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Marking a major shift in California water policy, state regulators Wednesday voted to lift the statewide conservation targets that for the past year have required dramatic cutbacks in irrigation and household water use for the Sacramento region and urban communities across the state.
Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation Wednesday to expand the state Supreme Court to seven justices from five, saying the additional judges will allow the court to take on more cases and ensure "swift justice."
It was supposed to be the easiest section of the high-speed rail project: a 119-mile stretch in the Central Valley that would serve as the testing ground for the high-speed trains before tracks are expanded south to Los Angeles and north to San Francisco.
A former Arizona state representative has been charged with first-degree murder Monday in the shooting death of a man at a remote cabin in southeast Alaska, according to court documents.
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Montana's campaign contribution limits, just three weeks before the state's primary.
Near rock bottom in state chambers, Democrats are hoping to capitalize on a presidential year.
They no longer can count on Washington or their states. They need the authority to find creative local solutions.
State Treasurer John Chiang's Tuesday entry into California's 2018 governor's race kicks off what is expected to be a fierce and crowded contest for the state's premiere political prize.
Salem oncologist Bud Pierce defeated Allen Alley for the Republican bid to unseat Democratic Gov. Kate Brown in November.
Front-runner Ted Wheeler won the race to become Portland's next mayor Tuesday night, securing enough votes to claim the election outright and avoid a protracted campaign into November.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, under fire for months over how the city investigates excessive force allegations against Chicago police, plans to propose abolishing the city's beleaguered Independent Police Review Authority.
Bernie Sanders clashed with Democratic Party leaders Tuesday over violence that erupted over the weekend at the Nevada Democratic convention, which party official blamed on a disgruntled group of Sanders supporters.
In a Phoenix suburb in March, protesters parked about two-dozen cars in the middle of the highway to stop drivers on their way to an outdoor rally for Donald Trump and Joe Arpaio, the controversial Arizona sheriff.
In a strike against the District’s strict firearms laws, a federal judge has blocked the city’s police chief from requiring gun owners to prove they have a “good reason” to obtain a concealed carry permit.
Employers seeking to get workers to join wellness programs and provide medical information can set financial rewards – or penalties – of up to 30 percent of the cost for an individual in the company’s health insurance plan, according to controversial rules finalized by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Monday.
More than six decades after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” has no place in the nation’s public school system, a federal court has ordered the schools in a small Mississippi town to finally integrate.
Fiscal and competitive pressures are leading state universities to admit a lot more out-of-state students. That doesn't sit well with a lot of people.
It depends on how governments use the results.
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that outside lawyers hired by the Ohio Attorney General's office can attempt to collect debt from Ohioans using letters on Attorney General letterhead.
A bill that will reduce the number of consecutive months families can receive welfare was signed Monday by Gov. Sam Brownback, who says it will help push people out into the work force faster.
Her intense focus on the minutia of the streets confuses cause and effect and virtually ignores infrastructure.
Bolstered by the federal health care law, the number of lower income kids getting health coverage continues to improve, a recent study found.
California voters this fall will likely wade through the longest list of state propositions since Bill Clinton was president, a sizable batch of proposed laws that is likely to spark a record amount of campaign spending.
Nearly two weeks after dropping out of the 2016 presidential race, John Kasich says he remains undecided whether he will back Donald Trump, and thus still has no interest in becoming the presumed GOP nominee's running mate.
After watching Donald Trump gain traction on the campaign trail with talk of border walls and mass deportations, Indiana lawmaker Mike Delph decided it was time to take action in his state.
The Constitution protects the right to buy and sell firearms as well as the right to own them, a federal appeals court said Monday in reviving a lawsuit challenging an Alameda County ordinance banning gun shops within 500 feet of a residential neighborhood or a school.
Nearly 1,000 nonviolent drug offenders will be eligible for early release from Iowa prisons over the next five years as part of a sentencing reform bill that Gov. Terry Branstad signed into law Thursday.
Hawaii has filed the first state lawsuit against Japanese manufacturer Takata Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. alleging they intentionally sold cars that were made with dangerous air bags.
A federal judge has struck down some of Kentucky's judicial conduct rules meant to keep nonpartisan judges and judicial candidates out of organized politics.
Anti-abortion advocates have allegedly found stealthier ways to shut down clinics.
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