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Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin, a Democrat, on how the Trump administration has impacted his job.
People in Washington state who aren't registered to vote because of a software glitch at the Department of Licensing. After realizing that, election officials are rushing to send them ballots before the state's Feb. 13 special election.
Democrats flipped a state House seat on Tuesday. Some say Eric Greitens, whose extramarital affair has prompted a criminal investigation, is the reason. But he shows no signs of quitting.
Programs that help the most vulnerable populations -- including food stamps, cash welfare and child care -- are most affected.
For years, a glitch in a Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) system caused thousands of people to be left off the state's voter rolls.
Abortion clinics in Toledo and Cleveland have lost their attempts before the Ohio Supreme Court to challenge state restrictions on abortion.
The Long Island Rail Road should have foreseen the potential for a morning rush-hour crash that was caused by an engineer's undiagnosed sleep apnea and injured more than 100 passengers at Atlantic Terminal in 2017, according to a new federal report.
Sen. Jeff Kruse not only subjected two female senators to unwanted touching, he groped or gave lingering hugs to many other women working at the Oregon Capitol, an independent investigator concluded in a damning report released Tuesday.
Following reports of sexual harassment in the Kansas Capitol, Gov. Jeff Colyer on Monday signed an executive order requiring all executive branch employees to receive sexual harassment training each year.
Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday unveiled his latest effort combatting President Donald Trump's administration.
A Pennsylvania state representative called for five Democratic justices to be impeached after they struck down the state's congressional map for gerrymandering.
The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked a Stanford University law professor's election districts for state General Assembly seats in Wake and Mecklenburg counties while leaving his maps in place in six other counties while lawmakers appeal a three-judge panel's ruling.
Average annual suicide rates vary significantly across the country.
California is setting the pace in the U.S., but one small country is far ahead of the rest of the world. Many factors are at work.
While the nation's largest metro areas generally outperformed the rest of the country, some mid-sized and small regions made significant employment gains.
Cities have learned a lot from convening citizens and listening to them. States should give it a try.
Some of its expenses are easy to quantify. But most aren’t.
Rachel Crooks, one of the women who accused Donald Trump during the presidential campaign of sexual misconduct. She is now running for a seat in the Ohio Legislature.
As the Trump administration lets states experiment with work requirements and other eligibility rules, the costs are adding up. Some policy experts worry they are "shifting spending from health care for needy families to administrative bureaucracy."
Taxpayer dollars Wisconsin is spending for each job promised in the Foxconn factory. That's more than eight times the state spent on similar job creation deals last year and more than some states are willing to pay to lure Amazon's second headquarters.
As advertisers tried to grab attention during Super Bowl Sunday, Kentucky State Police made a tweet that made a reference to rape in prison in attempts to discourage people from drinking and driving.
One of the women who came forward to accuse President Donald Trump of sexual harassment that took place before his election plans to run for an state House seat in northern Ohio, House Democrats say.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene Monday in a Pennsylvania gerrymandering case with national implications, denying Republican lawmakers' attempt to delay drawing a new congressional map and increasing the likelihood that the map will be redrawn in time for this year's midterm elections.
When vacancies are high, there are consequences -- and many places are feeling them.
Taxpayer money Pennsylvania has spent in the last eight years to resolve more than two dozen sexual harassment claims against public employees. On Friday, the state's Democratic Party chairman was fired amid complaints about his handling of elected officials who have settled harrasment-related cases.
Judge Mark Walker, upon ruling that Florida's voting system for felons -- which bars them from participating in elections unless they receive executive clemency -- is unconstitutional. Florida is one of a handful of states where felons’ voting rights aren’t automatically restored after they serve their sentence.
Demographics, gun ownership and the economy largely account for the regional differences.
Gov. Scott Walker's administration estimates that implementing his proposed limits on welfare could cost state and federal taxpayers nearly $90 milliona year, plus millions more in startup expenses.
After years of court wrangling over the dangers of unmitigated summer heat in cellblocks, Texas prison officials have reached a tentative settlement to provide air conditioning at a geriatric prison outside of Houston along with resolving lawsuits involving inmates who died or were injured by excessive heat in several other prisons.
When a federal lawsuit challenging Kansas's proof of citizenship voter law goes to trial in March, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach plans to be in the courtroom.
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