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A dire warning from the National Weather Service has forced an evacuation around the College Lake Dam in Lynchburg, Virginia.
A businessman who is a political outsider or a former Nashville mayor will become the next governor of Tennessee, while the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate received a political shot across the bow.
The state is considering a policy that goes further than most places that tax short-term rental companies.
It has accepted one state's unprecedented proposal to lower the cost of prescriptions but rejected another's.
Some of them need collaboration that draws on the strengths of all three sectors -- public, private and nonprofit.
Lori Stegmann, a Multnomah County Commissioner in Oregon, on why she's leaving the Republican Party to become a Democrat.
Manual placement of voters in districts is a recipe for error. The solution is to enhance the use of GIS in the process.
Endorsements that former President Barack Obama made on Wednesday for candidates in races up and down the ballot.
Partnering with private accreditors could shape national standards while improving the quality of care.
Gov. Cuomo on Monday said he wants to codify Obamacare into New York law while at the same time directing the agency that oversees the insurance industry to reject proposed large health care rate hikes.
Former President Barack Obama released a slew of candidate endorsements in races across the nation Wednesday and pledged his involvement in the fast-approaching midterm elections.
The Trump administration on Thursday moved to revoke California’s authority to set its own strict tailpipe emissions rules and mandate the sale of electric vehicles, as it proposed weakening Obama-era federal fuel efficiency standards.
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic push Wednesday that would have provided $250 million to beef up election security.
After congressional Republicans repeatedly failed last year to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Trump promised to “let Obamacare implode” on its own.
A federal appeals court decided Wednesday that the Trump administration may not withhold federal funds from California's immigrant-friendly "sanctuary" cities and counties.
The activists behind the “Calexit” proposal to cleave California are scrapping their old plans in favor a new secessionist proposal, one that would create what organizers call an “autonomous native nation” within a new independent state.
Illinois Lawmaker, Member of Sexual Harassment Task Force, Resigns After Ex-Girlfriend's Accusations
A Republican state lawmaker tasked with helping find ways to prevent sexual harassment stepped down Wednesday following a report of accusations he sent nude photos of an ex-girlfriend to other men online.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed got another big get on Tuesday when 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, said he will come to Michigan to campaign for him just two days before the Aug. 7 primary election.
More income that Asian-Americans in the top 10 percent earned than Asian-Americans in the bottom 10 percent in 2016, representing the biggest income gap within a major racial or ethnic group.
Steve Geller, a Democratic commissioner in Broward County, Fla.
Insurers will again be able to sell short-term health insurance good for up to 12 months under final rules released Wednesday by the Trump administration.
Amid a national outcry and a spate of legal challenges, a federal judge in Washington state issued a restraining order late Tuesday that effectively blocked the Texas group that planned to publicly post files that would enable people to make 3D-printable guns.
The chairwoman of the Spokane County Republican Party offered a defense of James Allsup during a meeting of local conservatives this month, claiming the 22-year-old alt-right provocateur -- whose views have been widely condemned as racist -- was a victim of "label lynching" by the political left and the mainstream media.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler on Tuesday denied claims by the union representing Immigrations and Customs Enforcement employees that city police officers would not respond to their urgent calls for service during a recent occupation by protesters.
A proposal to create a bipartisan commission to draw Michigan's political lines -- intended to stop political gerrymandering -- will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday.
Among the many things the current administration has been criticized for is its lack of a unified strategy to combat cyber threats, especially in light of ongoing election interference and psy ops perpetrated by Russia.
The Massachusetts State Police have pledged to protect the residents of Blandford after all four members of the town's police department resigned this week.
President Donald Trump swung through Tampa on Tuesday to boast his administration's job creation efforts and to put his thumb on the scale in the state's hotly contested Republican primary for governor.
Population data for residents living in areas prone to flooding and growth estimates for U.S. counties.
North Dakota is conducting a prison experiment inspired by Norway, a country with recidivism rates three times lower than in the U.S.
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