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The Republican surgeon and lawmaker Knute Buehler is running for governor in 2018.
Since 2006, the nation’s largest police departments have fired at least 1,881 officers for misconduct that betrayed the public’s trust, from cheating on overtime to unjustified shooting
President Donald J. Trump said he's thrilled "Big Jim" is flipping to the Republican Party.
In another move to pressure cities into cooperating with immigration enforcement, the U.S. Department of Justice threatened Thursday to withhold crime-fighting help from four cities if they refuse to help federal agents target jail inmates suspected of being in the country illegally.
Craig T. Steckler, president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, in a 2014 report about preventing suicide among law enforcement officers.
What's taking the progressive state so long to right its historical wrongs?
Weight of the ivory jewelry and trinkets that New York ceremoniously crushed in Central Park to show the state's dedication to crushing the illegal ivory trade. Each item was made from the tusks of slaughtered elephants.
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was in Columbus on Wednesday to announce a new effort to crack down on doctors, pharmacists and others who are profiting by improperly prescribing and selling opioids.
Servco Pacific Inc. officials and Gov. David Ige broke ground Wednesday on the first publicly accessible hydrogen fueling station on Oahu.
Federal officials announced Tuesday that Michigan State University will receive a $14.4-million grant over four years to track children and adults exposed to lead contamination as a result of the Flint water crisis to monitor their health.
A federal appeals court in Manhattan agreed Thursday to postpone any retrial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges until the Supreme Court acts on a planned petition to further review his case.
For three years, a team of highly trained volunteers from the public and private sector has been standing by in Michigan, ready to spring into action and provide technical assistance if the state gets hit by a massive cyberattack.
To ease prison crowding and rein in corrections spending, state legislatures are trying to help ex-offenders re-enter society with the goal of ensuring they don’t return to prison.
Amid uncertainty over the future of the Affordable Care Act, California officials announced Tuesday that monthly premiums for health plans sold on the state's Obamacare exchange will rise by an average of 12.5% next year.
State workers will receive back pay for the time they missed during New Jersey's July government shutdown.
Civilian complaints against police -- public documents that have long been difficult for members of the public to access -- will be posted on a city website beginning this fall, Mayor Kenney's office announced Wednesday.
Health insurers have won powerful allies in a fight over federal subsidies that President Donald Trump has threatened to cancel for millions of people who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
An internal Justice Department posting seeking lawyers for “investigations and possible litigation" relating to university affirmative action policies was a call for volunteers to work on a single complaint filed by Asian-American groups accusing Harvard University of racial bias in admissions, not a sweeping policy change, a department spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Maine will become the fourth state to make 21 the legal age to buy tobacco products after the Legislature overrode Gov. Paul LePage's veto during a long Wednesday session.
NAACP officials say their recent travel advisory for Missouri is the first that the civil rights group has issued for any state.
U.S. Rep. Diane Black, R-Tennessee, is entering the 2018 race for governor of Tennessee, ending months of speculation and adding a deep-pocketed candidate who is widely considered a front-runner to an already-crowded Republican field.
One day after getting sued by 15 states, Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt reversed his earlier decision to delay implementation of Obama-era rules reducing emissions of smog-causing air pollutants.
Public employees know what needs to be done. Managers are the key to a trusting environment that empowers workers.
A California county is working to bring all stakeholders together to attack the problem far more effectively.
An effective approach requires integrating proactive, agile defenses deeply into organizations.
Fine that Duke Energy, the nation’s largest electric utility worth $50 billion, must pay after pleading guilty to violating the Clean Water Act by polluting four major rivers in North Carolina.
khalid kamau, who may be the first Black Lives Matter organizer elected to public office. In November, he won a spot on the South Fulton, Ga., City Council.
One good investment year isn't enough to fix struggling systems' problems.
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