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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.
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a Texas law that requires fetal and embryonic tissue from most failed pregnancies be buried or cremated, striking a blow to anti-abortion activists and delivering another defeat to the Texas Attorney General's Office, which defended the law in court.
Tallahassee mayor and Democratic nominee for governor Andrew Gillum announced former primary rival Chris King of Orlando will be his running mate Thursday morning, in a choice that is likely to continue to appeal strongly to progressives who lifted Gillum to victory a week and a half ago.
A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday rejected a request from a group of Republican-led states to suspend the Affordable Care Act, but he extensively quizzed attorneys involved in the latest challenge to the 2010 health care law about which provisions should survive.
A year filled with teacher strikes and sexual harassment scandals has led candidates for governor to talk more about how they would treat their state's workforce.
Bill Pound, the executive director of the National Conference of State Legislatures since 1987, helped preserve bipartisanship among lawmakers.
The Vermont Department of Corrections put out bids earlier this year for a new contract to house inmates that they say do not fit in Vermont's in-state facility.
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund, Hispanic Federation and three other groups say federal law requires Florida to have bilingual voting materials and poll workers available to people who aren't proficient in English.
Miami state Rep. Jeanette Nuñez is to be named Republican Ron DeSantis’ running mate Thursday, the first time a Cuban-American woman has been chosen as a lieutenant governor candidate in Florida.
Albuquerque has made a lot of progress in recent years. There are lessons in how it jumped to near the top of the rankings.
Some states are turning to emergency or short-term licensure to put more teachers in the classroom.
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