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Women have mobilized in large numbers to run for office before. Women-in-politics advocates want to make sure it's sustainable this time.
Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles resigned from the Florida Legislature on Friday, consumed by a scandal that erupted three days earlier over a diatribe of insults the Miami Republican unleashed against two lawmakers at a Tallahassee bar.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders told a cheering crowd in Omaha on Thursday that he thinks mayoral candidate Heath Mello is part of the Democratic Party of the future.
All those snaps can take a lot of time out of an elected official's busy schedule.
Almost two years after Texas tried to import an execution drug from overseas, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled Thursday that the drug can’t be admitted into the United States.
The speculative list of possible candidates for governor in 2020 includes another surprise name: incumbent Gov. Gary Herbert, who during last year's re-election campaign said his current third term would be his last.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is under fire today for comments about Hawaii and the federal judge who halted President Trump's travel ban.
Regulators in Maryland have eased restrictions on the amount of marijuana prospective police officers may have smoked before being hired in the state _ a move Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis championed to boost his department's hiring efforts.
In the face of stepped-up deportation efforts, many unauthorized immigrants worry that state and local programs that are designed to help them could instead be used by federal agents to identify and expel them from the country.
Convicted murdered Ledell Lee was put to death after a flurry of last-minute court rulings Thursday that had left the latest of eight planned Arkansas executions in limbo. Defense lawyers battled on myriad fronts to save Lee, who claimed innocence, from a controversial lethal injection.
It's cutting costs and freeing up public workers to do things humans do best.
Progress on priority issues like health care and retirement security requires coordinated strategies.
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Contrary to popular belief, most federal employees actually work outside of the D.C. metro area. See where and how vulnerable regional economies might be to reductions.
A federal judge kept on Wednesday his promise to block two state laws in Missouri that have kept clinics outside of the Planned Parenthood in St. Louis from performing abortions.
Saying he was there to show basic compassion, Gov. Jim Justice signed into law the bill that makes West Virginia the 29th state to legalize medical marijuana.
People who are freed from prison when their convictions are reversed deserve a refund of what they paid in fees, court costs and restitution, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Las Vegas is preparing to be the first city in the nation with vending machines dispensing clean needles in an effort to help combat the spread of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, while also possibly leading some drug users into treatment.
Liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices alike sounded sympathetic Wednesday to a Missouri church that says it was unfairly denied a state grant for playground improvements.
Miami Republican Sen. Frank Artiles dropped the n-word to a pair of African-American colleagues in private conversation Monday night -- after calling one of them a "fucking asshole," a "bitch" and a "girl," the two senators said.
Gov. Larry Hogan signed a series of new laws Tuesday designed to make it easier to prosecute rape cases.
The Circular Economy, Part 2/4: The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) recently analyzed the social component of a city’s resilience strategy in the face of a natural disaster. Food banks support food-insecure neighborhoods and limit the stress food waste can have on businesses, but not all food qualifies for donation. Here's how turning food waste into energy can reduce the waste stream while taking a circular approach to critical infrastructure in times of crisis.
The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction plans to integrate Native American culture and history into classroom instruction as part of a project that compiled interviews of Native American elders in the state. In addition, culturally relevant lesson plans and other curriculum were developed for teachers to use.
Lawyers on both sides of a Missouri church-and-state case were set to argue Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court, despite debate about whether Gov. Eric Greitens' announcement that religious organizations should be allowed to apply for state resources had rendered the case moot.
North Carolina will again host NCAA tournament games following last month's replacement of House Bill 2.
At least three people were arrested and at least one was left bloodied after dueling demonstrations outside Auburn University's James E. Foy Hall turned raucous before Richard Spencer spoke there Tuesday night.
Tainted by former Massachusetts chemist Annie Dookhan, thousands of drug cases are set to be dismissed.
Public service students appear to be shying away from working in government, possibly worsening the sector's longtime hiring struggle.
Gov. Kay Ivey has moved the special election date for Jeff Sessions' former U.S. Senate seat.
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