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Nevada Assemblyman James Oscarson, talking about his opponent, Dennis Hof, who owns a brothel and was inspired to switch parties and run by President Trump.
One of the three California "sanctuary" laws the U.S. Department of Justice is fighting in court. It restricts state and local police and jail officials' cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, and other states and localities throughout the country have a similar law.
In his State of the Union speech two months ago, President Trump vowed to end welfare as he defined it, heralding a plan to force recipients off federal housing vouchers, food assistance and Medicaid if they were not willing to do “a hard day’s work.”
President Trump will announce new plans for fighting the opioid crisis on Monday. Meanwhile, several states are exploring their own new policy: tax drug companies for the opioids they produce.
A new online platform aims not only to take some of the risk out of municipal procurement but to make the process smarter as well.
The governing bodies of nine towns and two counties in West Virginia have filed lawsuits alleging drug manufacturers and distributors failed to follow state and federal law to prevent the distribution and abuse of prescription pain medication thorough the Mountain State.
As students across the country walked out of classrooms on Wednesday to protest gun violence, Democrats who control the Illinois Senate continued to push firearm restrictions, including bills to limit assault weapon purchases.
Ohio's new Down syndrome abortion ban is on hold after a federal judge in Cincinnati sided with abortion providers who claimed the ban was unconstitutional.
To get the most out of evidence-based governing, they need training. More and more, it's becoming available.
The General Assembly advanced four gun control bills Wednesday, just hours after students walked out of schools across Delaware in protest of gun violence.
Engaging their employees could improve productivity and save governments a lot of money. But the public sector is largely ignoring the opportunity.
The weakest link in any local voting system is that one county clerk who’s been on the job for three days and opens up an email file that could take down the whole system.
The development of more-sophisticated software packages is a boon for forensic investigators.
Leading Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker was called a "liar" and a "fraud" by two rivals as the billionaire businessman's ties to secret offshore shell companies became the focus of the final forum of the campaign Wednesday night.
Oklahoma plans to start carrying out executions with nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used in the U.S. but that some states have already approved amid difficulties with lethal injections.
Of the cities studied, only in New Orleans did white students travel farther than their black peers.
The teams involved in this year's City Accelerator program met recently to discuss how they could improve the representation of minority-owned businesses in government contracts.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler and several other city leaders discuss their experience at this year's South by Southwest conference.
The White House indicated that it may sue other states with policies similar to California's. Does it have a case anywhere else?
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, in 1993, on his "shouting match" over welfare funds for disabled legal immigrants with the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
The president doesn't want the federal government to help fund public radio and TV stations anymore. Such cuts could exacerbate the already sharp decline in coverage of state capitols and city halls.
Increase in new houses built in wildfire-prone areas in Southern California between 1990 and 2000. That's double the U.S. housing growth rate during that time. Last year, wildfires in the state killed almost 50 people and destroyed more than 10,000 structures.
The first major bipartisan banking bill since Dodd-Frank has some potential pluses and minuses for states and localities.
Motivated by education cuts and a nationwide spirit of activism, dozens of teachers are running for legislative seats across the country.
It's about to happen on a large scale along our coasts, and governments need to be working to make the most of it.
With the U.S. Supreme Court weeks away from hearing arguments in a landmark case on online sales taxes, several states are readying laws that would allow them to begin collecting millions of dollars almost immediately if the court rules in their favor.
Fort Lauderdale has elected its first openly gay mayor.
Low-spending school districts in Wisconsin will be allowed to increase property taxes without voter approval under a measure signed into law Monday by Gov. Scott Walker.
Republican Shane Reeves has won a special election to fill a vacant seat in the Tennessee Senate.
On average, female doctors made $105,000 less than male doctors last year, and the gender pay gap actually increased.
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