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Gov. John Kasich long has welcomed immigrants to live and work in Ohio.
Six states this week sued Purdue Pharma alleging deceptive marketing of its drugs, as litigation continues to mount against the Stamford company tied to its role in the national opioid crisis.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has given the thumbs up to two more state Every Student Succeeds Act plans: Alaska and Iowa.
A federal judge granted a request from states looking to defend ObamaCare in a lawsuit filed in Texas.
President Trump recommended an obstruction of justice investigation into Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf for impeding a federal roundup and criticized Mexico for doing "nothing" to help on its border with the United States as he expressed his sentiments about illegal immigration to a like-minded group of Californians on Wednesday.
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Ryan Petty, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland shooting in February. He, and another parent of one of the 17 victims, announced this week that he is running for school board.
New tax, per employee, that big companies in Seattle, like Amazon and Starbucks, will soon have to pay. The money will go toward alleviating homelessness, which reached emergency levels in the city in 2015.
Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little will now face state Rep. Paulette Jordan, who could be the first Native American elected governor of any state. He's the heavy favorite to win.
Nebraska voters set up a November gubernatorial showdown between Gov. Pete Ricketts and State Sen. Bob Krist as both candidates cruised to wins in Tuesday’s primary election.
Lt. Gov. Brad Little seized an early lead Tuesday night and held it as he asked Republican voters for a promotion from Idaho's No. 2 job to its No. 1 job.
A judge ordered a halt Tuesday to California's right-to-die law for terminally ill patients, ruling that it was illegally taken up and passed during a special legislative session devoted to health care funding. Unless a higher court intervenes, the law, in effect since June 2016, will become unenforceable next week.
Four Pennsylvania state House candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) won their Democratic primaries, marking another milestone in the radical left’s march into electoral politics.
Scott Wagner, the Republican Party's endorsed candidate for governor, survived an expensive three-way primary Tuesday to set up a showdown in November with Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf.
Gov. Kate Brown cruised to an easy win in the Democratic primary, marking the official start of a re-election campaign she has focused on for more than a year.
The group organizing Wednesday's mass teacher rally in Raleigh says it wants state lawmakers to sharply raise education spending _ including pay raises for all school employees _ and to reverse many of the education changes made in the past seven years.
The normally uneventful election for Broward County School Board has turned into a nationally watched race now that two parents of victims at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High have filed to run.
A top Trump administration says North Korea’s nuclear weapons should be shipped to East Tennessee if that rogue regime makes good on its promise to dismantle its nuclear-testing program.
The Florida supermarket giant Publix has given more money to Adam Putnam's gubernatorial bid than any other candidate since at least 1995 and likely for the entirety of the company's history.
It's the kind of message you don't expect to see on a US election campaign bus: "FOLLOW ME TO MEXICO."
A Vermont health care organization working to keep patients healthier while reducing costs is being closely watched because of its rate of success — it was within 1 percent of meeting its financial target in its first year and has now been expanded to cover about 18 percent of the state's population, officials said.
Federal money already can't be spent on abortions. The Trump administration now wants to keep any funds from going to organizations that support the procedure.
Austin Beutner, the new leader of Los Angeles schools, is the latest big-city superintendent with no education experience. Some say that -- and his ties to charter schools -- are cause for concern.
History suggests that the answer is yes -- but 2018 is a unique year.
Annual taxes that states and local governments could gain now that the Supreme Court legalized sports betting.
President Trump, in his speech at the annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service on Tuesday.
Baltimore Police Commissioner De Sousa resigns amid federal tax charges
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