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More South Florida beaches closed and fish washed up dead as the toxic algae bloom known as red tide spread north on the state's east coast Wednesday.
The office announced the total number of kits Wednesday after receiving inventories from 208 law-enforcement agencies across the state.
The politically pointed gesture, designed to call attention to Ted Wheeler's stance against immigration enforcement actions, goes as far as to suggest he should temporarily give up his duties as police commissioner.
Inspector General Patrick Blanchard's finding came in a report issued after his office looked into whether Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker's relationship with Assessor Joe Berrios played a role in Pritzker's property taxes being lowered.
In 2008, Missouri had five abortion clinics, according to Planned Parenthood. The Columbia Health Center in central Missouri on Wednesday became the latest to stop providing abortions.
After arguing its case in a federal appeals court Wednesday, Texas will soon know whether its decision to spend $33.3 million less on students with disabilities in 2012 will cost it millions in future federal funding.
The investigation in Decatur, Ga., which opened last month, signals a major development in Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ controversial policies on transgender bathroom access in schools and her handling of civil rights enforcement for transgender students.
The Health and Human Services Committee is a place where a policymaker can have a profound, powerful impact.
Inertia and incrementalism drive the process in most places. Budgeting for outcomes is a powerful way to overcome that.
After deliberating behind closed doors for just under 2 hours, 20 minutes Tuesday afternoon, the West Virginia Senate soundly rejected removing Supreme Court Justice Beth Walker from office for maladministration.
Jason Kander, citing depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, is dropping out of the Kansas City mayor's race.
From health care and immigration to redistricting and transportation funding, voters decided a long list of policies.
An unpopular governor and a moderate candidate have given Republicans the chance for rare victories in Connecticut and Oregon.
Candace Faber, who says the Kavanaugh-Ford hearing inspired her to tweet her allegations against Washington state Senate Minority Floor Leader Joe Fain, who denies her account.
Extra money -- beyond their cost of care -- that immigrants covered by employers paid toward private health insurance premiums in 2014. U.S.-born people covered by employers spent the opposite: nearly $25 billion less on premiums when compared to the cost of their care.
The University of Montana’s fine appears to be one of the highest on record for campus security issues, after the nearly $2.4 million fine levied against Pennsylvania State University, according to a federal database with statistics from 2010 to 2017 and an earlier announcement from the Department of Education.
The Republican said her decision to leave office after just one term largely was prompted by ongoing political infighting over the status of the state superintendent's office, which she sees as "noise" and a distraction from educating children.
Court-ordered rehab is increasingly falling out of fashion in California as Santa Cruz and 18 other counties begin to treat addiction like any other health condition — with the Medicaid program relying on evidence-based practices and trained personnel to make decisions on care.
In May, the Dallas City Council unanimously passed a new comprehensive housing policy, a first for the city. The goal is to build 20,000 new homes — but only in select, pre-approved neighborhoods deemed ripe for revitalization.
Gov. Bill Haslam announced Tuesday that Joseph Hultquist was pardoned for his 1972 and 1973 convictions of unlawful sale of controlled substances.
Gov. Phil Murphy wants New Jersey to utilize one of the most quintessential, lucrative and risky practices of Silicon Valley: venture capitalism.
The announcement by the Department of Taxation and Finance came within hours of a bombshell report in The New York Times detailing dubious tax schemes that Trump participated in with the help and blessing of his late father, Fred Trump, in the 1990s.
In the first midterm elections under Donald J. Trump, whose campaign and presidency included strong appeals to white voters, Republicans have no black or Hispanic nominees for governor in 2018
Using threats of shame or economic harm to coerce a person into having sex will become explicitly illegal in Maryland under one of the hundreds of new laws that take effect Monday in the state.
Eight people were hospitalized when a truck crashed into a large group of people protesting early Tuesday.
Michael Cioffi, police chief of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., allegedly caught on tape talking about the town council president.
Cases dismissed in the last two years by a largely unregulated "secret court" in Massachusetts, which is unlike any other in the country and run by governor-appointed clerks who may or may not have gone to college. In nearly 30 percent of the thrown-out cases, some involving death, a clerk concluded there was probable cause that the accused committed a crime. Police and politicians include people who have dodged charges this way.
In the Massachusetts criminal justice system, closed-door hearings are often held in private offices without public notice. The outcome is up to the discretion of a single court official who may not have a law degree.
States with large immigrant populations are particularly worried for 2020.
Starting in January, the city will add $10 million toward paying officers' salaries. The increase will provide some cops with roughly an additional $10,000 more a year.
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