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No law requires Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to recuse himself from a recount in the governor's race, but legal and political experts say that he should to maintain trust in the election.
"If you want to have an influence on policy, then the best way to do so is by being an elected official."
An immigration lawyer, after news that the Trump administration is considering making it all but impossible for legal immigrants to become citizens if they have ever used government aid.
Female nominees for governor after Tuesday's primaries, which breaks the previous record of 10.
When Tracy Deis decided in 2016 to transition from a full-time job to part-time contract work, the loss of her employer’s health insurance was not a major worry because she knew she could get coverage through the marketplace set up by the Affordable Care Act.
After the state sent out a false nuclear attack warning in January, Hawaii Gov. David Ige trailed in polls. Now he's favored to win reelection.
Republican Bill Schuette and Democrat Gretchen Whitmer won their parties' respective primary elections Tuesday night, setting the two up for a showdown in the Nov. 6 general election.
Wearing goggles and a bright green vest, Brenda Burke approached the 3-foot-tall flame in a crouched position, holding a fire extinguisher at the ready.
Officials in rural states like South Dakota and Wyoming told President Donald Trump’s school safety commission on Tuesday that few school districts have taken advantage of state laws there to train and arm teachers.
After the most violent weekend in Chicago in more than two years, Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced Tuesday afternoon that several hundred additional officers have been deployed to neighborhoods most wracked by the shooting.
Undocumented workers in Idaho have the right to claim workers’ comp payments and even temporary disability payments if they’re hurt on the job.
In Tuesday night’s initial primary results, Democrats appear to have a shot at picking up four Republican-held state Senate seats.
Robert McCulloch's 28-year run as St. Louis County's elected prosecutor came to a stunning end Tuesday when he was upset by a Ferguson councilman who promised to reform the criminal justice system.
The race for the Republican nomination for Kansas governor -- a contest in which President Donald Trump endorsed his close political ally Kris Kobach -- was too close to call late Tuesday.
Immigration lawyers and advocates saw red Tuesday amid reports that the Trump administration plans to make it all but impossible for legal immigrants to become citizens if they have ever relied on public welfare programs such as the Affordable Care Act.
Rise in the number of Americans living in high-risk floodplains from 2000 to 2016.
Ku Klyx Klan flyers being distributed across New York state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the state police to investigate them.
In a test of public support for unions following the Supreme Court's Janus ruling, voters rejected Missouri's right-to-work law on Tuesday.
It's been another good year for public pension investment returns. But the gains won't make a big difference in their overall fiscal health.
Cities used to stay out of courtroom battles over health. Not anymore. Their new Obamacare lawsuit represents a growing strategy.
When Florida Sea Grant director Karl Havens, who is a well-regarded expert on water and has studied pollution all over the world, began hearing about a deepening algae bloom in his own backyard in Lake Okeechobee this summer, he struggled to find information that could tell him what was going on.
Maryland has launched a pilot program that will allow anyone to power their home with solar panels -- even if they are renters, condo-dwellers or live in the shade of trees.
The relentless wall of flame north of Clear Lake known as the Mendocino Complex grew into the largest fire in California history, outpacing 15 other conflagrations that blanketed the skies with smoke, state fire officials said Monday.
Officers worked for hours Monday to unchain protesters as they occupied the property of a private prison company's corporate headquarters, shutting down Nashville-based CoreCivic's office building for the day.
The governor said Friday that he has directed state police to investigate white supremacy flyers being distributed in a number of communities, most recently in Oneida County in central New York.
Beating her fellow Democrats and then defeating a sitting Vermont governor for the first time since 1962 are only the beginning.
West Virginians serving overseas will be the first in the country to cast federal election ballots using a smartphone app, a move designed to make voting in November's election easier for troops living abroad.
The endorsement from President Trump came -- as they often do -- in a tweet.
Local labor shortages are helping workers with only a high school education -- or less -- find employment.
Florida politicians from both parties used to have a sweet tooth for campaign contributions from the state’s powerful sugar industry.
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