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The most popular Roosevelt quote, explained, on the first episode of "In the Arena."
Voter ID battles and cybersecurity concerns have intensified and elevated these races. Republicans have more seats -- and the most to lose.
The push to form new governments is heating up in places from Georgia to California.
Illinois state Rep. Christine Winger, urging her Republican colleagues to ratify the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment. After Illinois' approval last week, the amendment is one state away from being added to the U.S. Constitution.
Money that Vermont is offering people who telework to move there. The state will reimburse them for the cost of moving and renting a co-working space as well as computer software, hardware and internet access.
Now is the time to look at zoning and building rules that, however well intentioned, make it harder for a community to come back.
Gov. Kate Brown declared a state of emergency Thursday for Marion and Polk counties, opening the door for national guard troops to truck in fresh water for residents grappling with the discovery of low-level toxins in Salem's tap water.
Former state Sen. Jim Barnett made what could be an unprecedented selection in Kansas political history Thursday by choosing his wife as running mate in the Republican Party's primary campaign for governor.
Hundreds of thousands of public employees and retirees stand to benefit fr
If you and your laptop are considering moving to Vermont, the state wants to sweeten the deal.
Illinois lawmakers approved a spending plan on Thursday, putting the state on track to have a full budget in place ahead of the new financial year for the first time since Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner took office in 2015.
Police launched a dramatic house-to-house evacuation of the Vacationland and Kapoho Beach Lots subdivisions in Puna early Wednesday morning as fast-moving lava threatened the last route out for residents of those communities, but the flow slowed later in the day without blocking the coastal highway.
Democratic governors are threatening to sue the Trump administration over a proposed rule that would force Planned Parenthood to give up its federal grants or keep family-planning and abortion-related services under different roofs.
Gov. Kim Reynolds made good Wednesday on one of her first pledges as governor, signing legislation to enact the largest state income tax reduction in Iowa history.
President Trump's announcement on Thursday that he is giving a full pardon to conservative provocateur Dinesh D'Souza and considering clemency for Martha Stewart and imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has underscored the relish he takes in that power -- in ways that break norms dating to the nation's founding.
The IRS wants to thwart state efforts to avoid the new cap on state and local tax deductions. It's unclear whether that would be legal -- or effective.
More than a dozen states either have or are still considering the idea of letting people buy Medicaid -- regardless of how much money they make.
Californians registered as independent or "no-party-preference" voters, which is about 73,000 more than the number registered as Republicans.
Words that must be displayed on every public school building in Louisiana by 2019 in order to comply with a new law signed last week by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards.
Turned off by divisiveness and partisanship, some people are disengaging. Older people are among them, and that's a particular problem for cities.
A San Francisco infrastructure project shows the potential for creating good jobs that can preserve and strengthen a marginalized community.
It seemed like the politically unthinkable a few short months ago.
Lawyers for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens contacted St. Louis prosecutors Saturday, proposing that he would resign from office if Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner would drop a felony charge against him.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Scott Wagner will resign his seat in the state Senate next week to focus on his attempt to take Gov. Wolf's job.
Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday signed a law preserving a critical yet controversial part of the Affordable Care Act that President Donald Trump's administration repealed last year.
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the leading Democratic candidate for governor in New Mexico, profited from the state’s use of a high-priced health-insurance program for seriously ill patients, even after Obamacare made such programs virtually obsolete.
The Illinois House voted Wednesday night to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment more than 45 years after it was approved by Congress, putting it one state away from possible enshrinement in the U.S. Constitution amid potential legal questions.
A bid to ban abortions after 15 weeks has become law in Louisiana.
Independents have surpassed Republicans to become the second-largest voting bloc in California, according to a firm that analyzes county voter registration information for campaigns.
We look at workforce planning model implementation across California, Washington, Massachusetts.
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