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A Utah prosecutor plans to file a misdemeanor drug charge next week against the wife of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Weinholtz for allegedly mailing marijuana to the couple's home for use in treating her arthritis pain.
The Indiana State AFL-CIO kicked off a Protect Hoosier Jobs tour at Laborers' Local 41 headquarters on Tuesday, aimed at defeating what it calls the "Pence-Holcomb agenda."
In an effort to attract self-driving car researchers to the state, the Iowa Department of Transportation has hired a tech company to create detailed and real-time maps of road conditions on Interstate 380.
To many residents in this tiny town in southern Vermont, the last-minute offer of cash was a blatant attempt to buy their votes.
A six-month investigation of the San Francisco Police Department by the U.S. Justice Department, prompted by the killing of Mario Woods and other fatal police shootings, concludes that the department does a poor job of tracking and investigating officers' use of force, has ineffective antibias training and shields its disciplinary process from public view.
GOP lawmakers in the state have been trying to pass a voter ID law for a decade. They finally got their way.
Donald Trump has divided the GOP. Democrats are hoping to use that as an opportunity to rebuild their ranks in state legislatures.
New rules are forcing states and localities to calculate how much revenue they’re losing to business deals -- and whether they pay off. It’s something Washington state has been doing for a decade.
Washington, D.C.’s Metro has many daunting problems, partially because of the unique way it’s funded and managed. Its new management
team is tasked with fixing all of them.
The Dallas police chief was hailed as a national leader, yet his own cops wanted him to quit.
Municipalities spend more than a billion dollars a year on settlements and claims from citizens. Some are trying hard to rein in those costs.
Even though most polls are working with decades-old machines that lose or miscount votes, states and the federal government are largely ignoring the problem.
Yuba County, Calif., is just the latest government to join the craze.
Chapter 9 bankruptcies and debt defaults have driven a surge in monitoring -- and the localities seem to appreciate it.
It’s nearly impossible for incumbents to lose a primary. So when they do get the boot, what happened?
Americans want to live more sustainable lives. Can governments keep up?
A new study suggests outsourcing government services can disproportionately impact low-income users' finances, health and safety.
With most newborn screenings still done on paper, there’s a born-again push to improve and speed up the process for detecting health problems.
The site of a long-gone but still-criticized public housing complex in St. Louis is being redeveloped. Will history repeat itself?
It’s part of a new philanthropic approach to improving neighborhoods.
The federal government is closing them, but that doesn’t mean states will.
Data-rich businesses are positioned to help their communities. It's an opportunity for data philanthropy.
According to our state-by-state projections, Democrats have their best chance since 2010 to take back control of some chambers.
Phil Scott and Sue Minter have made affordability a central part of their gubernatorial campaigns.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Weinholtz said Tuesday that Donald Trump has a long history of mistreating women and that Gov. Gary Herbert only dropped his support for the Republican candidate to save himself from political fallout.
In a hard-hitting and wide-ranging debate, Republican Pat McCrory and Attorney General Roy Cooper sparred over House Bill 2, their own records and the two major presidential candidates.
Kansas lawmakers have set aside money for 10 extra days in their legislative session next year, expecting it to run 100 days.
Jurors deliberating in the murder trial of two officers who shot and killed homeless camper James Boyd were not able to agree on a verdict.
More than a dozen police officers violated city policy Tuesday when they appeared in a short video tweeted by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, officials said.
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