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Californians were the only to agree to raise the price of tobacco. Will it impact smoking rates?
As public interactions are driven by data, government has an obligation to make that information accessible.
Another shoe has dropped on the West Virginia economy, as another of the "big three" credit rating agencies downgraded the state's bond rating Wednesday.
Like Donald Trump, the candidates for Missouri governor are making it difficult to determine how much they earned and paid in taxes last year.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday soundly struck down New Hampshire's ban on ballot selfies concluding it restricted innocent, political speech in the pursuit of what the judges called an "unsubstantiated and hypothetical danger" of vote-buying.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Wednesday that eliminates the 10-year statute of limitations on rape -- a concern that emerged last year as dozens of women stepped forward to accuse actor Bill Cosby of rape but were unable to pursue criminal charges.
Gov. Christie returned to his drug recovery message Tuesday as he announced expanded efforts by the state to tackle opioid addiction.
The answer is apparently not blowing in the wind. At least not in Wyoming. At least not for the state's Republican-led Legislature, which has spent months looking for ways to close a multimillion-dollar gap in the state budget.
For African-American boys, the presumption of guilt starts before they have entered a kindergarten classroom, new research shows.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Alabama's ban on transfers between political action committees, saying it didn't affect a political group's ability to make independent expenditures.
The most important election news and political dynamics at the state and local levels.
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.
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