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President Donald Trump is pushing Maine Gov. Paul LePage to run against U.S. Sen. Angus King in 2018, according to White House advisers.
Homeless families in the District will likely have to take additional steps to prove they’re eligible for shelter on freezing winter nights after the D.C. Council on Tuesday approved sweeping changes to the laws that govern homeless services in the nation’s capital.
U.S. health spending rose to $3.3 trillion in 2016, but the pace slowed compared to the previous two years as demand for drugs, hospital care and physician services weakened, according to a federal study released Wednesday.
The Trump administration sided against public employee unions Wednesday evening in a Supreme Court case that could deal the labor movement a crippling financial blow.
Wildfires Close Hundreds of Schools and Prompt 100,000 Evacuations, Even in the Heart of Los Angeles
The magnitude of the wildfire siege in parts of Southern California continued to worsen Wednesday, with more than 100,000 people forced from their homes and authorities warning of the return of dangerous winds on Thursday.
David Ermold, one of the men denied a same-sex marriage license by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in 2015, hopes to challenge her for the clerk's seat next year, he announced Wednesday.
Homelessness has shot up in California and elsewhere on the West Coast over the past two years, a federal report said Wednesday, as rising rents and other housing pressures forced more people from the margins onto the street.
The public sector needs a discussion about issues of transparency, fairness and the preservation of human values.
Minnesota's efforts to bring diversity and inclusivity to its contracting and purchasing are setting the pace.
Attorney Chris Davis, executive director of the National Cannabis Bar Association
Portion of the poorest counties in the U.S. that are in Eastern Kentucky, which has been hit hard by the coal industry's decline. In general, the South had the largest rate (41 percent) of people living in poverty last year.
The David Bohnett Foundation is funding a pipeline -- albeit, small -- of young people who want to work in local government.
USDA signaled on Tuesday plans to give states greater flexibility over how they administer food stamps, potentially opening the door to stricter work requirements or drug testing on recipients.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous released a plan Wednesday calling on Maryland to take the plunge and create a universal health care system without waiting for the the federal government to take the lead.
State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe told a Democratic male colleague to stop touching his arm Tuesday during a House committee meeting because he's heterosexual, and then urged the Democrat to look to people in his own party if he wanted to touch men.
Iowa and 12 other states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a California law that restricts eggs sold in that state to come from hens that have room to extend their limbs.
For more than a year, Uber Technologies Inc. concealed a massive hack that exposed the personal data of millions of drivers and riders, violating a California law that requires companies to promptly report such breaches, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.
Ferocious Santa Ana winds blew flames across bone-dry grasslands and into neighborhoods, leveling at least 180 structures and forcing tens of thousands to flee, while ensuring that the state's worst fire season on record would push well into the holidays.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a Colorado case about a same sex-wedding cake that ultimately could determine where the legal system draws the line between discrimination and religious freedom.
With most precincts reporting, Keisha Lance Bottoms held a narrow lead over Mary Norwood on Tuesday in the race for Atlanta mayor.
Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg is stepping down from his position for the duration of the investigation after bombshell sexual misconduct allegations against his husband Bryon Hefner, a Senate aide confirmed to The Republican/MassLive.com.
The legal strategy to get states to provide adequate education funding has changed -- and it's working in schools' favor.
Illinois state Rep. Kelly Cassidy, referring to the 27 complaints the legislature's inspector general received over the last few years -- even though the position was unfilled. Since the launch of the #metoo movement in October, 300 women have signed an open letter saying sexual harassment in the Illinois capitol is pervasive, and a new IG has been hired to field those complaints and others.
Food stamp applicants -- out of 67,400 -- who the Walker administration predicts would test positive if Wisconsin becomes the first state to drug test for the program. The idea has been rejected by federal courts and the Obama administration. Nevertheless, Gov. Scott Walker is moving ahead with his plan.
The Windy City is ahead of most places when it comes to making improvements to the way it buys goods and services. But the city's biggest challenge still lies ahead.
It adds to the growing body of evidence that addressing homelessness saves money elsewhere.
Legislators and staff in the Iowa House of Representatives will be required to undergo sexual harassment training before the start of the next legislative session.
A fast-moving, wind-fueled California brush fire exploded to at least 10,000 acres Monday night in the foothills near Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula and triggered mandatory evacuations of hundreds of homes, officials said.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his Democratic counterparts in California and New Jersey are exploring the option of going to court to fight the Republican tax overhaul plan -- specifically, the GOP's desire to end or greatly reduce the federal deduction for state and local taxes.
Judges are set to hear recount petitions in three Virginia House of Delegates races this week, while a fourth has yet to be scheduled.
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