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Message on a billboard that the Washington state Department of Health used in an attempt to deter Hispanic teens from using marijuana. After stirring some controversy on social media, the ad is being taken down.
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Mayors surveyed by Politico who would support their state switching to a single-payer health-care system.
The Texas Supreme Court justice is witty and approachable, and he's huge on Twitter. He's also one of the most influential conservative jurists in the country right now.
Health policy experts say the move could further destabilize the market.
Congress jeopardized the future of state plans to help private employees save for retirement. States don't seem to care.
After leading the creation of the nation's first legal marijuana market in Colorado, Andrew Freedman took the lessons he learned and made a business out of helping states regulate the drug.
The radical idea of a universal basic income is far from new, but it's finally being tested around the world -- even in America.
An appeals court on Tuesday upheld a federal judge here who refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the city of Ferguson and police related to the 2014 fatal shooting of Michael Brown.
Two California governors -- one a Republican, the other a Democrat -- joined together Tuesday to celebrate the extension of one of the state's key global warming programs and slam the federal government for abandoning the climate fight.
After revenues came in $75 million lower than projected, the state Tuesday announced severe cuts that will deeply affect the way government serves Montanans, including lost jobs and reduced or terminated programs.
Mayor Toni Harp said they came mostly from immigrant residents. It wasn't hard to pinpoint their worries: Trump had vowed to deport undocumented immigrants and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Months later, Trump has mostly kept his word on enforcing immigration law, shedding Obama-era deferment policies that once focused on undocumented immigrants with criminal records. Now, undocumented immigrants who have no criminal history are being monitored and deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Trump administration strengthened its crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities Tuesday, announcing a new policy that says local governments will lose some federal grants if they do not give advance notice when illegal immigrants are about to be released from custody and give immigration agents access to local jails.
A Texas version of a North Carolina-style "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people has again passed the state Senate, on Tuesday, July 25.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked a District of Columbia law that makes it difficult for gun owners to get concealed carry permits by requiring them to show that they have a good reason to carry a weapon.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered state agencies to make voter registration forms available to the public and offer assistance in filling them out in an effort to boost participation in elections.
Infrastructure Investments Matter More in Aging Cities
The reasons spotlight cities' funding and workforce struggles that cybersecurity experts have warned about for years.
In this year's class, even the weakest-performing governors are surviving.
Maryland state Del. Clarence Lam, who sponsored legislation that will protect police officers from liability when administering the drug that reverses overdoses to drug-sniffing dogs who have been exposed to fentanyl, which can be absorbed through the skin and fatal in a "microscopic amount."
Time that Hawaii would have to warn the public about a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile attack on the island. In November, the state will start running monthly tests with air raid warning sirens as part of a larger preparedness plan.
A federal judge ruled Monday against a privacy organization's effort to halt the nationwide request for voter information made by Kris Kobach.
Several cities have intensified their efforts to combat rat infestations. It’s no simple task.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Looking out a fourth-floor window of his hospital system’s headquarters, Alan Levine can see the Appalachian Mountains that have defined this hardscrabble region for generations.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday called on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and MTA officials to "step up" and solve the city's subway woes.
One of the four Republican candidates running for governor of Ohio said she intends to be the Buckeye State's first elected woman governor.
It is illegal for offices to hold people based solely on their immigration status, the highest court in Massachusetts said in a ruling released Monday.
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has summoned lawmakers back to Springfield for a special session Wednesday after Democrats who control the General Assembly did not meet his noon Monday deadline to send him an education funding formula bill crucial to getting state money distributed for the upcoming school year.
Gov. Christie on Friday signed into law legislation that raises the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products and electronic cigarettes in New Jersey from 19 to 21.
Becoming a law enforcement officer in South Carolina will require psychological testing under a new requirement aimed at weeding out people not suitable for the job.
Starting in November, Hawaii residents statewide will hear an air raid warning siren test that's not been heard since the Cold War: a wailing alert that potentially would be used to warn of a North Korean missile attack.