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A Pennsylvania school district made headlines last month when it said it was arming teachers and students with buckets of rocks as a last resort to fight off shooters.
A growing number of Missouri lawmakers are calling on Gov. Eric Greitens to step down over "horrendous" and "disgraceful" allegations of abuse detailed in an investigative report released Wednesday.
California Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday to take money, but not marching orders, from President Donald Trump in deploying 400 National Guard troops to various locations around the state, insisting that any service members near the border would not enforce federal immigration law.
One county's multi-faceted approach encompasses rehabilitation, prevention and restitution.
Tuesday night's debate among the four Democratic Party candidates for Ohio governor may have been informative and policy-driven, but none of the candidates gained a clear advantage at the end of the night.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday signed new limits on welfare programs into law, committing state and federal taxpayers to nearly $80 million in spending to draw more people into the labor force.
This week, lawmakers from the Northeast to the Deep South have been debating and voting on gun control legislation, with mixed results. Here's a snapshot of what has been happening with these measures in recent days.
Kate Scott, deputy director of the Equal Rights Center. In the 50 years since the law was signed, homeownership among African-Americans -- one of the Fair Housing Act's goals -- has increased just .1 percent.
Under CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, the company wants to partner with cities and be more than just a rideshare.
Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency Tuesday, ordering the Mississippi Department of Transportation to ensure the immediate closure of 83 locally owned bridges across the state.
Facing an FBI investigation into his overseas travel and a nasty leadership fight to succeed him that is ripping at his caucus, House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger said Tuesday he is resigning from office.
With a controversial pension reform bill now signed into law and Gov. Matt Bevin's veto of bills covering the state budget and tax overhaul, public educators are again gearing up to make their voices heard in the state Capitol.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed 17 bills into law Tuesday, including controversial legislation to impose financial sanctions against local governments that fail to cooperate with federal officials in enforcing immigration laws in Iowa.
Year the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in Congress. Almost half a century later, it's still not in the U.S. Constitution because at least two more states still need to ratify it. On Tuesday, which was Equal Pay Day, Republicans in the Arizona Legislature blocked an attempt to debate the gender equality amendment.
The mayor of North Miami Beach on Tuesday agreed to resign from office and accept house arrest as part of a plea deal for violating state-campaign finance laws.
Broward School Board members took a stand against arming school employees Tuesday, while facing harsh public criticism about how well the district protects and cares for its students.
When Gavin Newsom campaigns on his support for a California single-payer healthcare system, he's talking about more than the virtues of universal care. He's trying to sell himself as a bold visionary.
Trump signed an executive order Monday directing federal agencies to promote employment for those on public assistance.
The Sacramento Police Department has ordered officers to keep their body cameras and microphones on after community members criticized the muting of footage minutes after the Stephon Clark shooting, according to a department email obtained by The Sacramento Bee.
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican, has joined her GOP counterparts from two other states in supporting the Trump administration’s controversial plans to reinstate a question about citizenship on the 2020 census.
While they're rarely successful, efforts to remove state Supreme Court justices over policy disagreements are becoming more common.
The two top Republicans in Massachusetts aren't planning on spending any time with Mike Pence while the vice president swings through the Bay State for a Republican National Committee fundraiser.
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin vetoed the legislature's proposed two-year state budget and a tax bill that generates hundreds of millions of dollars to help fund it.
Oregon will join a wave of states backing net neutrality Monday, with Gov. Kate Brown set to sign a bill designed to give companies an economic incentive to allow unfettered online access.
California on Monday jumped into the middle of a legal dispute over the future of the federal Affordable Care Act, seeking to preserve the law that is under assault in the courts by 20 other states.
The president remains popular among Republican voters, leading most GOP candidates to pledge their allegiance to him. But they may shift that strategy after the primaries.
Average ratio of students to school counselors in public schools. It's almost double what the American School Counselor Association recommends.
Federal Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who died last month. Before his death, he wrote this court opinion -- revealed this week -- in which he ruled that employers can't consider salary histories when deciding pay.
The Trump administration on Monday released new regulations aimed at giving states more flexibility to offer cheaper plans on Obamacare’s exchanges next year.
Beleaguered NYCHA chairwoman Shola Olatoye, accused of making misleading statements about the conditions in public housing and under fire from multiple critics, will announce Tuesday that she is resigning.
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