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A Kanawha circuit judge Wednesday evening issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of West Virginia’s new right-to-work law.
A Lewiston-based health insurance co-op is suing the federal government, claiming it is owed $22.9 million to offset losses it suffered in 2015.
With the presidential election only three months away, a federal appeals panel Wednesday blocked a lower court ruling that would have allowed Wisconsin voters without photo IDs to sign an affidavit and cast a ballot.
When fall classes begin later this month, Kennesaw State University will open with a new housing option to help homeless students attending the college.
A former aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie alleged that the governor lied during a 2013 news conference about his senior staff and campaign manager's involvement in the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal, according to a court filing.
Key takeaways from recent surveys about crime's impact on victims.
The experiences of one Virginia county demonstrate how the technology can improve decision-making and help guide smart growth.
Some governments are moving to give citizens more of a direct role in policymaking. It's a promising experiment.
For financially distressed municipalities, it’s good to be in a state that intervenes, according to a new study.
Discrimination doesn't always appear in the most obvious places. Many government policies and practices are seemingly unbiased and uncontroversial but actually disproportionately harm minorities.
Missouri's soon-to-be former governor talks about his accomplishments and disappointments, party politics and what's next.
Sports betting fans in New Jersey may have finally run out of luck.
Baltimore police routinely violated the constitutional rights of residents by conducting unlawful stops and using excessive force, according to the findings of a long-anticipated Justice Department probe to be released Wednesday.
Nurses and doctors lobbied the state to help cover the cost of a cocktail of drugs that can protect sexual assault victims from contracting HIV.
The judge overseeing North Carolina's state-level voter ID case opened court Tuesday by reading an unusual four-minute soliloquy into the court record in response to a Raleigh think tank questioning whether he should continue to preside over the trial.
Some 50 citizens made a valiant effort Tuesday to get the State Health Council to turn back rules permitting radioactive waste disposal in North Dakota, but the council held to the approval it gave a year ago at an illegal meeting.
The 2016 race for governor of Vermont will feature Democrat Sue Minter versus Republican Phil Scott. Meanwhile Democrat David Zuckerman will face Republican Randy Brock for lieutenant governor.
A federal judge imposed the same 14-year prison sentence on Rod Blagojevich despite pleas for mercy from the former governor, his wife and two daughters.
The political newcomer who failed to unseat House Speaker Michael Madigan in the March primary filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging a litany of misdeeds by the powerful Democrat, his political organizations, other candidates in the race and an unrelated state agency.
Portland Public Schools officials knew water from district's sinks was unsafe for drinking, but declined to place explicit warnings on the fixtures as early as 2012 because they worried people might panic.
Suspended Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore will go on trial next month on judicial ethics charges after the Alabama Court of the Judiciary late Monday issued an order that denied Moore's request to dismiss the charges.
A three-term northern Virginia mayor will resign after being arrested on drug charges, reports CBS affiliate WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C.
The state's education commissioner has ordered Kentucky public school superintendents to immediately stop using a form of Aikido training to restrain students.
Responding to the "serious public health threat" of the Zika virus, Medicaid will now pay for over-the-counter mosquito repellents when prescribed by a health professional, the state announced Friday.
Mississippi's capital is showing that you don't have to be a Chicago or a New York to make good things happen.
Land Commissioner George P. Bush, who has not endorsed Donald Trump, is now asking Texas Republicans to support the party's presidential nominee.
A hurricane hasn't hit Florida on Gov. Rick Scott's watch, but he finds himself trying to guide the state through a more insidious and nearly invisible public health threat.
As Chicago officials continue to try to repair the political damage and distrust sown by past police abuses, disturbing new video emerged Friday that illustrates how much has changed in recent months and how much has not.
Shaun Donovan, President Barack Obama’s budget director, wants to run for mayor of New York City—and one of Michael Bloomberg’s top political hands is putting together a preliminary effort to draft him into the 2017 primary race against incumbent Bill de Blasio.
It was elected officials day Sunday at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kan., and the place teemed with lawmakers and their families, who received free admission and lunch and a day of fun.
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