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Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday called on states to forge an alliance to support the Paris climate deal following reports that President Trump plans to withdraw the United States from the landmark international accord.
Jacquelyn Orton says her late husband — former Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Orton — likely would shake his head in disbelief that she's finally running for office, after turning down encouragement from him and others to do so for years.
A 17-year-old transgender Kenosha high school student can continue using the boy's restroom, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, rejecting school district arguments against the practice.
Republicans in the state of Washington didn't wait long in the spring of 1995 to fulfill their pledge to roll back a sweeping law expanding health coverage in the state.
Spring session ended with another thud Wednesday, as Democratic fear of blowback from raising taxes trumped a desire by some to put a spending plan on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's desk.
The one-two punch of massive cuts to Medicaid that are proposed in both the new budget and the House Republicans' revised American Healthcare Act would result in cuts of close to $1 trillion over 10 years, analysis shows.
The city of Cleveland on Tuesday fired the rookie police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice, more than two and a half years after the boy's death.
In a case reminiscent of the battle against tobacco, the state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major drug manufacturers, blaming their marketing practices for fueling a painkiller addiction crisis that claims thousands of lives a year.
Joe Nigro, a public defender in Nebraska and advocate of a new state law that will end the practice of automatically sending people to jail for failing to pay a fine. In one of the state's jails, it cost $5.6 million last year to house inmates for that reason.
One-year increase in single-family home prices in the Seattle metro area, which represents the largest in the country and more than double the national average of 5.8 percent.
St. Louis and Baltimore have joined the ranks of cities thinking about taking them down. Meanwhile, a countermovement is growing in state legislatures.
Low-income public, parochial and charter high school students in Boston who graduate in 2017 will be able to earn a bachelor's degree without having to pay tuition and mandatory fees under a pilot program announced yesterday.
In some states, if you’re under 18 and you break the law, you’ll be treated as an adult, no matter how slight the crime — even if it’s just jumping a subway turnstile or shoplifting.
Gov. Kay Ivey Friday signed a bill that would shorten the death penalty appeals process in Alabama.
The law, signed by Gov. Pete Ricketts, will require that any person who fails to pay a fine in time appear before a judge instead of automatically sitting out the fine in jail.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to hear a case on whether Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted was correct in his decision to cancel the voting registrations of those who had failed to vote during a two-year period.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler drew criticism Tuesday from free speech advocates, the American Civil Liberties Union and local conservative leaders for calling on the federal government to revoke the permit for a pro-Trump free speech rally Sunday.
The Supreme Court made it harder to sue police for barging into a home and provoking a shooting, setting aside a $4 million verdict against two Los Angeles County deputies on Tuesday.
Public-sector organizations aren't designed for it, but some are finding ways to make it part of their culture.
He was first elected as a 21-year-old. More than a decade later, he has put himself and his border community at the center of the national immigration debate over "sanctuary cities."
Apparently very. Missouri’s Botanical Gardens just got its first power-washing since it was built in 1988.
The Circular Economy, Part 3/4: People have a vested interest in public infrastructure, but because it's invisible day to day, it can be hard to develop a relationship with the citizens it serves. Here's why a utility system that contributes to the circular economy is poised to attract and educate the students and homeowners who will increasingly support these operations in the near future.
Suburban counties are once again gaining population at the expense of the cities around them. What does that mean for urban areas?
Republicans currently enjoy a 2-to-1 lead among governors, but Democrats hope to start chipping away at that advantage this fall.
If his current proposals succeed, his supporters are in for a rude awakening.
States with "Blue Lives Matter" laws, which increase the penalties for violent and nonviolent crimes against police officers and extend protection to off-duty cops and their relatives. Last year, Louisiana was the first state to pass such a bill.
Texas Republican state Rep. Matt Rinaldi, who angered Democratic lawmakers when he called federal immigration authorities to report protesters who held signs that read "I am illegal and here to stay." In response, Democratic Rep. Alfonso Nevarez threatened to confront him in the parking lot.
Kentucky's failed attempt this year illustrates a problem that many states face: Some judges are severely overworked while others don't have enough to do. But fixing that can be politically impossible.
To survive and prosper, local recycling efforts are forging ways to update, upgrade and educate.
For the first time, the Wisconsin Department of Justice has formalized its guidelines for independently investigating police shootings -- the latest step in the state's efforts to be a national leader on the issue.
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