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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has threatened former Atlanta mayoral candidate Mary Norwood with legal action over statements about voter impersonation that she made earlier this year.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton announced Wednesday that his lieutenant governor, Tina Smith, will replace Al Franken after the Democratic senator formally resigns.
Former GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee, who is the father of White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. In the race for one of Alabama's seats in the U.S. Senate, Doug Jones received 50 percent of the vote to Roy Moore's 48.4 percent. Recounts in the state are automatically called when a candidate wins by less than 0.5 percent.
Birthdate listed on President Trump's absentee ballot for the New York City mayor's race in November. His actual birthday is June 14, 1946.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper rallied a bipartisan band of governors again on Tuesday in a letter to Congress urging the renewal of a children's health insurance program for low-income families.
Maryland will track allegations of sexual harassment made against state lawmakers, and politicians who violate the state's code of conduct can be expelled from the legislature.
Gov. Scott Walker signed a measure Monday clearing the way for mining copper and gold in Wisconsin, handing a win to business groups over the proposal's environmental opponents.
Thirteen states have filed suit against Massachusetts in response to a law mandating certain humane practices in food production.
The votes cast by First Lady Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump in last month's New York mayoral election were tossed out after the president's wife and eldest daughter made mistakes in their absentee ballots, NBC News reported Tuesday.
The marquee outside the Heart of Fire Church says the Sunday sermon is "Satan accuses/God says you're not guilty."
The synthetic painkiller fentanyl has been the driving force behind the nation’s opioid epidemic, killing tens of thousands of Americans last year in overdoses. Now two states want to use the drug’s powerful properties for a new purpose: to execute prisoners on death row.
Secretary of State John Merrill said it's too soon to know whether the margin of victory by Doug Jones in Alabama's special election on Tuesday will trigger the state's automatic recount law.
Step 1: Attract citizens with interactive art installations. Step 2: Talk to them about the community.
The recount on Thursday confirmed Keisha Lance Bottoms' lead, likely keeping the city's decades-long tradition of black mayors alive. But shifting demographics will change how people lead it.
Former New Mexico state Rep. Thomas A. Garcia's alleged response to Vanessa Alarid, a lobbyist, when she asked him if she could count on his support for a bill that could come down to a single vote. He then kissed her, and she pulled away. The next day, said bill failed by one vote and received a "no" from Garcia.
Age of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee when he died of a heart attack on Tuesday. He was the city's first Asian-American mayor.
The president has emerged as a central issue in races all over the country, underscoring a shift toward partisanship that has intensified since his election.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel took his anti-Trump shtick on the road Monday when he stopped by "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
Vanessa Alarid was a lobbyist in New Mexico when she asked a lawmaker over drinks one night if she could count on his support for a bill that appeared to be coming down to a single vote.
The U.S. Supreme Court expanded its review of partisan gerrymandering, agreeing to consider arguments that a Maryland congressional district was unconstitutionally drawn to ensure the ouster of a Republican lawmaker.
As Virginia schools struggle with a dearth of teachers, Gov. Terry McAuliffe wants colleges and universities to be able to fast-track the training of aspiring educators.
Nebraska Republican National Committeewoman Joyce Simmons resigned Monday in protest of the committee's financial support for Roy Moore.
Arkansas has joined at least 24 other states in adopting rules limiting the number and strength of opioid painkillers doctors can prescribe. Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who urged the state medical board to adopt the regulations, called the move an important step in curtailing the “escalating danger” of opioid abuse in the state.
An ISIS-inspired would-be suicide bomber detonated a homemade pipe bomb strapped to his chest in a pedestrian tunnel packed with commuters beneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, during Monday's busy morning rush, authorities said.
Buzzers for the front door. Security cameras. Bulletproof glass.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee died early Tuesday morning at age 65, his office said.
Mark Geragos, an attorney representing the family of David Shaver, an unarmed man who was fatally shot by a Mesa, Ariz., police officer while he crawled on the ground -- at the officer's request -- and pleaded not to be shot. The encounter was caught on body cameras, but the jury found the officer not guilty of murder or manslaughter.
Acres that six wildfires had burned in Southern California as of Sunday, which is larger than New York City and Boston combined.
Milwaukee's program focuses on quick, cost-effective improvements that give its streets years more service.
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