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Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday asked the state Department of Law Enforcement to investigate the response to the Parkland school massacre, as questions mounted over the Broward County Sheriff's Office's handling of the shooting.
California Democrats overwhelmingly decided not to endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein this weekend, an embarrassing rebuke of a party icon who has represented California in the Senate for a quarter-century.
The relationship between U.S. immigration officials and California's liberal leaders soured long ago, but Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's decision to warn potential targets of federal arrest that an immigration sweep could be imminent was an extraordinary escalation.
One promise of ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft was fewer cars clogging city streets.
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, under felony indictment, has resigned his position on the executive committee of the Republican Governors Association.
The National Governors Association largely avoided the topic of guns at its meeting this weekend, suggesting that -- despite some Republicans' recent embrace of gun control -- there is still a lack of bipartisan agreement about how to make schools safer.
More than a dozen alternative weeklies have shut down in the past 20 years, increasing the likelihood that local scandals will go unnoticed.
But renters may not want to celebrate just yet.
Some are increasing the amount of stolen goods that make theft a felony. But it can be a hard sell politically.
Four decades after the law spurred an anti-tax movement across the country, rival efforts to weaken or strengthen it have emerged.
Like a lot of other places, the California city is struggling to grow without leaving longtime residents behind.
Housing prices in California continue to soar, in part because many cities have discouraged dense development. That’s led to a big fight in Sacramento over whether the state should force cities to allow apartment and condo buildings near transit stations.
The city of Portland will join a national movement by suing drug companies behind America's opioid crisis.
With federal spending on Medicaid experiments soaring in recent years, a congressional watchdog said state and federal governments fail to adequately evaluate if the efforts improve care and save money.
Frustrated by declining federal regulation of the environment and health disparities between poorer and wealthier communities, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Thursday appointed a team of lawyers to fight pollution.
He wanted me to see the boxes. They were piled six or seven high, and there were so many stacks on the shelves it was hard to take them in all at once.
State Sen. Carlos Uresti and co-defendant Gary Cain were found guilty Thursday on 20 combined felony charges in a criminal fraud trial over the past month that has stunned San Antonio and the state Capitol.
Broward County, Fla., Sheriff Scott Israel, referring to the armed school resource officer who heard gunfire inside the school where a mass shooting left 17 people dead but chose to stay outside. The officer was suspended without pay then immediately resigned and retired.
Minimum age Florida Gov. Rick Scott proposes for buying and owning a gun. In the wake of the Parkland school shooting, the Republican governor also called for, among other things, banning bump stocks and limiting gun ownership among people with mental health problems.
New studies suggest that school vouchers have minimal impact on college enrollment and even less of an effect on college graduation rates.
Clinics and health departments won't get more Title X funding until months after last year's money will have expired, and organizations like Planned Parenthood have new reason to worry they might get less.
They are calling on the Trump administration to, among other things, restore subsidy payments and support more state reinsurance programs.
Eight days after mass shooter Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Broward's top cop on Thursday revealed a stunning series of failures by the sheriff's department.
Sen. Tony Mendoza resigned from office Thursday as his colleagues considered an unprecedented vote to expel him.
Kansas acted improperly when it tried to cut off Medicaid dollars to Planned Parenthood under former Gov. Sam Brownback, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
John Kasich’s inner circle is gearing up for a possible presidential run in 2020 — actively weighing the prospect of a Republican primary challenge to President Donald Trump against the feasibility of a long-shot general election campaign as an independent.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott agreed Thursday evening to spare the life of death row inmate Thomas Whitaker, announcing his decision less than an hour before the Houston-area man's scheduled execution.
America has a skills gap. Governments across the U.S. are turning to European-style apprenticeship programs as a possible solution.
Eric Greitens, who already faced calls from both parties to resign, was charged on Thursday with a felony in connection with an extramarital affair and an alleged blackmail scheme.
Most states limit governors to two terms, but not New York and Wisconsin, where Andrew Cuomo and Scott Walker are both seeking reelection this year.
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