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California and New Mexico sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its action to repeal requirements aimed at reducing methane leakage on federal and tribal lands, according to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison's former girlfriend Karen Monahan has posted a medical document on social media that shows she told a doctor in 2017 that she had been in an abusive relationship with Ellison.
Two mental health patients shackled in the back of a sheriff's van drowned in Florence floodwaters on Tuesday night while being moved to a different facility in South Carolina.
The digital age, new laws and recent events have created tension between government's transparency and the privacy of the people who work for it.
The rule, which is projected to save states $150 million a year, went into effect this summer.
The UT Board of Trustees will meet next week to consider hiring Boyd as interim president. The plan, proposed Wednesday morning by the board chair and touted as a "win" by the governor, calls for Boyd to serve for one or two years.
Jon Burge, the disgraced Chicago police commander and felon whose sordid legacy of torture and other misconduct exacted an agonizing price from the city, has died in Florida at age 70, according to police union officials and a Florida funeral home.
Communities across the country are facing similar challenges as more people visit public lands, outdoor recreation becomes more important to rural growth, and federal land managers struggle with tight budgets.
Vaughn Stewart, a nominee for the Maryland House of Delegates endorsed by Democratic Socialists.
Insurers are eager to provide hundreds of billions in capital. There are things governments can do to help that happen.
Increase in Democratic primary turnout from the 2014 midterms to this year. Republican turnout, by comparison, is up 22 percent.
The public sector's workforce issues aren't going to be solved as long as the dynamics of labor markets are ignored.
The Ohio Department of Medicaid on Tuesday released a heavily redacted report analyzing the costly practices of pharmacy middlemen in the $24 billion tax-funded Medicaid program.
Early adopters have a lesson for the next generation of PFS projects: It's important to plan from the start for what comes next.
Brock Boone, an attorney with the ACLU of Alabama, described the move by John Merrill as a "violation of the First Amendment" that amounts to a decision to "discriminate against" his own constituents.
The association, which has about 30,000 members, scheduled a news conference Wednesday with Abrams at a school in East Atlanta to announce the endorsement.
A Republican activist who donated more than $20,000 to Ron DeSantis and lined up a speech for him at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club called President Obama a “F---- MUSLIM N----” on Twitter recently, in addition to other inflammatory remarks.
Companies are always going to "shop states" for the best deals. Low taxes and business-friendly policies are a better way to grow jobs.
Democrats believe they have their best chance in years to flip crucial state attorney general seats by trumpeting the same message that drew furious protesters to town halls and to the polls last year: Republicans are trying to take away your health care.
But the voter-approved measure still faces several major hurdles.
Raise given to Kentucky's chief information officer by Gov. Matt Bevin. His $375,000 salary makes him the highest-paid CIO in the country.
Jim Nelson, interim superintendent of Ector, Texas, which approved a plan on Tuesday to hire virtual teachers to fill some of its 240 vacant positions.
But according to two analyses, a majority of states have nearly enough savings to weather a downturn.
Driving remains the predominant form of commuting. But for the first time, the next most common is working from home.
In an unusual trend, prominent politicians, including three sitting Republican governors, are refusing to endorse their own party's picks for governor.
Thousands of thicker, heavier beer bottles are popping up on store shelves across Oregon as part of the first statewide refillable bottle system in the country, and supporters are hoping it might catch on in other states, too.
L.A. County voters approved a $1.2 billion bond measure to build permanent housing for the homeless two years ago.
Gov. Charlie Baker said the NTSB report "becomes for all intents and purposes the guidepost for all the issues around fines and penalties and everything."
Marcellus Jackson was hired in July for a $70,000-a-year job as a special assistant in the state Department of Education's Office of Civic and Social Engagement.
The Nebraska Republican Party released videos that show Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Krist at Billy’s Restaurant, a popular Lincoln hangout for legislators and lobbyists.
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