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A measure banning licensed therapists from trying to change a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity was signed into law Wednesday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
Seattle's law requiring landlords to choose among qualified applicants on a first-come, first-served basis violates the state constitution, a judge ruled Wednesday.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday, March 27 to join a Trump administration lawsuit against California's controversial sanctuary law.
In its call for 'transformative' projects, it has some ideas that are worth paying attention to.
Capital is important, but so are ecosystems that reward innovation and thrive on diversity.
The thriving Canadian municipality of Mississauga is harnessing innovative technology and stakeholder buy-in to become a model for connected communities.
Hundreds of protesters headed toward Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento and blocked its entrance Tuesday night for the second time in a week, preventing Kings fans from attending an NBA game as the protesters called for action in the police shooting of Stephon Clark.
President Donald Trump has encouraged police officers to be rougher on suspects they arrest. He has deployed federal authorities to stem gun violence in Chicago. And he has repeatedly called for police nationwide to implement tough-on-crime policies.
Gov. Murphy greatly expanded New Jersey's medical marijuana program Tuesday, opening the door to tens of thousands of new patients and allowing the five dispensaries spread across the state to add satellite retail centers and cultivation facilities.
Gov. Jim Justice signed into law Tuesday a measure to limit the duration of opioid prescriptions issued in West Virginia -- the state with the highest overdose death rate in the nation.
It's up to lawmakers to provide the funding that's needed and to back reforms that make the system work better.
The Arizona Attorney General is calling on Facebook to lead an industry-wide transformation to protect personal data online, and demanding answers on how Arizonans have been affected by breaches.
A judge on Tuesday ordered Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet to dismantle Florida’s “fatally flawed” system of arbitrarily restoring voting rights to felons and to replace it by April 26.
Gov. Scott Walker won't appeal to the Wisconsin Supreme Court an appellate decision denying his request for eight more days to call a special election in two vacant legislative seats.
It's meant to help property owners afford energy-efficiency upgrades. But some have concerns over lending standards and consumer protections.
Susan Voss, Iowa’s former insurance commissioner, criticizing the state's plan to offer health coverage that doesn't comply with the Affordable Care Act. The state argues that it would be legal because association health plans are technically not considered "health insurance."
Federal health and human services funding that 37 states lost in 2015 for each person missed in the 2010 Census. With the Trump administration planning to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, many officials are worried immigrants will not take the survey.
The justices heard arguments on Wednesday in a Maryland case that could, for the first time, limit partisan gerrymandering. They didn't appear to have a consensus on how to address the problem.
In the 36 gubernatorial races this fall, all but 10 of the states are currently led by Republicans.
Rather than punishing an entire industry after a fatality, Arizona's governor took a sensible, measured approach.
The Trump administration rejected Idaho's attempt to offer health insurance that doesn't follow Obamacare rules. Iowa thinks it has a new strategy that will win federal approval.
Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill into law Tuesday that will impose work requirements on certain adults receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Uber plans to end all autonomous-car testing in California for the foreseeable future, according to a letter from the state Department of Motor Vehicles to the company.
Looks like the fox was guarding the henhouse.
At least 12 states have responded with a wave of fury and legal action this week after the Trump administration announced it would add a question to the 2020 census asking respondents whether they are U.S. citizens.
Blue states are suing to block the question, but they aren't the only areas particularly vulnerable to losing money and political power if the Trump administration's plan lowers immigrants' participation.
In the wake of shootings around the country, Gov. Scott Walker on Monday signed a $100 million plan that would tighten school security but not put new limits on guns.
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a measure Sunday requiring doctors to report abortion complications, even if they don't work in an abortion clinic.
An officer in the police video that captured Stephon Clark's death. The sound then cuts off. Sacramento police fatally shot Clark -- who was unarmed and suspected of vandalism -- in his grandmother's backyard.
For the first time in a decade, Florida juvenile detention and probation officers will see a bump in their salaries -- an increase in the state budget that is part of a series of juvenile justice reforms passed by the Legislature this month.
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