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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.
Baltimore's law department filed a lawsuit Wednesday against opioid manufacturers and distributors over the marketing of addictive pain pills, adding the weight of the Maryland jurisdiction hardest hit by the overdose crisis to the legal campaign to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable.
Indiana on Friday became the second state to win federal approval to add a work requirement for adult Medicaid recipients who gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act, but a less debated “lockout” provision in its new plan could lead to tens of thousands of enrollees losing coverage.
Utah’s chief law enforcement officer was deep in the fight against opioids when he realized that a lack of data on internet sales of Fentanyl was hindering investigations. So the officer, Keith D. Squires, the state’s public safety commissioner, created a team of analysts to track and chronicle online distribution patterns of the drug.
A train switch that was apparently locked in the wrong position is being blamed for a train collision early Sunday that killed two people and injured up to 116 others near Cayce, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has forced out the leader of the state's Democratic Party after newspaper columnist criticized him for not supporting and protecting women from sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace.
Don Shooter, after he was expelled from the Arizona House of Representatives on Thursday for years of sexually harassing women. After being forced to give up a handgun he had in his office because, according to the house speaker, "people weren't feeling safe," Shooter was escorted out of the state Capitol by security.
Everyone agrees the state's education system isn't working. But no one can agree on how to fix it.
People in Indiana who lost Medicaid since the state received federal permission to charge monthly premiums. State officials estimate that half of them found coverage elsewhere.
At a time when most government agencies are only vaguely aware of the technology, Colorado could become an early adopter.
The Illinois Supreme Court took another bite out of the state's gun laws on Thursday, ruling that a provision barring firearms near public parks is unconstitutional.
A group of LGBT activists launched an ad campaign Thursday to demand that Amazon.com Inc. locate its second headquarters in a state that protects LGBT people from discrimination.
Maryland's Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced plans Thursday to file a lawsuit challenging the legality of part the new federal tax law that disproportionately hurts high tax states like Maryland.
The Arizona House of Representatives voted Thursday to immediately expel Rep. Don Shooter from office for "dishonorable" behavior after an investigation found he sexually harassed women over many years.
As the Trump administration moves to give states more flexibility in running Medicaid, advocates for the poor are keeping a close eye on Indiana to see whether such conservative ideas improve or harm care.
January in Southern California is typically marked by rain, chilly temperatures and snow-capped mountains.
Florida’s system of barring felons from voting unless they receive executive clemency is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
A law firm hired by the government of Turkey is lobbying state officials across the U.S. about what it alleges is a suspicious network of American charter schools run by a dangerous Turkish opposition leader.
During a speech to pastors in Kansas City in December, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley linked the problem of sex trafficking to the sexual revolution of the 1960s.
The failure to pass a long-term federal budget is hurting clinics that largely serve low-income and rural areas. States aren't offering any relief.
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Tweet from Blair Garber that led to his resignation as chairman of the Illinois Lottery Control Board. He is referring to U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who was in the meeting when President Trump reportedly referred to Haiti and countries in Africa as "shithole" nations.
Money the Republican Governors Association raised in 2017, which is a record high and almost $11 million more than the previous record.
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