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Mayor Rahm Emanuel called on President Donald Trump's Justice Department Thursday to hand over grant money to Chicago, after a panel of federal judges said the funds can't be withheld from so-called sanctuary cities.
A Downstate Republican lawmaker launched a third-party bid for governor on Thursday, exacerbating the challenges facing Gov. Bruce Rauner's re-election as he seeks to heal divisions within his party's base to take on Democrat J.B. Pritzker.
Alabama on Thursday night executed 83-year-old Walter Leroy Moody for the 1989 pipe bombing death of a federal judge. He became the oldest inmate executed in the United States since the return of executions in the 1970s.
In an angry tweet that appeared to contradict his Homeland Security chief, President Trump said Thursday that the federal government will refuse to pay California National Guard troops if they won't keep illegal immigrants from crossing the Mexican border.
Hundreds of displaced Puerto Rican families living in Florida hotels since Hurricane Maria devastated the island could be left homeless by the end of the week, federal lawmakers said Wednesday as they pleaded with FEMA to extend its temporary shelter program.
Vermont's newest candidate for governor is a high school teacher who says he wants to build "middle ground" in an era of political polarization.
Arizona educators and school employees fueling the teacher-led #RedForEd movement have voted in support of a walkout — an unprecedented action aimed at pressuring state leaders to act on their demands for more education funding.
Some places are losing more lawyers and accountants than factory workers.
In some states, the minimal requirements are leading to inaccurate reports of homicides and suicides.
In just one year, Rhode Island reduced the overdose death rate among former prisoners by 61 percent.
As out-of-staters flock to New Hampshire to stock up on alcohol, its neighboring states think so.
Estimate of annual online sales tax revenue that states are missing out on because the federal government bans them from collecting it. The Supreme Court heard a case this week that challenges that ban, but some of the justices raised concerns about ending it.
Sherleen Pike, who lives about a half-mile from the railroad track in Parrish, Ala., where a train carrying human waste from New York City has been parked for two months, waiting to be brought to a nearby landfill. The federal government bans New York from dumping its excrement in the ocean.
The new modern worker values happiness and career development when considering their job or career choice.
Two economists argue that they aren't. Instead, they say, policymakers should focus on larger employers.
Law enforcement departments across the country use the marijuana holiday as a way to build their followers and soften their image on social media.
Despite some close calls, the Utah Legislature on Wednesday overrode vetoes by Gov. Gary Herbert that grew out of a yearlong turf war where part-time lawmakers contend the full-time governor is seizing too much of their power.
The city of Boulder, Boulder County and San Miguel County today announced they have sued ExxonMobil and Suncor for their "reckless actions and damages" in helping cause global climate change.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is urging state lawmakers to quickly close a loophole in state law that could prevent him from bringing charges against anyone pardoned by President Trump.
The Second Amendment protects civilians possessing stun guns and tasers, the highest court in Massachusetts said Tuesday.
Pittsburgh police have no idea if President Trump plans to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, but they want to be prepared in case he does.
A federal judge on Wednesday found Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court in a case involving Kansas voting laws, her latest rebuke of the Republican candidate for governor.
Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday signed an executive order granting parolees the right to vote in New York.
Charlotte City Council Member LaWana Mayfield's Facebook post Monday questioning whether the 9/11 attacks were an act of terrorism has sparked a national backlash and a petition for her to resign.
Memphis' controversial takedown of its Confederate monuments, arming teachers and development incentives were among a handful of topics addressed in the first Republican Tennessee gubernatorial debate Wednesday in Memphis.
Many of its ideas reflect a growing Washington consensus that more private investment is needed.
Charlotte, N.C, City Councilmember LaWana Mayfield, in a Facebook post sharing an article from Awarenessact.com titled "European Scientific Journal Concludes 9/11 Was A Controlled Demolition." Her comments have sparked a nationwide backlash and led to calls for her resignation.
State funding the Tennessee House revoked this week from the city of Memphis as punishment for removing Confederate monuments last year.
Some health officials say nothing. Members of Congress, meanwhile, are taking matters of money for the drug crisis into their own hands.
The state's highest court ruled Tuesday that a ballot-box law that moves Maine's primary elections to a ranked-choice voting system should stand for the pending primary elections in June.
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