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California and environmental and tribal groups sued the Trump administration in San Francisco federal court Wednesday seeking to enforce Obama administration regulations of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for oil and gas wells on hundreds of millions of acres of federally managed lands.
The office of Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and her own appointment calendar, dispute Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor's assertion that she has not talked to the governor in more than a year.
Gov. Paul LePage imposed a moratorium on new wind energy projects in western and coastal Maine on Wednesday while establishing a secretive commission to study how wind turbines impact the state's tourism economy.
Mayors across the country are counting on voters to act on their frustration with Washington and state capitals — by electing them instead.
Oregon's Medicaid program survived intact Tuesday, after voters approved hundreds of millions of dollars in health care taxes in a special election.
Senate Minority Leader Ray Jones called Wednesday for an armed guard in every Kentucky public school following a deadly shooting Tuesday at Marshall County High School.
Kansas Republican Sam Brownback, one of the most unpopular governors in the country, barely survived a vote to confirm his bid for a big Trump administration job on Wednesday, as Vice President Mike Pence broke two ties that kept his nomination alive.
After outraising every Democrat in the race, independent Greg Orman officially launched his bid for Kansas governor Wednesday.
Architecture students transformed an old bank into a library for Newbern, Ala.
Fiscal equalization offers three lessons in local tax policy and regional prosperity.
The organization some refer to as "the Peace Corps for geeks" has launched a major effort to improve the way people apply for benefits.
There are a lot of big issues facing officials in 2018. The biggest is funding.
Online shopping and the automation of jobs are going to transform cities.
Efforts to bring back passenger trains are happening all over. We need them.
It's difficult to put a price tag on global warming, but the effort can help manage risks.
That’s what many Iowans, home to the state with the fewest mental health beds, are asking candidates for governor.
Obamacare isn’t the reason they’re going up. It’s state policies.
The first lawsuit fighting the Trump-approved policy was filed this week. If a court sides with opponents, work requirements could be dead before they even begin.
Can Alabama’s capital honor both civil rights and the Confederacy? It thinks so.
The state rolled back criminal justice reforms it had adopted only a year earlier. Other parts of the country are also reconsidering similar changes.
Most leaders and some members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, including at least one Republican, backed out of a planned infrastructure meeting with the president on Wednesday.
Hannes Zacharias helped his Kansas county win national recognition for a variety of programs. The county commissioners had nothing but praise for him. Then they fired him.
The disease has claimed 13 veterans’ lives since 2015 and may effect the governor’s reelection chances this year.
Even though the project will cost $2.8 billion more than planned, Gov. Jerry Brown still thinks it's worth it: "It'll last for 100 years, after all you guys are gone."
They largely serve minority students, but supporters say that’s not a problem -- it’s actually the point.
Expenses in different regions are diverging more now than in the recent past.
The Alabama House of Representatives Tuesday evening approved a bill that would end special elections for the state's two U.S. Senate seats when vacancies occur.
Twenty-three cities and states are facing subpoenas if they do not prove they are complying with federal immigration laws regarding sanctuary cities in a "timely manner," the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
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