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North Carolina will not have special elections in 2017 in new state legislative districts, but three federal judges ordered lawmakers to draw boundaries to correct what they have ruled to be unconstitutional racial gerrymanders by Sept. 1.
One of the nation’s largest cybersecurity conferences is inviting attendees to get hands-on experience hacking a slew of voting machines, demonstrating to researchers how easy the process can be.
After Seattle voters approved first-in-the-nation taxpayer-funded "democracy vouchers" for city candidates, Honest Elections Seattle declared that the program launched this year would "get big money out of politics."
Top executives of big oil companies and other major Houston firms and organizations on Monday weighed into the political dogfight over the controversial bathroom bill, calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to block passage of the legislation that they warned will harm Texas' ability to grow its economy.
After weeks of negotiations with the International Olympic Committee, Los Angeles officials have reached a deal to host the 2028 Summer Games under terms they hope will generate hundreds of millions in savings and additional revenues.
Joe Arpaio, the Arizona lawman who once proclaimed himself "America's toughest sheriff" and was largely praised by conservatives for his hard-line policing tactics, was found guilty Monday of criminal contempt, bringing his tenure as a relentless crusader against illegal immigration to an end.
Cook County shoppers who buy sweetened beverages will be charged a penny-per-ounce tax beginning Wednesday, after a judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the county tax as unconstitutional.
Flying drones near prisons and jails in North Carolina is now a crime.
Marcus Newell, owner of a doggy day care service in Colorado, where it recently became legal for people to care for three or fewer pets without the licensing that's required for kennels or doggy day cares.
Time until power is expected to be restored on two popular tourist islands off the coast of North Carolina. The blackout, which started last Thursday, has forced thousands to evacuate.
Estimates of jobs at risk of being automated in each region.
Call it "The Cross and Text Law."
A bill requiring employers to provide "reasonable accommodations" to pregnant employees and banning termination or hiring discrimination against women because of pregnancy has become law in Massachusetts.
So often it has been Nashville Mayor Megan Barry seeking to comfort the city during times of tragedy.
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that publicly owned railroads are not exempt from the state's bedrock environmental law, a decision hailed by environmental watchdogs on the North Coast and opponents of California's high-speed rail project.
Alabama will end an ambitious attempt to move Medicaid from a fee-for-service model to one that rewarded health outcomes.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday signed the long-awaited compromise marijuana bill into law, even as he voiced his disapproval with the controversial substance that Bay State voters broadly legalized in November 2016.
Courtroom 801 is nearly empty when guards bring in Bobby Hines, hands cuffed in front of navy prison scrubs.
Police leaders across the country moved quickly to distance themselves from -- or to outright condemn -- President Trump's statements about "roughing up" people who've been arrested.
Spokane's city-county partnership is an ambitious effort to produce better outcomes while spending taxpayer money wisely.
The introduction of driverless cars could effect how much money cities collect in parking, traffic citations, traffic cameras, towing fees, gasoline taxes, licensing, registration and other revenues.
Florida's spending on legal fees to defend state policies that didn't hold up in court since Gov. Rick Scott took office in 2011. The successful lawsuits have dealt with a range of laws -- from drug testing and voting rights to gay marriage.
TaiChin Preyo's last words, which are a quote from Coretta Scott King, before he was put to death by the state of Texas last week. Preyo claimed that his lawyers -- one of whom was disbarred and another who relied on Wikipedia for research -- committed fraud on the court.
After weeks of legal battles and bipartisan pushback from top election officials nationwide, President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission has renewed a message for the states: It's safe to pass along your data about voters.
New Jersey agreed to put in place new rules regarding quarantines after a nurse who was quarantined in 2014 after working in Sierra Leone during the deadly Ebola outbreak filed a lawsuit against the state, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey.
President Donald Trump isn't going to just let go of Sen. Lisa Murkowski's no vote Tuesday against debating Obamacare repeal.
Betting that thin is in — and might be the only way forward — Senate Republicans are eyeing a “skinny repeal” that rolls back an unpopular portion of the federal health law. But experts warn that the idea has been tried before, and with little success.
After more than 12 years on death row, a San Antonio man convicted in a fatal stabbing was executed Thursday night. It was Texas’ fifth execution of the year.
The country’s top immigration enforcement officer says he is looking into charging sanctuary city leaders with violating federal anti-smuggling laws because he is fed up with local officials putting their communities and his officers at risk by releasing illegal immigrants from jail.
Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer sat in a hospital room in Overland Park on July 3, waiting to see if he'd get a call because someone was a bit too careless with fireworks.
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