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Political novices are running for office at all levels of government -- many driven by anger over their current representatives' policies and behavior.
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis has signed an order to send up to 4,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border but barred them from interacting with migrants detained by the Border Patrol in most circumstances.
The North Dakota secretary of state will not run seek re-election after his party endorsed another, setting the stage to end his 25-year career and opening up the race for a new state elections head.
Republicans may have handed many Americans a big cut in federal taxes, but their plan is triggering a wave of state income tax increases across the country.
Gov. Matt Bevin vetoed a bill Thursday that would provide pension relief to local governments in Kentucky and allow certain groups to stop participating in state-operated pension systems.
Maryland will join 10 other states and D.C. in automatically putting residents on the voting rolls when they get a driver's license, use a social services agency or buy insurance on the health exchange.
Anchorage voters have rejected an initiative that would have regulated access to restrooms and locker rooms by a person's sex at birth instead of gender identity, a local version of what's known nationally as a "bathroom bill" that sparked massive spending by an opposition campaign.
The state announced Friday that the health of Flint's drinking water has been restored and state distribution of free bottled water in the city is ending, likely within a few days.
The marble floors of the Oklahoma state Capitol pulsated as a mass of teachers clamored for lawmakers to find more money for public schools.
The farm bill expected to be unveiled this week offers Republicans a rare opportunity to reshape one of the largest federal anti-poverty programs.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, backing President Trump's proposal to execute drug dealers as a way of combating the opioid crisis. Fentanyl is a particularly cheap and deadly synthetic opioid.
More lower-income households have access to cars now than they did before the Great Recession. That’s good news for their access to jobs, but it may cause cities to rethink their assumptions about transportation.
Incentives Maryland is offering Amazon if the company builds its second headquarters in the state. That's more than any other jurisdiction is publicly offering and $3.5 billion more than the governor originally advertised.
Miami is taking the trend of teacher housing one step further than other places. But do teachers want to live where they work -- even if it means cheaper rent?
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday it would stay away for now from lingering litigation over a now-closed investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign, leaving a Brown County judge to sort out the legal fight.
A new Ohio law expands civil protection orders to dating partners, bringing Ohio in line with every other state except Georgia.
Maryland lawmakers approved $6.5 billion in tax incentives for Amazon on Wednesday, pushing through the largest economic development package in state history on the hope the internet retail giant will build a new headquarters here.
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced he is running for governor Thursday, attempting a restoration after eight years out of office that saw his DFL successor move the state in a more progressive direction at odds with Pawlenty's tenure.
Echoing a recent call by President Donald Trump, both U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Wednesday that they were open to the idea of executing drug dealers as a method of combating the opioid crisis.
As thousands of teachers converged for another day of protest at the state Capitol on Thursday, Ginger Henley stood along Lincoln Boulevard, eliciting honks from passing motorists who obliged with her banner that read "Honk for funding Oklahoma education."
An attorney challenging North Dakota's voter ID law welcomed a federal judge's ruling Wednesday, April 4, that expands Native Americans' options at the polls but eliminates voter affidavits.
A proposal to ban bump stocks in Tennessee failed in both the state House and Senate on Tuesday.
As the chants of thousands of education supporters echoed through the halls outside his office, Senate Majority Floor Leader Greg Treat said Thursday that the Oklahoma Senate will not drastically change education spending, casting uncertainty over the Legislature's ability to end a days-long teacher strike.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, talking about Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican.
Daily fine that citizens of Deerfield, Ill., can incur if they possess an assault weapon or high-capacity magazines after June 13. The Chicago suburb outlawed both this week.
Under the Trump administration, and most Republican White Houses, enforcement of the 1968 anti-discrimination law has weakened. Housing advocates say the constantly changing federal approach has held back progress.
China is one of our largest trading partners. U.S. exports to the country totaled $130 billion last year.
At a time when the aid-in-dying movement is suffering elsewhere, Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed a bill on Thursday giving terminally ill residents the option.
Her sentencing made headlines across the country this week: A woman, recently released from prison in Texas and still on felony probation, is set to head back to prison for another five years after she unknowingly broke the law by voting in the 2016 election.
For months now, the three Democrats running for governor have crisscrossed Massachusetts, arguing that voters should fire Republican Governor Charlie Baker.
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