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San Diego County, battling a deadly outbreak of hepatitis A, is postponing an outreach campaign to provide the second of two inoculations against the contagious liver disease until a national shortage of the vaccine is resolved, the county’s chief public health officer said.
The mood was joyous as lawmakers, advocates and impacted workers gathered Monday for the bill signing making a $15 minimum wage the law in Montgomery County, Maryland.
A federal appeals court Monday partially revived President Donald Trump's travel ban on six Muslim-majority countries, allowing it to go into effect against people without a "bona fide" connection in the U.S., such as close family members.
Veterans and other people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder can now obtain medical marijuana as treatment.
The Trump administration’s endorsement of work requirements in Medicaid and increased state flexibility is part of broader strategy to shrink the fast-growing program for the poor and advance conservative ideas that Republicans failed to get through Congress.
Missouri's attorney general announced Monday that his office is investigating Google for potential violations of the state's consumer-protection and antitrust laws.
The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear an anti-abortion group's free-speech challenge to a California law that requires "crisis pregnancy centers" to notify patients that the state offers subsidies for contraception and abortion.
Atlanta turned to cross-departmental metrics to craft a shared-services arrangement for transporting detainees.
After four years in office, the New York mayor has a mixed reputation among liberals. But he seemingly has a chance to change that.
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness helped end veteran homelessness in some places and reduce overall homelessness. The White House and House Republicans want it gone.
A bipartisan proposal in Congress would go a long way toward helping to build smarter government at every level.
Miriam Hellreich, a Honolulu-based member of the Republican National Committee, referring to voters in Hawaii, where Democrats make up every member of the state Senate and all but five members of the state House. The governor, David Ige, is also a Democrat.
Education funding meant to serve special needs and low-income students that Arizona misallocated over the past four years. Some schools got too much and some not enough.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, fueling speculation that he might run for president in 2020, will travel to California for fundraisers Tuesday with lawyers, financiers and entertainment industry leaders, according to sources familiar with the events.
Encouraged by the Trump administration’s pro-development policies, an Oregon county wants to take some control over federal lands that cover half of the high desert, mountains and forests within its borders.
As more cases of sexual harassment in the Capitol come to light -- intensifying concerns over how such allegations are handled -- the state Senate on Sunday night announced an extraordinary change in protocol: It will no longer police itself.
An S.C. House representative under investigation for allegedly assaulting a female lawmaker has been arrested, the Richland County Solicitor's Office said Thursday.
Republican leaders in the Iowa Legislature are creating a human resources manager position to oversee harassment complaints, six weeks after the state agreed to a $1.75 million settlement with a former Senate staffer who said she was sexually harassed in the GOP caucus office.
The House wouldn't accept a tax bill that, like the Senate's, would eliminate deductions for all state and local taxes, the chairman of the House's tax-writing committee said.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Sunday he does not support impeaching President Donald Trump, after Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer pressed the case for impeachment at the United Nations climate conference here.
TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Sheriff Wayne Ivey was so anxious on election night last year that he secluded himself in his house and hooked up his iPad to a projection screen showing the electoral map.
With new technology, passengers get the convenience of using either their phones or a versatile fare card. But making things simpler for customers is no easy task.
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