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The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Department of Corrections to temporarily delay Thomas Arthur's execution as they review his pending appeals.
While top city officials were on retreat at a Poconos resort, FBI agents executed a search warrant at Paterson Mayor Joey Torres’ City Hall office Thursday evening, capping a daylong hunt for documents in a fraud investigation involving the use of federal funds for a controversial prison-reentry project, city officials said.
Big-money corporate lobbying has reached into one of the most obscure corners of state government: the offices of secretaries of state, the people charged with running elections impartially.
The offices were filthy. Not enough phones; not enough computers. Just overwhelming caseloads, and not enough hours to handle them. As a result, some courtrooms, according to one attorney, became guilty-plea assembly lines.
Worried that California might legalize recreational marijuana, the state's third-largest city by population has voted to ban pot sales ahead of Tuesday's election.
Democrats have lost control of 20 legislative chambers since Barack Obama took office. But with the president's help, they should gain some back on Tuesday.
The ballot measure to make the state’s electric utility compete for business was backed by a group of heavy hitters in Nevada politics.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Americans' support for capital punishment has been waning, but you wouldn't know that by looking at Tuesday's election results.
"Most places don’t like to think about teens having sex." But that's not the only reason.
Getting rid of paper applications speeds up the hiring process, but it can lead to the wrong people making the cut.
Getting people to care about their communities is far more important than grabbing their attention for a measurable metric.
Democrat Roy Cooper has continued to outraise and outspend Republican Gov. Pat McCrory in what has become the most expensive gubernatorial race in North Carolina history.
Libertarian candidate for Indiana governor Rex Bell of Hagerstown was taken to Reid Health after he suffered a medical incident Wednesday night.
The Montana Supreme Court says citizens have a right to trial by jury before the state can take private property in civil forfeiture cases, a ruling that bolsters a law that state legislators passed last year to limit police seizures.
Voters will have many options at the polls Tuesday. Taking a selfie of their ballot won't be one of them.
When she votes this fall, veteran Miami Republican lawmaker Anitere Flores might not be able to vote for herself.
West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously reversed Wednesday a ruling that favored state education unions, in a case stretching back to 2011 and dealing with whom is defined as a "teacher."
New Hampshire and Vermont, one of Hillary Clinton's strongest states, are the GOP's best chances to increase their gubernatorial numbers this year.
Saint Paul, Minn., positions stormwater as a resource.
The 2015-2016 state supreme court election cycle has attracted big money from outside groups.
New data shows some public-sector workers are suffering fewer injuries and illnesses, while others aren't experiencing any improvement.
Montana’s new campaign disclosure law has survived its first test, with a federal judge rejecting arguments that it unconstitutionally interferes with the free speech of groups that want to influence elections without revealing where they get their money or how they spend it.
The superintendents and elected school boards of 11 Texas districts — including Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth — have been ordered by the state education agency to attend two-day training programs to learn how to fix their failing schools.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's campaign Tuesday said the mayor won't return a $50,000 campaign contribution from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
State officials on Tuesday rejected Atlantic City’s five-year fiscal recovery plan that city officials had spent the previous 150 days designing, setting the stage for a likely court battle — and perhaps ultimately a state takeover of the beleaguered city’s finances.
For many women in California, a new law that was supposed to make getting birth control easier has been a little disappointing.
Guns cannot be carried onto school property unless someone is picking up or dropping off a student, the state's top court ruled Monday.
An explosion and fire at a pipeline that delivers about one-third of the gasoline used on the East Coast is expected to raise prices at the pump and shows the fragility of a delivery system that is relied upon by tens of millions of people.
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