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Powered by a historic number of early voters, many in Democratic strongholds, Florida's pre-election turnout hit a record 6.4 million Monday, more than any other state and equal to half of the state's nearly 13 million voters.
The costs of Oregon's most contentious campaigns continue to rise in the final days before the election.
The fifth strongest earthquake to hit Oklahoma came Sunday night about 7:44 p.m., rattling people's nerves and shaking buildings across central Oklahoma.
The week-long work stoppage that sidelined subways, trolleys, and buses and threatened to complicate a closely contested presidential election ended in the pre-dawn hours Monday as SEPTA and leadership for the Transportation Workers Union Local 234 reached a tentative five-year agreement on a new contract for 4,738 transit personnel.
A federal judge has rejected a bid by the Pennsylvania Republican Party to legalize a call from presidential nominee Donald Trump for supporters to serve as itinerant Election Day poll watchers.
A federal judge Friday ordered three North Carolina to restore names to voter rolls that were part of a recent mass purge.
The Supreme Court cleared the way for Arizona Republican leaders to enforce a new state law that makes it felony for anyone other than family members and caregivers to deliver mail-in ballots to polling places.
Our final pre-election predictions for the Electoral College, gubernatorial, attorney general and legislative races.
A federal jury found two former aides to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie guilty of conspiring to misuse Port Authority of New York and New Jersey resources to cause tremendous traffic problems near the George Washington Bridge in September 2013 as part of a scheme to punish a local mayor.
They're a major engine of job growth. Yet most economic-development strategies focus on big businesses.
The only thing that's predictable is unpredictability. For the people who run elections, it's never too late to take inventory.
Meanwhile, state employment has changed little.
Voters in the state approved ballot measures that would, among other things, let unaffiliated voters participate in primaries.
Gov. Wolf signed into law Wednesday a package of bills intended to curb the epidemic of opioid abuse in Pennsylvania.
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.
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