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The two new leaders of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, a Democrat and a Republican, have crafted a bipartisan strategy that they hope will help them wield more influence in Washington.
A year and a half of struggle between the Trump administration and immigrant-friendly states and cities has led to a stalemate: So-called sanctuary cities and states are reducing deportations, but raids aimed at stirring fears are having their intended effect, according to a new yearlong study by the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute.
There's a reason why people are seriously considering having Miami teachers live at school.
While gerrymandering disputes from other states have landed in the U.S. Supreme Court, Ohio voters took the historic step Tuesday of passing a bipartisan proposal aimed at creating fairer and more logical congressional districts.
For the first time, the federal government has approved a work requirement for able-bodied adults in New Hampshire's expanded Medicaid program -- a key condition for state lawmakers who recently voted to extend the program for another five years.
On Tuesday night, the state lawmaker behind attempts to redraw judicial districts lost his primary election by nearly 1,000 votes.
Voters decided state Rep. Duane Hall, a Democrat facing sexual harassment allegations and calls to resign, should not have the chance to return to the legislature next year.
There may be no politics more local than a campaign for sheriff, but the charged national issue of immigration has become suddenly salient. The defeat of two prominent sheriffs in North Carolina may set a template for progressive challenges nationwide.
Democrat Richard Cordray won the Democratic nomination for governor of Ohio Tuesday night, setting up a November race against Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine.
It's about much more than low salaries.
The amount of Washington state's GDP growth in 2017. Due to its expanding e-commerce sector and a host of other factors, the state had the largest GDP increase in the country last year.
Domestic abuse is a different problem from financial corruption, but New York's political system seems to promote scandals of all kinds.
Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned from his post Monday night after four different women came forward to accuse him of physical abuse.
Land use experts question whether vacant property taxes are the right way to spur development.
Several states promised to pass their own mandates. Only one has. What happened?
But should cities and counties be paying for lawyers to help undocumented immigrants facing deportation?
Several rural Illinois counties have taken a stand for gun rights by co-opting a word that conservatives associate with a liberal policy to skirt the law: sanctuary.
Dioxin has affected a key Houston waterway, poisoning residents nearby. So far, officials have done nothing.
A bill that ensures faith-based adoption agencies can turn away gay and lesbian couples based on religious beliefs will be signed into law by Gov. Jeff Colyer.
In just the past five years, the number of gonorrhea cases in Los Angeles County doubled, with minorities suffering more than most.
Three civil rights groups are suing Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson for his agency's suspension of a fair housing rule that required state and local governments to review segregated housing patterns, the Washington Post first reported and Axios has confirmed.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Monday night that he will resign amid allegations that he slapped and choked four women.
Kim Reynolds, the governor of Iowa, as she signed the nation's most restrictive abortion law last Friday afternoon. The law bans most abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, which can be as early as six weeks.
The number of homes destroyed as of Sunday in Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano eruption. Five other structures were also destroyed.
The city's new mayor has vowed to start working on a new transit proposal, just days after voters rejected a $5.4 billion plan by a 2-1 margin.
Gender equity advocates are excited about the prospect of a record number of women running for office. But Erin Vilardi, founder of VoteRunLead, says running isn't good enough.
Washington, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona and Utah were among those with particularly strong GDP gains.
The number of people caught trying to illegally cross the Mexican border ticked up in April, and is now more than triple what it was last year.
Smith County, which encompasses Tyler and is home to more than 225,000 residents, has the highest suicide rate among the state’s 25 most populous counties.
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