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Gov. Cuomo said Wednesday the state will not let federal immigration agents onto state property without a judicial warrant or order.
More than half a dozen governors — most of them Democrats from the Northeast — announced plans Wednesday to launch an “unprecedented” multistate consortium that will study gun violence as a public health issue.
A New Jersey Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday found the use of taxpayer dollars to restore historic churches unconstitutional — and preservationists in North Jersey say the decision could strike a blow in communities where historic churches exist.
HUD Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday unveiled a major overhaul of the rental-housing system, proposing to increase the share of rent that low-income households must pay before receiving assistance and allow public housing authorities to impose work requirements.
A wave of red-clad teachers will crash upon the Arizona state Capitol on Thursday for an unprecedented job action that will close schools for a majority of the state's public school students, part of an educator uprising that's also bubbled up in Colorado.
The Democratic Party has made its 40th gain in a state legislative race since the inauguration of President Trump, picking up a Long Island-based seat in the New York State Assembly.
People in the U.S. who can't vote because they were convicted of a felony. More than 1 million of them reside in Florida.
Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice, on a new requirement for all policy decisions to be made only after considering their impact on equity -- racial and otherwise.
Jail time teachers in Colorado could get for striking if a recently introduced bill becomes law. The legislation comes at a time when teachers are leaving classrooms across the country to protest low pay and inadequate education funding.
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."
If a bureaucracy can't function when the boss is gone, something is wrong.
Florida has emerged as a battleground in the fight over the 6 million people, in and out of jail, who can't vote because they were convicted of a felony.
In the midst of a harrowing psychotic episode in summer 2009, Annie broke into her ex-husband’s house and used a hammer and scissors to lay waste to plates, knickknacks, clothing, “and honestly, I don’t know what else.”
13 semi truck drivers became heroes Tuesday morning as they helped Michigan State Police coax a man off a busy highway overpass.
Maine towns will be able to ban sex offenders from any state or municipal park, athletic field or recreational facility serving children.
Maryland’s largest jurisdiction is poised to create a new policy mandating that all its actions be weighed against how they might affect equity — racial and otherwise — among its roughly 1 million residents.
Two Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking to prohibit Colorado teachers from striking and make it so they would face firing, fines or even jail time if they do so anyway.
Lawyers for Texas and a broad coalition of African-American and Latino rights groups clashed Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court in a protracted redistricting dispute alleging that the state's Republican lawmakers intentionally drew their latest political maps to marginalize minority voters.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called for an emergency special election on June 30 to replace former Congressman Blake Farenthold, a Republican who resigned this month in the face of an ethics probe into past allegations of sexual harassment.
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Trump had offered no legal justification for canceling DACA protections for nearly 700,000 young undocumented immigrants, in a ruling that -- for the first time -- would require the administration to accept new applicants to the program.
The former Microsoft CEO wants Americans to have a clear picture of how government collects and spends their money -- and what they get in return.
A pastor at an event where Dorothy Brown, the Cook County court clerk, announced her candidacy for Chicago mayor. Brown, who has just $8,000 in campaign funds and is under federal investigation, brought her pastor up to encourage attendees to fill the envelopes being passed around with cash, checks or their credit card information.
School districts, out of 13,500 nationwide, that operate on four-day weeks. Most of them are rural, but urban areas have started to make the switch in an effort to save money and attract teachers.
New legislation would make voting with a conflict of interest a felony punishable by up to 4 years in prison
Contrary to what some people think, their presence enhances security and operations.
Appearing on "Real Time with Bill Maher," Jay Inslee gave one of the most glowing reviews from a governor of the marijuana industry.
Across the U.S., many cities have debated whether the huge public subsidies offered to Amazon for its second headquarters would be worth the cost.
US climate hawks have not had much to celebrate lately, with the Trump administration lurching backward and states finding it more difficult than expected to move forward on their own.
A week after seven inmates died in a prison riot, Gov. Henry McMaster on Monday gave the state's prison system approval to spend more money to hire and retain prison guards.
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