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Jefferson's and Hamilton's conflicting ideas are baked into our civic DNA. We need to embrace both of them.
A federal judge Tuesday blocked Election Day voter registration at polling places in Illinois, declaring a state law allowing the practice unconstitutional because it created one set of rules for cities and another for rural areas.
Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee and Republican challenger Bill Bryant sketched starkly different pictures on Monday night of how Washington has fared over the past four years.
Rick Perry did not survive to dance another day.
State officials have warned social service workers they could face disciplinary action "up to and including dismissal" for talking to the news media without permission.
Fifty-plus investment managers with more than $2.1 trillion under management are calling for a full repeal of North Carolina's House Bill 2, the controversial law that limits protections for LGBT individuals.
As pressure mounted for answers to what was causing traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge in 2013, top Port Authority officials were revealing details of their scheme to close the lanes but only to a circle of high-ranking officials that included Gov. Chris Christie, the admitted mastermind of the plot said in federal court Tuesday.
House Republicans late Tuesday acquiesced to Democrats' demands for aid to address the Flint, Mich., water contamination crisis, when the Rules Committee voted to allow an amendment to a water resources measure that would authorize $170 million in assistance to the city.
Police officers across the country misuse confidential law enforcement databases to get information on romantic partners, business associates, neighbors, journalists and others for reasons that have nothing to do with daily police work, an Associated Press investigation has found.
One of the goals of President Obama's signature health reform is to focus more on population health, but the programs are off to a slow start.
It was once practically impossible to get a building inspected in the city. Now it’s easier than ever.
In just over a decade, officials want to cover a quarter of the city in shade.
Voters generally agreed to raise the age limits -- but not do away with them altogether.
Rarely do politicians quarrel as openly as Kentucky’s governor and attorney general. Family ties may have something to do with it.
Mayor Sylvester Turner is garnering praise for his proposal's comprehensiveness and balance.
It’s also one of the oldest tourist destinations.
But there's a major difference between today’s efforts and the tobacco lawsuits of the 1990s.
A new approach asks recipients to look past short-term work and instead focus on making choices that will improve the rest of their lives.
Judges are starting to strike down the laws, calling them racist. But their survival depends on the outcome of the November election.
As states consider following Tennessee’s footsteps, they’ll be closely watching its experience.
These are some of the nation’s most surprising, unique and out-of-the-way spots where people cast their ballots.
Several governors are using nonprofits to get themselves elected and promote their agendas once in office -- without ever having to disclose where the money came from.
The laws are meant to make it easier for ex-felons to get hired. But they're having the opposite impact on some people who don't even have a criminal history.
Four contests are competitive, giving Republicans a chance to flip three seats.
Gov. Paul LePage said he has been keeping a binder of photos to prove that most of the drug dealers arrested in Maine are blacks or Hispanics, but people of those races account for only 40 percent of the photos in the binder.
It's easy for politicians to set goals for their cities. It's far, far harder to achieve them.
Chicago Public Schools' financial reputation took another hit from a major Wall Street credit ratings agency on Monday.
One morning in September 2014, when Jahnira Jones had just started seventh grade at Richard Allen Prep Charter School, her after-school plans weighed on her mind.
Gov. Sam Brownback’s advisory council pulled the plug on a quarterly report developed to assure timely analysis of the administration’s economic policies.
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