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The Trump administration on Tuesday exempted most of southeast Wisconsin from the latest federal limits on lung-damaging smog pollution, delivering a political victory to Gov. Scott Walker as he makes a new Foxconn Technology Group factory the centerpiece of his re-election campaign.
Leading a seven-state coalition, Texas will sue the federal government to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects unauthorized immigrants who came to the country as children, Attorney General Ken Paxton's office announced Tuesday.
Abdul Khadir Muhammad, a representative for Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, at an event organized to defend D.C. councilmember Trayon White. White has been under fire for the last month over anti-Semitic comments he made on his Facebook page, promulgating conspiracy theories about Jews controlling the weather. Muhammad's comments resulted in the resignation of a mayoral appointee named Joshua Lopez, who organized the event where Muhammad spoke. Lopez held the speakerphone as Muhammad called councilwoman Elissa Silverman a "fake jew." He says he did not ask Muhammad to leave because he wanted to avoid a physical altercation.
The median home price in previously redlined neighborhoods as of 2017. This is two-and-one-half times less than the median home price in the neighborhoods favored by this 1930s federal lending policy.
In their first year, dockless bike-share services helped double the number of shared bikes on the street. But those bikes are barely used, compared to station-based cycles.
Republicans can take some comfort that their state legislative dominance is unlikely to evaporate in a single election cycle.
The ransom hackers' demand is typically much smaller than what it costs governments to respond.
Federal efforts to reduce wasteful spending haven't achieved much. It's an opportunity for states to innovate.
Less than a week after a conservative think tank sued Austin over the city's paid sick leave ordinance, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has thrown the state's support behind the suit, calling the ordinance "unlawful."
Add Minnesota to the growing list of states that will no longer tolerate pet owners trying to pass off their furry or feathered friends as service animals when they have never received any such training
Missouri is among the 20 worst states for drug overdose deaths, but it was the only state left without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program.
The thousands of educators convened at the state Capitol on Monday for the third day of the #RedForEd walkout had a message for lawmakers: They're digging in.
A special Missouri House panel shot back at Gov. Eric Greitens on Monday, saying it still believes a woman he had an affair with is a credible witness.
In a ruling that could change the workplace status of people across the state, the California Supreme Court made it harder Monday for employers to classify their workers as independent contractors.
A tweet by Scott Dworkin, the co-founder of the Democratic Coalition, regarding conservatives upset by comedian Michelle Wolf's performance at the White House Correspondent's Dinner.
In Arizona, the gap between teachers' wages and the wages of their college-educated private-sector counterparts. This is the largest pay gap in any state.
Negative partisanship has reached new depths, with candidates increasingly willing to insult one another directly.
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The New Hampshire House approved a bill to repeal the state’s death penalty Thursday, 223-116, sending the measure to the governor despite his vow to veto it.
Pennsylvania, a state of 12.7 million, continues to have a chronically low annual reporting rate of hate crimes to the FBI.
The Connecticut House of Representatives gave final passage Wednesday night to legislation that opens financial aid in the state to “dreamers,” the undocumented immigrants brought here as children, only to find themselves priced out of higher education as they come of age.
Ohio's four major Democratic gubernatorial candidates all want more restrictions on guns, but disagree sharply over how far to go.
State officials announced Thursday that $2.4 billion from increases in the gas tax and vehicle fees will be spent on dozens of transit projects, including work to prepare Southern California for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Critics in Chicago are joining a nationwide chorus questioning the value and fairness of these massive lists of gang members, saying they are often inaccurate, outdated and racially skewed.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaking to a crowd of call center workers in Moline, Ill. Rauner has reason to make such a statement: nearly everyone is in agreement that Illinois government is broken, though opinions differ as to why. In our May cover story, reporter Dan Vock tries to answer that question.
The expectation for government HR managers to do more with less isn’t a temporary adjustment. It is the new normal.
The state has given Travis County nearly $2 million to reform its indigent defense system. But a handful of Austin-area lawyers are still taking on far more cases than experts believe anyone could handle.
Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would give everyone, regardless of age, easier access to the lifesaving, overdose-reversing drug naloxone.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed three new gun regulations into law Tuesday, including a ban on so-called “bump stocks.”
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