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Some prominent Southwest Florida Republicans are calling on GOP state House candidate Melissa Howard to drop out of the District 73 race after a Miami University official said a diploma that Howard has displayed does not appear to be authentic, and that Howard does not have the degree she has been claiming.
Ben Jealous, the Democratic candidate for Maryland governor, when asked by a reporter if he identifies as a socialist. He has since apologized.
Employment rate for people without a college degree in Sioux Falls, S.D., which is the highest for that demographic. Nationally, only 53 percent of adults with a high school education -- or less -- are employed.
California officials asked the Trump administration on Wednesday to release documents indicating whether officials considered the potential psychological impact of the federal “zero tolerance” policy on children separated from their immigrant parents after crossing the border.
Wyoming State Treasurer and current Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Gordon has fired back at the Bank of the West following its decision to pull its investments from the fossil fuel industry, impacting millions of dollars in public monies managed by the bank.
The text alerts will be sent at least twice a month, and will give consumers tips to avoid scams, warnings about new scams, or updates on consumer protection issues.
The Connecticut Insurance Department has determined state law prohibits the sale of skimpy “short term” plans that are being promoted by President Donald Trump as a cheaper alternative to Affordable Care Act coverage.
Inside Brick and Board’s downtown warehouse here, neat stacks of wooden planks stretch to the ceiling. On a recent summer day, a handful of men wearing pink respirators bend over woodworking machines in the back of the room.
Gov. Scott Walker became one of the country’s biggest Republican stars by battling labor unions and fending off a recall campaign amid mass protests at the state Capitol.
Despite a challenging first term marked by both natural and man-made disasters, Hawaii Gov. David Ige won the Democratic primary in his bid for a second term in office Saturday, defeating U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa.
About two dozen white nationalists showed up to the “Unite the Right 2” rally Sunday — and their travel plans sparked controversy.
In a year with an unprecedented number of female candidates, the debate is being revisited after the federal government weighed in.
States that have adopted automatic voter registration, the most recent being Massachusetts last week.
Justin Nelson's reaction to President Trump meeting with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to discuss criminal justice reform. Paxton has been indicted on fraud charges, and Nelson is running to unseat him in November.
President Donald Trump brainstormed on criminal justice reform Thursday with a few governors and state law enforcement leaders -- among them Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general whose fraud indictment has now been pending for over three years.
Josh Castro waited until the last minute to escape the massive inferno near his house in Southern California.
Arizona’s Supreme Court cleared the way for a new development with nearly 7,000 homes near the San Pedro River, siding with state water regulators in a hotly contested decision that conservationists say will threaten one of the last free-flowing rivers in the Southwest.
The federal government supports the state of Michigan's proposed administrative consent order for the Flint water system, a document that points out deficiencies that must be fixed and deadlines for addressing each one.
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner weighed in on Chicago's mayoral race Thursday, calling Mayor Rahm Emanuel "corrupt."
Political “robocalls” — which, like commercial calls, increasingly target consumers’ phones — may be annoying, but a Wyoming law to prohibit political operatives from using them is overly broad and unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled.
Almost 11 months after Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico, officials have conceded that more than 1,400 people were likely killed by the storm, a dramatic rise from the official death toll of 64.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said in a cable news interview Thursday night that he plans to recuse himself from the vote tally process in the face of pressure from Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer and mounting confusion over vote totals.
The billionaire governor of West Virginia said Monday that coal companies linked to his family have paid all the delinquent taxes they owe the state of West Virginia and its counties, but records show the companies still owe millions in Eastern Kentucky.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Wednesday that he has no plans to recuse himself from a recount process in the race for governor, a stance that legal and political experts questioned.
The Union City police chief's teenage son was arrested Wednesday in connection with a brutal attack on a 71-year-old Sikh man in Manteca, and detectives are trying to determine if the attack was a hate crime.
A new report identifies the different factors affecting a city's ability to respond to a fiscal crisis -- and what policymakers can do about it.
Statement from the University of North Carolina on changes it helped make in a fitness textbook that previously said, "The people in the [concentration] camps who did not tap into the strength that comes from recognizing their intrinsic worth succumbed to the brutality to which they were subjected."
Age of a candidate running for Vermont governor. Democrat Ethan Sonneborn's chief of staff is also 14. His fate will be decided in Tuesday's primary.
The defeat of a Republican-led bid to make Missouri a “right to work” state Tuesday probably means the issue will be off the table for at least a year, some GOP lawmakers say.
Whether it's employee misbehavior or supervisory abuse that's reported, one thing is for certain: It's worse than it looks.
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