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Kris Kobach defended his attempt to obtain a nationwide collection of voter information in both a court filing and a White House statement as criticism continued to grow over his request.
To minimize the impact on services from future spending cuts and economic downturns, governments need to take a proactive, multi-year approach.
Its ports and freight system account for a significant portion of its air pollution. Will aggressive new state and regional efforts once again serve as a model for the nation?
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo
States that have refused to provide some or all of the voter information requested by the Trump administration's Commission on Election Integrity.
New estimates show areas of the country experiencing large increases in housing units.
Human tragedy comes with the badge -- but help dealing with it often doesn't.
Child abuse victims often are frightened and intimidated if they have to testify about their experience in a courtroom.
Arguing that California is at a crucial crossroads, Republican David Hadley is announcing a bid to be the state's next governor. The former assemblyman, who voted against Donald Trump in the fall, is a social moderate and fiscal conservative whose 2018 candidacy could galvanize the GOP establishment in a state where it is at a significant disadvantage.
Illinois lawmakers are one crucial step away from ending the record state budget impasse following a flurry of activity on Independence Day that saw the Senate override Gov. Bruce Rauner's vetoes of a tax hike and spending plan.
Hope soared at the State House just after 10 p.m. Monday when Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic House Speaker Sara Gideon struck a deal for a bipartisan budget bill and an end to Maine's three-day government shutdown.
Lawmakers in Trenton late Monday broke through the impasse that had kept them from adopting the state budget, triggered the shutdown over the weekend, and frayed tempers among the public.
Forty-four states have refused to provide certain types of voter information to the Trump administration's election integrity commission, according to a CNN inquiry to all 50 states.
Amount that Vermont promised to put in a college savings account for every child born in the state. Since the law passed two years ago, though, the state has only raised enough private funding to give each kid $2.77.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's response to criticism for spending the weekend at the beach -- even though the state's beaches are closed to the public due to the government shutdown.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval may as well be the Senate’s 53rd Republican.
A mural on the wall of an elementary school here proclaimed, “All the world is all of us,” but the hundreds of people packing the auditorium one night were determined to stop a low-income housing project from coming to their upscale neighborhood.
Minneapolis became one of the first cities in the nation to adopt a $15 minimum wage Friday in a move meant to set an example for the rest of the state and boost the local economy.
The Maine Legislature's special budget panel endorsed a two-year budget late Sunday, setting up a high-pressure round of Monday floor votes on Day 3 of a state shutdown, but risking another impasse with Gov. Paul LePage over hiking the lodging tax.
Cub Scouts being kicked out of a campground in New Jersey may be the most visible sign of budget problems in American states.
Florida's updated "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law is unconstitutional, a Miami judge ruled on Monday.
"Well, I'm sorry, they're not the governor."
Marcus Harris, who runs the "Laundry Truck," which travels around Denver collecting, washing, drying and folding homeless people's clothes. Harris himself is a former drug addict who used to live on the streets.
The number of drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky has climbed the past four years, culminating in an all-time high of 1,404 in 2016. It is hoped that a new law restricting opioid prescriptions, which takes effect Thursday, will reverse the trend.
Limit on opioid prescriptions for acute pain in Kentucky, which now has the toughest restrictions of this kind in the nation.
Gov. Paul LePage said Friday that he won't sign a state budget package endorsed Thursday night by a special panel, ensuring a partial shutdown of state government at midnight.
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said that while same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, the "reach and ramifications" of the rights of gay couples have yet to be determined.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, who dropped his bid for re-election last month, endorsed former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan in the race Thursday.
Indiana's top doctor could soon become the nation's surgeon general.
Senate Republican leader Christine Radogno announced her resignation Thursday, another sign of the lack of progress at the Capitol as Illinois teeters toward a third year without a comprehensive spending plan.
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