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Sanders is getting behind Nixon’s running mate, lieutenant governor candidate Jumaane Williams, and the progressive state attorney general candidate who’s running as a Nixon ally, Zephyr Teachout.
All of California's electricity will come from clean power sources by 2045 under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday, the latest in a series of ambitious goals set by the state to combat the effects of climate change.
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis resigned from Congress on Monday to concentrate on his campaign for governor against Andrew Gillum, his Democratic opponent.
Advocates say the Federal Transit Administration is sitting on nearly $1.8 billion that’s supposed to help build light rail lines, streetcars and subway improvements. Delaying these projects, they argue, could increase costs for local transit agencies.
Medicaid recipients in Arkansas who have lost their health insurance for the rest of this year after failing to meet the state's new work requirements. Arkansas is the first state to implement this policy.
A Miss America contestant, calling out the Flint water crisis, in her introduction.
The 2018 hurricane season blew into high gear on Sunday.
The board on Thursday unanimously approved a tuition waiver for the state’s foster youth that could help students like Sandoval-Lunn earn a college certificate or degree.
Kenner City Mayor Ben Zahn appeared to declare on Sept. 5, that “under no circumstances” should Nike products or any product with the Nike logo be purchased, WBRZ 2 reported Saturday.
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Cynthia Nixon and her campaign supporters are demanding Gov. Cuomo and the state's Democratic Party repent for a mailer emblazoned with her picture and the words "anti-Semitism."
Rep. Ron DeSantis spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe their freedom to white people and that the country’s “only serious race war” is against whites.
In a move aimed at stopping President Trump's plans to expand offshore oil drilling along the California coast, Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed two laws that prohibit construction of new pipelines that could bring the oil and gas to shore.
The largest health insurance company in Tennessee will stop covering OxyContin prescriptions next year as part of sweeping policy changes intended to combat opioid addiction and make pain pills less valuable on the black market.
Arkansas became the first state ever to implement work requirements, after gaining approval from the Trump administration earlier this year.
Ruling from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which applies to governments in nine Western states
Expected increase, on average, in health premiums on the insurance exchanges next year. That represents a major drop from this year when the average increase was 30 percent.
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Thursday signed an executive order for transferring all remaining U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees out of the city jail and declaring that Atlanta will no longer hold anyone for the federal agency.
A mayor of a small Eastern North Carolina town and his wife were found dead in their home, and police say they have suspects in custody.
The actor has become the voice of announcements on Vancouver's buses and subways.
Massachusetts would have been the second state with nurse-to-patient ratio requirements.
The New York Post reports Julia Salazar filed a defamation suit against the New York Mets legend's ex-wife, Kai Hernandez in 2013.
Lawmakers in at least 10 other states intend to consider opioid taxes in upcoming legislative sessions. Many pin their hopes on the November midterm elections.
The “food is medicine” concept is simple: If chronically ill people eat a nutritious diet, they’ll need fewer medications, emergency room visits and hospital readmissions.
Ken Pimlott, director of the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said in a letter to legislators that the agency is down to its last $11 million after spending $432 million in July and August alone. The budget year doesn't end until June 30, 2019.
The task of drawing new boundaries for thousands of federal and state legislative districts is still about three years away, yet the political battle over redistricting already is playing out in the 2018 midterm elections.
The biggest sticking point between the competing House and Senate bills has to do with changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, often called food stamps.
The consulting firm Avalere Health and The Associated Press crunched available state data and found that "Obamacare's" health insurance marketplaces seem to be stabilizing after two years of sharp premium hikes.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will meet with state attorneys general later this month to discuss concerns that tech companies "may be hurting competition and intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas on their platforms."
Daniel Koretz, an education professor at Harvard University, on education reform under Presidents Bush and Obama, which tied school and teacher evaluations to graduation rates.
People who have been registered to vote incorrectly by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. They will soon receive letters instructing them to check their registration status.
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