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With frustration mounting over lawmakers' inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and came out against arming teachers as a way to fight what it calls a public health crisis.
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed six new gun control measures into law Wednesday, at once fulfilling a central campaign promise and forging ahead with his project to make New Jersey a national leader in tightening firearm standards.
Former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has asked for a commutation of his sentence, according to a public Facebook post and records from the Justice Department.
Police commissioners who don't wear the uniform have the power and authority to institutionalize reforms.
As Seattle works to significantly and quickly boost affordable housing, it's finding better ways to engage residents in the process.
Congress created a crisis by repealing the federal law's individual mandate. States need to act to hold premiums down and keep more people insured.
Jurisdictions that California would be split into if a ballot measure passes in November.
Russell Weiner, president of Domino's pizza, announcing the company's "Paving for Pizza" project, which will let customers nominate their town for grants to fix potholes.
There's a growing movement to eliminate the so-called tip credit for bartenders and servers. Washington, D.C., could be next to outlaw the practice.
More of them are calling for the lower rates and prudent spending that fuel economic vitality.
Valerie Ervin is dropping out of the Democratic race for governor and is offering her support to the campaign of Rushern L. Baker III.
New Jersey hospital CEOs just received a worrisome statement from state Health Commissioner Shereef Elnahal alerting them that money they count on to pay the tab for uninsured patients and educating new doctors will be late, NJ Advance Media has learned.
California's 168-year run as a single entity, hugging the continent's edge for hundreds of miles and sprawling east across mountains and desert, could come to an end next year _ as a controversial plan to split the Golden State into three new jurisdictions qualified Tuesday for the Nov. 6 ballot.
In a stunning reversal without parallel in Seattle's recent political history, the City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday to repeal a controversial head tax on large employers like Amazon.
State Rep. James Smith claimed the Democratic Party's nomination for governor in a landslide Tuesday as he and his party try to reclaim the S.C. Governor's Mansion for the first time in 20 years.
Democrats in Northern Wisconsin declared victory in a state Senate special election on Tuesday, the party's 43rd red-to-blue state legislative flip since President Donald Trump stepped into the White House last year.
A Democrat fighting for gun background check enforcement and a Republican who wants to keep California’s sanctuary immigration policies out of Nevada are facing off in November to replace term-limited Gov. Brian Sandoval.
Pimp Dennis Hof, the owner of half a dozen legal brothels in Nevada and star of the HBO adult reality series "Cathouse," won a Republican primary for the state Legislature on Tuesday, ousting a three-term lawmaker.
On Tuesday, the state became the first to use ranked-choice voting, a system that could prevent “spoiler” candidates from causing havoc in crowded races.
Openly gay former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, referring to Maryland state Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr.'s campaign ad that features him kissing his husband. It is likely the first-ever kiss of a same-sex married couple in a U.S. political ad.
Time that Mark Maggs was handed his termination letter from the Bon Homme County Sheriff's Office in South Dakota -- just one minute after the polls closed for a race between Maggs and the current sheriff. Maggs won.
The city of Tulsa is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities build and grow their network of local businesses and entrepreneurs of color.
The city of Stockton is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities build and grow their network of local businesses and entrepreneurs of color.
The city of Rochester is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities build and grow their network of local businesses and entrepreneurs of color.
The City of Philadelphia is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities build and grow their network of local businesses and entrepreneurs of color.
The city of New Orleans is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities build and grow their network of local businesses and entrepreneurs of color.
The city of Newark is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities build and grow their network of local businesses and entrepreneurs of color.
The city of Long Beach is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities build and grow their network of local businesses and entrepreneurs of color.
The city of Kansas City is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities build and grow their network of local businesses and entrepreneurs of color.
The city of El Paso is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities build and grow their network of local businesses and entrepreneurs of color.
