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The state will appeal a federal judge's ruling Friday blocking Ohio lawmakers' attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, which will make Rep. Tim Ginter happy.
Democrats and voting rights advocates cried foul Monday over Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's last-minute veto of a bill that would make voter registration automatic in time for the 2018 election, vowing to push for an override when lawmakers return to the Capitol in late November.
After two nights of violent unrest in which 11 law enforcement officers were injured and a man suffered a life-threatening gunshot injury, Milwaukee braced Monday for a 10 p.m. curfew for teens.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was convicted Monday of perjury, obstruction and other crimes after squandering her once-bright political future on an illegal vendetta against an enemy.
It's bad enough that they're underfunded. Paltry investment returns are likely to make things even worse.
A federal judge Friday blocked Texas from enforcing a state law that limits the availability of interpreters in polling places, ruling that it violates protections guaranteed by the U.S. Voting Rights Act.
More states are rejecting federal funding for evidence-based sex education. That could mean a return of abstinence-only instruction in many schools.
Not long after it became clear that the robust winds that blow down from the Rocky Mountains and across the sea of sagebrush here could produce plenty of profit in a world that wants more renewable energy, some of the more expansive minds in the Wyoming Legislature began entertaining a lofty question:
Lawyers cannot provide legal services to establish, operate, or help someone do business with a medical marijuana business in Ohio, even though the state is about to legalize its use, according to an Ohio Supreme Court board.
The U.S. Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the state of Mississippi over the way it treats the mentally ill.
More than 7,000 people have been rescued, along with hundreds of pets, and three people have died as a result of flooding caused by historic amounts of rain falling on south Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Sunday.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker put the National Guard on alert Sunday as Milwaukee grappled with the shooting of a 23-year-old black man by a police officer, an event that prompted fiery riots and gave rise to soul-searching among residents in one of the nation's most segregated cities, even as details of the man's death remained murky.
The federal state of emergency in Flint, Mich. expires today, as the city continues to navigate a public health crisis caused by lead-laced water.
Colorado's robust system for tracking the drug and its effects provides a glimpse of a better system of controls.
To entice the talented, dedicated workers the public sector needs, there's no substitute for brand-building.
We have plenty of capital that could be tapped. Instead, we turn to P3s and other bromides.
Advocates around the country are weighing in on ballot measures that would drastically change South Dakota's elections, weaken the state’s Republican Party and send a message all over.
The number of laptops, tablet computers and other devices in Vermont schools has exploded in the last several years, according to a new Agency of Education technology survey.
The mayor of Rosemont has been cleared to get a 53 percent raise to $260,000 next year.
In California, the first state to guarantee paid family leave for all workers since 2004, payroll deductions fund a state-run insurance pool that allows employees to take off up to six weeks at partial income.
Another corner of Miami's Wynwood neighborhood was removed from the Zika hot zone Thursday even as the number of local cases jumped by three.
A needle exchange program in Wilmington could be expanded statewide after Gov. Jack Markell signed legislation Thursday.
Six years after Baltimore established a review team to oversee reforms to sexual assault investigations, the Department of Justice reported evidence of continuing bias and failure to look into cases properly.
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The three Democratic candidates for governor differed over raising taxes and legalizing marijuana, largely in a civil way, during a broadcast debate Wednesday.
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More ethics complaints have been lodged in the race to become Missouri's next governor.
A measure to legalize daily fantasy sports was tucked inside a nearly $1 billion economic development bill signed by Gov. Charlie Baker yesterday -- a move the CEO of DraftKings says will let the company add hundreds of jobs.
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