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Thousands of demonstrators descended on the state capitol Monday for the first day of the North Carolina General Assembly's short session. The flashpoint: House Bill 2.
A federal judge has upheld North Carolina's voter ID law in a ruling posted Monday evening.
How people in Austin, Texas, vote next month on background checks for ride-hailing drivers could have big consequences for cities across the country.
With more cases cropping up by the day, local governments have to act quickly -- and without help from the federal government.
A Texas appeals court delivered a big loss on Thursday to a group of home health agencies and parents of children with disabilities who sued the state over payment cuts to in-home therapy providers.
Bruce Springsteen canceled a concert in North Carolina, and Sharon Stone scrapped plans to film a movie in Mississippi.
A federal wiretap that reportedly recorded Mayor Martin J. Walsh when he was head of the Boston Building Trades pressuring a developer to use union labor is part of a broader probe that, according to Walsh's spokeswoman, "has little to do with the Walsh Administration."
When Emma Quintero moved into her modest, bright blue house eight years ago, she'd watch neighbors pass by on their way to fish the murky waters of two sprawling reservoirs and irrigation canals that reach into the Rio Grande Valley like tentacles, delivering water to fields of citrus and vegetables.
Three officials responsible for maintaining safe water in Flint tinkered with evidence, tweaked testing and misled county and federal officials, helping to set in motion the contamination of the city's drinking water with lead, according to criminal charges filed by Michigan's chief law enforcement official Wednesday.
The decision by Virginia's Democratic governor, Terry McAuliffe, to reinstate the voting rights of almost a quarter of a million convicted felons could reverberate into the general election.
In the latest effort to upend Republican front-runner Donald Trump's bid for the presidential nomination, the campaigns of rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced Sunday night that they would join for a divide-and-conquer strategy in three states as they scramble to seize remaining delegates in a rapidly dwindling primary season.
Congress rejected the president's proposal for tuition-free community college, so his administration is instead helping regions launch the program themselves.
Republicans currently dominate the office that holds significant power over elections.
The nation’s only state-owned bank reported about $130.7 million in net income, cruising past the $111 million reported for 2014.
Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Chris Traylor plans to retire at the end of May after 11 months on the job, according to sources briefed on the decision.
Gov. John Bel Edwards will require thousands of non-working, childless adults who receive food stamps to participate in job search and skills training programs to continue getting the assistance.
The Alabama Legislature overwhelmingly passed a budget that calls for spending $6.3 billion from the Education Trust Fund on K-12 schools, community colleges, four-year universities and other programs, 5.6 percent more than this year. Lawmakers also voted to give teachers and most other education employees a 4 percent cost of living raise.
Richmond’s fraud app allows residents to report government waste, fraud and abuse. Though fraud apps can cost thousands to develop, auditors say the money they help recover can more than outweigh their costs.
The Virginia Legislature accepted Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s plan to hire pharmacies to secretly supply the state with execution drugs, joining three other states with similar laws.
A 2014 law requiring all New Jersey municipalities to outfit new police patrol cars with dashboard cameras is unconstitutional because it does not provide an adequate funding source, according to a state board ruling.
Uber has agreed to pay up to $100 million and make several policy concessions to settle a pair of major class-action lawsuits in two states that will keep its drivers independent contractors instead of employees, both sides announced Thursday night.
Nebraska will allow thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to work in at least 170 professions that require state licenses after lawmakers overrode Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts' veto of the measure.
Suicide in the United States has surged to the highest levels in nearly 30 years, a federal data analysis has found, with increases in every age group except older adults. The rise was particularly steep for women. It was also substantial among middle-aged Americans, sending a signal of deep anguish from a group whose suicide rates had been stable or falling since the 1950s
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states can draw legislative districts with slightly different populations in an effort to benefit minority groups, even if the results help one political party over the other.
Our state, local and federal governments need to ramp up the sharing of technology and data beyond their enterprises.
Technology has a role in moving toward a goal of zero waste, but so does the "soft" infrastructure of citizen activism and effective policies.
Public officials need to understand how opinion research is evolving to meet modern challenges.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
A wildfire in Shenandoah National Park nearly doubled in size on Tuesday, thanks to strong winds and low humidity. The National Park Service says the blaze, named the Rocky Mount fire, has charred 4,000 acres.
A new federal study finds Oregon's child welfare system is failing across the board when it comes to keeping thousands of children in state care safe and healthy. According to the report, caseworkers are still taking too long to check on allegations of abuse and neglect.
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