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The elections supervisor in Florida’s second-most populous county broke state and federal law by unlawfully destroying ballots cast in Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s 2016 Democratic primary, a judge ruled Friday in a case brought by the congresswoman’s challenger who wanted to check for voting irregularities.
The futuristic possibilities associated with autonomous, commercial drone activity _ think food and package delivery, medical supply transport or enhanced border security _ will be realized in San Diego, and soon.
A proposed equal rights amendment to the Delaware Constitution was defeated in the state Senate on Wednesday even though several lawmakers who voted against the bill said they support the legislation.
HILO, Hawaii _ Kilauea's continued eruptions _ possibly a long windup to a major explosion at the summit _ forced more evacuations Sunday as yet another fissure opened and spattered lava along the volcano's eastern flank .
Congress passed drastic child welfare reforms that aim to reduce the removal of kids from their homes. But some worry they will cost states and harm children.
Nashville mayoral candidate Ralph Bristol, at a forum last week. His comments elicited gasps among the largely black audience.
Minimum age for getting married in Delaware, with or without a judge's approval. It's part of a growing trend of states raising the marriage age but the first state to make it that high.
Delaware has become the first state to ban child marriage.
Seattle “soda tax” revenue is exceeding projections, as city officials say the new tax has brought in more than $4 million in the first quarter of 2018.
At the start of the term at Charlotte Anderson Elementary School in Arlington, Tex., last year, Stacy Bailey, an art teacher, introduced herself to her new fourth grade students with a slide show of her life.
A lot is on the line for California on Friday in the White House, where top auto company executives will be meeting with President Trump.
An Oklahoma voter identification law approved by state voters in 2010 meets constitutional requirements, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
State taxes on legal marijuana sales in California are coming in far short of projections -- $34 million in the first quarter of 2018, about a third of the revenue that officials anticipated, according to data released Wednesday by the Legislative Analyst's Office.
The value of Alabama's teacher salaries has been eroding for many years and is now worth less than it was a decade ago, an AL.com analysis shows.
A debate has raged in Kansas for years over KanCare, the privatized Medicaid plan enacted by Sam Brownback in 2013.
Local leaders are trying to figure out how to respond to the growing number of SUV-related fatalities while more Americans are choosing bigger cars.
There's always going to be resistance to change. Behavioral science can help overcome it.
Many do good work but some of them are nuisances -- or worse. But when it comes to oversight, local governments' hands are tied.
The year by which all new homes built in California will have to run on solar power.
County jail populations are booming, even as state prison populations decline. It's forcing some places to turn to the taxpayers for help.
New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon at the annual Legislative Correspondents Association dinner this week.
From a community compost exchange to mayors funds, here are a few innovative ideas that city officials just might want to steal for themselves.
The number of jail inmates in California taking psychotropic drugs has jumped about 25 percent in five years, and they now account for about a fifth of the county jail population across the state, according to a new analysis of state data.
The state's top two lawmakers said Monday they had good news: North Carolina has more than $600 million extra to divvy out.
All four Nebraska Indian Nations now have sued drug manufacturers and distributors of opioid painkillers, seeking repayment as sovereign governments for financial losses in connection with the national epidemic.
“I never dreamt we’d get the Pack Unit air-conditioned,” the federal judge said at a Houston hearing.
Ohioans overwhelmingly voted to revamp the process for drawing congressional districts, holding the promise that the next map will feature less gerrymandering by politicians and more fairness for voters.
The California Energy Commission voted 5-0 Wednesday, May 9, to adopt new energy building standards requiring solar panels for virtually all new homes built in the state starting in 2020.
A conservative challenger to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has qualified for the September primary election.
North Carolina State Rep. Duane Hall when he was first accused of sexual misconduct back on March. Hall has denied the allegations and refused to drop out of his race. On Tuesday night, he lost his primary and his spot in the state legislature next year.
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