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A federal judge upheld the core of California's sanctuary laws Thursday, restricting state and local cooperation with federal immigration agents, and sent a terse message to the Trump administration: Solutions to the immigration impasse must come from Congress, not the courts.
Phone number that a woman in Oregon called to report a black woman who was knocking on doors in her neighborhood. The black woman was state Rep. Janelle Bynum, who is running for reelection and was talking to her constituents.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy III's ruling in a case against Michigan state officials for alleged systemic failures that led to the illiteracy of Detroit students.
The Supreme Court's decision could weaken unions' collective bargaining power, which has historically benefited women of color more than most.
The city is strengthening local businesses by making its contracting process more inclusive and transparent.
Work requirements failed their first court test, in Kentucky. The case leaves the legality of other states' policies uncertain, but some of them are moving forward with business as usual anyway.
Few could dispute the importance of literacy. But children have no fundamental right to learn to read and write, according to a federal judge whose ruling in a closely watched lawsuit Friday left some disheartened and others raising questions.
The digital tools are getting better all the time. It's a critical opportunity to improve judgment and decision-making.
Not everybody charged with a felony needs to be behind bars, and speeding up court processes can have a significant impact.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner refused to follow Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz’s lead and call on voters of a Chicago-area congressional district to back a Democrat over a declared Nazi candidate in November.
A Prep School Wouldn't Let Its First Black Valedictorian Give a Speech. Then the Mayor Got Involved.
For years, Jaisaan Lovett took classes, studied hard and thrived at a Rochester high school, graduating last month as the school's first black valedictorian, but the principal didn't care one bit, refusing to let the teen speak at commencement ceremonies.
In 2018, at least 26 students have died in five school shootings in America. Two of those deaths came in a shooting at Marshall County High School in Kentucky.
Four women -- a state lawmaker and three legislative staffers -- are accusing Attorney General Curtis Hill of inappropriately touching them during a March 15 party at AJ's Lounge on the final night of the legislative session, according to a story published Monday night by the Indianapolis Star.
New York’s most senior Democratic lawmaker is proposing an end-run around a US Supreme Court ruling that could cost the state’s powerful public-employee unions more than $100 million a year.
As far as Independence Day festivities go, the one in Aspen, Colorado, is as old fashioned as it gets—it is, after all, called the “Old-Fashioned July 4th Celebration.” This year, a parade of vintage cars, American flags, and people dressed in patriotic gear will run through Main Street. There will be a community picnic and a block party, along with live music. Then at night, skies will light up with a spectacular display... but not of fireworks. Instead, spectators will be treated to a dance of lighted-up drones.
A black Oregon state representative says one of her constituents called police on her Tuesday while she was canvassing alone in a neighborhood she represents.
By better aligning their services to community needs, they can target inequities and support economic opportunity.
What does the latest digital transformation mean for local governments and for the CIOs who lead their systems and digital solution strategies?
Requiring people to register to vote 20 days before an election doesn't violate their constitutional rights, the state's top court ruled Monday, dealing a blow to good government groups that have argued the cutoff disenfranchises voters.
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin on Monday filed suit in state court against some of the largest fossil-fuel companies alleging that they knowingly contributed to climate change and seeking to hold them responsible for its impacts on Rhode Island.
The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded Obama-era guidelines encouraging the use of race to determine admission to educational institutions, instead favoring a race-neutral policy that critics see as a move against affirmative action.
Jessica Denise Grono, who has cerebral palsy. Many disability advocates oppose plastic straw bans and have blocked states and cities from passing them.
Year that a new ban on California cities passing soda taxes expires. The state is home to the nation's first soda tax -- in Berkeley -- which is allowed to remain intact.
The revenue-raising strategy is more common in blue states. So far, four Democratic-controlled states have passed such a tax.
More Americans who signed up for Obamacare plans are sticking with them.
The White House will permit Annapolis mayor Gavin Buckley to lower U.S. flags to half-staff in remembrance of the mass shooting at The Capital last week after Buckley said it denied his initial request.
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr said Monday he supports Kentucky's ability to determine who receives Medicaid benefits, a day after the Bevin administration eliminated access to vision and dental coverage for 460,000 Kentuckians on Medicaid.
California cities and counties won't be allowed to tax soda for the next 12 years after Gov. Jerry Brown signed fast-moving legislation Thursday.
Hard on the heels of banning plastic bags, states and cities are being pressed by environmentalists to eliminate another consumer convenience — plastic straws. But objections from the plastics industry, restaurants and disability advocates have derailed or delayed some proposed straw bans.
Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday signed a "clean slate" bill that seals nonviolent criminal records after a decade, a move that progressive groups touted as a first for any state and a national model for planned federal legislation.
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