuana.
The state is the latest where voters have weighed in on the debate.
While they likely won't win a majority nationwide, the party is poised to gain control of some chambers. How many depends on the size of the potential blue wave.
A new five-state project funded by the federal government aims to improve vaccination rates among low-income children and pregnant women, using statewide registries intended to track the immunization histories of all residents.
In cities like Detroit, where the vast majority of schools are low-performing, most student transfers have largely negative effects.
From 2001 to 2017, there were 10 slayings at Tennessee schools involving a gun, according to the statistics from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Metro Nashville Police.
