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A federal judge has permanently blocked a Louisiana law that prevented foreign-born U.S. citizens from getting married if they couldn’t produce a birth certificate.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a free speech lawsuit on behalf of one of the nation's most prominent right-wing provocateurs on Wednesday, arguing that Washington, D.C., transit officials violated Milo Yiannopoulos' First Amendment rights by removing advertisements for his new book.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency Thursday (Aug. 10) as a precautionary measure, in the event that the state has to help with flooding in New Orleans over the next few days.
A new learning collaborative is charting efforts in four metros to connect minority communities to entrepreneurial resources.
To preserve their communities' economic and social wellbeing, leaders will need to manage an endless cycle of technological disruption.
President Trump on Thursday, after his opioid commission, led by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, urged him to declare the drug crisis a national emergency.
Year that Mike Madigan was elected speaker of the Illinois state House, which makes him the longest to serve that position in U.S. history.
Krish Vignarajah, a former policy director for First Lady Michelle Obama, is the latest Democrat to join Maryland's gubernatorial race.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
EUFAULA, Ala. — Hispanic immigrants here remember June 9, 2011, the day House Bill 56 became law.
Consumers in 16 states can take advantage of sales tax holidays this year—going on frenzied shopping sprees to buy items such as backpacks, computers and school clothes tax-free. But states confronting budget woes and a long list of spending priorities are questioning whether the hyped-up shopping events are worth the cost.
U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks on Wednesday dismissed the state of Texas’ lawsuit against Travis County and other defendants over the state's new immigration enforcement law.
State taxpayers would need an estimated 25 years to recoup up to $2.85 billion in proposed cash payments to bring a Taiwanese firm's display screen plant to southeastern Wisconsin, a report released Tuesday found.
The flooding in New Orleans on Saturday happened even though the drainage system was working as it was supposed to and didn't have any unexpected failures, Sewerage & Water Board officials said Monday.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed legislation Wednesday to increase the state's tobacco possession age to 21, a major victory for health advocates and a blow for Big Tobacco.
The concept caught fire in Europe and is gaining relevance in large and small cities across the Atlantic.
It's too hard for low-income households to take advantage of programs to lower their utility bills. Some cities are making progress.
Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt is taking the lead for a 10-state coalition of attorneys general in filing a court brief defending state governments’ ability to regulate groundwater usage.
Law enforcement officials and nonprofits across Minnesota are taking aggressive new action to crack down on customers of prostitution -- often white, middle-aged and married men -- and boosting programs aimed at keeping teens out of the sex trade.
Governments are starting to realize that cybersecurity isn't just the responsibility of the IT department.
Leanne Robbin, a Maine assistant attorney general who successfully argued in federal court for a state law that bans protesters who are so loud they can be heard inside a building where people are receiving health services. The case centered around anti-abortion protesters outside a Planned Parenthood clinic.
State legislators who are term-limited in 2018. Republicans make up 177 of them, while Democrats make up 86.
To find it, a new book says, localities need look no further than their roads, airports and convention centers.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is backing Wisconsin in a high-profile case asking the U.S. Supreme Court whether lawmakers can go too far when drawing political maps to advantage one party.
A Delaware Superior Court judge has ruled that the state's highest executive has broad authority to shield his emails from public view.
A federal appeals court has ruled that Maine can enforce a law that bars protests that are intentionally loud enough to be heard inside a building.
Incumbent Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and challenger state Sen. Coleman Young II will head for a showdown in November after both candidates garnered an overwhelming majority of votes in the Tuesday primary, knocking six other mayoral hopefuls out of the race.
When Dolores Loaeza was a baby and she needed medical care, her mother could call her pediatrician in Mexico for free advice, and, if needed, to send medication across the border to Los Angeles.
U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc (ANTM.N) said on Monday it will no longer offer Obamacare plans in Nevada's state exchange and will stop offering the plans in nearly half of Georgia's counties next year.
The U.S. Justice Department -- which last year backed civil rights groups in a court case over Ohio's decision to remove thousands of inactive voters from Ohio voter rolls -- is now taking a different tack under the administration of President Donald Trump.
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