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A federal court Tuesday ordered North Carolina to hold a special legislative election next year after 28 state House and Senate districts are redrawn to comply with a gerrymandering ruling.
For all Muni Metro passengers knew, the free rides they were getting Friday night and Saturday were a holiday gift from the transit system. Little did they know Muni was under attack from a hacker trying to squeeze $73,000 in ransom to unlock the agency's computer systems.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is emerging as President-elect Donald Trump's leading contender for interior secretary, three people close to Trump's transition team told POLITICO.
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rep. Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services signals that the new administration is all-in on both efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and restructure Medicare and Medicaid.
Richard B. Teitelman, Missouri's first legally blind Supreme Court judge, has died.
Cities have struggled with diversity in the fire service for decades. But there's a lot they could be doing to improve things.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission agreed Monday to begin a recount of the presidential election on Thursday but was sued by Green Party candidate Jill Stein after the agency declined to require county officials to recount the votes by hand.
State health officials confirmed Monday what many scientists have long suspected: The Zika virus has been transmitted by a mosquito in Texas.
Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying marijuana should be legal. But does that mean the federal government will let dozens of state pot experiments play out? Not by a long shot.
Art Sisneros just couldn't do it.
As Ohio State University students and faculty dealt with a campus attack today, the Ohio Senate this week could pass a bill that would reduce the penalty from a felony to a misdemeanor for carrying a gun on a college campus.
Kansas is one of three states that limits the availability of a life-saving drug that reverses opioid overdoses.
Shell-shocked Democrats looking to recover from 2016 see the large slate of upcoming governors races as their most likely path out of the political wilderness — starting in the Midwest.
Unlike America, which has one of the highest infant mortality rates of developed countries, Finland has one of the world's lowest.
Nashville has a program -- the first of its kind in the country -- that takes the long view on building connections, trust and leadership among New Americans.
Neil Reichenberg has devoted his career to helping the public sector hire and keep employees.
Donald Trump has consistently vowed to repeal and replace Obamacare. But he has yet to explain what he intends to replace it with.
A Utah judge frustrated over a lack of DNA results from the state crime lab said if the results aren't complete by next month, he'll put a crime lab employee behind bars.
As Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out via Twitter at Hillary Clinton over her campaign's decision to join the recount process in Wisconsin, state elections officials announced a recount will probably start Thursday.
The U.S. Justice Department has sued Bernards Township, N.J., alleging that it delayed for nearly four years an Islamic community's effort to build a mosque, and ultimately denied the application out of prejudice against Muslims.
State Rep. David Hillman of Almyra announced his switch to the Republican Party on Tuesday weeks after being re-elected to his third term as a Democrat, solidifying the GOP's "supermajority" control of Arkansas' lower house.
Don't look for apologies from the North Dakota sheriff leading the response to the Dakota Access oil pipeline protests, especially for the recent — and, in some circles, controversial — action against demonstrators who he believes have become increasingly aggressive.
In Maine, where Gov. Paul R. LePage backed Donald J. Trump’s campaign for the presidency, some political observers are wondering if the state will soon see results from that. Might Mr. Trump lend his support, for instance, to reversing a recent federal parkland designation that Mr. LePage strongly opposed?
Federal education officials are pleading with school districts, including some in Georgia, to stop using corporal punishment as a means of student discipline.
The state's health commissioner announced Monday that the opioid addiction crisis is an official public health emergency in Virginia and created a standing order that anyone can obtain a rescue drug at pharmacies to treat overdoses.
Republican Gov. Pat McCrory requested a recount Tuesday in his race with Democrat Roy Cooper, and a federal lawsuit was filed Monday asking the courts to issue a restraining order against more than 90,000 ballots cast across North Carolina.
Less than a third of government workers feel connected to their jobs. Improving that statistic should be a top priority.
The presidential election disappointed advocates, but there's plenty of momentum in the states.
A Texas judge blocked President Barack Obama's bid to expand overtime pay protections to millions of Americans on Tuesday, thwarting a key presidential priority just days before it was to take effect.
After a Baton Rouge Police officer shot and killed Alton Sterling in July, hundreds took to the city's streets in protest. Now, City Hall will pay out a few hundred dollars apiece to more than 90 protesters, including Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, who sued the city after their arrests.
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