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It’s not an Oscar-worthy performance, but Jennifer Lawrence is certainly believable as a concerned citizen in a new video urging Maine voters to approve Question 1.
A decade ago, most sought two or three ratings before selling their bonds. Not anymore.
"Your mayor, city council and city manager has just as much of an impact on your health as your doctor," say the authors of a new report.
Tracking residents' feelings of well-being can guide cities toward policies that create opportunities for everybody.
Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is undergoing treatment for the disease, he announced Wednesday.
The funding approach has a lot of potential for taking the first steps toward overhauling pretrial detention.
The litigation against the drug companies could provide substantial funding. Spending the money wisely is key.
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday he has vetoed the state budget proposal passed by the legislature.
Federal officials will not block insurance companies from again using a workaround to cushion a steep rise in health premiums caused by President Donald Trump’s cancellation of a program established under the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced Wednesday.
A federal judge has ruled for Philadelphia in its highly contentious "sanctuary city" case against the Trump administration, saying the city's refusal to help enforce immigration laws is based on policies that are reasonable, rational, and equitable.
School nurses in Colorado now can administer nonsmokable medical marijuana to students whose parents have given permission.
Gov. David Ige has signed a second emergency proclamation, focusing on housing needs and beefing up violations of emergency rules to criminal penalties during the ongoing Kilauea eruption.
The state’s top election official has agreed to remove a series of hurdles now in the path of those who want to register to vote.
Democrats claimed victory in a Missouri state Senate seat Tuesday in their 42nd red-to-blue flip since President Donald Trump took office.
Carrie Sims, a math teacher, talking about her colleague who lost everything in Hurricane Harvey.
Libraries across the country are training their staff to administer the drug that can reverse an overdose.
Los Angeles County voters accidentally left off the rolls for Tuesday's primary election, which represents 2.3 percent of the county's registered voters. They're being urged to cast provisional ballots.
Some are changing their applications. Others are instituting "tryouts."
The Trump administration Monday released a Medicaid “scorecard” intended to show how the nation’s largest health program is performing. But the nation’s top Medicaid official didn’t want to draw any conclusions.
Voters appeared to approve the recall of a Southern California state senator Tuesday, with significant support for removing Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) from office in all of the counties in his district.
Former state Sen. Mark Leno pulled into first place in the race for San Francisco mayor early Wednesday, as ranked-choice redistribution of losing candidates’ votes enabled him to overcome Supervisor London Breed’s early advantage.
As more than a million Americans face losing food stamps under President Trump's vision for reauthorizing the farm bill, his vow to wean families off dependence doesn't apply to thousands of others who have been relying much of their adult lives on payments from the government's sprawling agriculture program.
Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich filed official paperwork Tuesday asking President Donald Trump to commute his 14-year prison sentence on sweeping corruption charges.
The California judge who prompted a national outcry after handing former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner a six-month sentence for sexual assault has been recalled by voters in Santa Clara County.
The federal school safety commission set up after the deadly shooting at a Florida high school will not examine the role of guns in school violence, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday. "That is not part of the commission's charge per se," DeVos told a Senate subcommittee overseeing education spending.
Tuesday's primaries were a win for the California GOP and women, who advanced in four of the five states voting on candidates for governor.
They blew it on casino gambling. Thanks to the Supreme Court, they have another chance if they work together.
We need both micro justice and macro justice. But they aren't always in sync.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday vetoed a bill that would have allowed licensed marijuana "tasting rooms" in Colorado -- legislation that was the first of its kind in the nation -- citing health and safety concerns.
Veteran state Sen. John Courson, R-Richland, resigned from office Monday, pleaded guilty to one count of willful misconduct in office and agreed to cooperate with an ongoing investigation into public corruption at the S.C. State House.
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