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The 55-year-old crack addict counted his change outside a Harlem liquor store. He had just over a dollar, leaving him 35 cents short of the cheapest mini-bottle.
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday approved a constitutional amendment backed by utility companies that would maintain the status quo in how solar energy is regulated.
Last week, lawyers for the state of Texas got the latest in a string of bad legal news.
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear on Friday said that Gov. Matt Bevin should rescind his ordered mid-year cuts to university budgets within seven days, or face litigation.
A Manhattan federal judge signed off on a class-action settlement Thursday expected to drastically reduce the use of solitary confinement in New York state prisons and improve conditions in "the hole" for prisoners who undergo it.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed three bills targeting abortion providers, including one requiring them to follow outdated federal guidelines for the most common abortion drug and prescribe it at much higher doses than needed.
More than a dozen state attorneys general gathered in New York earlier this week, ostensibly to announce their support for President Obama’s efforts to combat global warming and to underscore their intention to collaborate on investigations involving climate-related issues.
The latest jobs report shows local government employment increasing, while state and federal employment stagnates.
The federal government is changing the way it reimburses states for Native Americans' health care. The implications could be big -- and not just for Native Americans.
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Thursday a federal appeals court has ruled that Arkansas and six other states can intervene in a lawsuit challenging a Federal Communications Commission order limiting the rates that can be charged for inmates’ phone calls.
With far more people behind bars than any other country—including China, Russia, and India— the United States is rightly viewed as the world’s incarceration leader. But for nearly a decade, an important domestic shift has been under way.
Gov. Christie on Thursday said he would personally campaign against a proposed constitutional amendment to expand casino gambling to North Jersey if the Assembly does not pass legislation authorizing a state takeover of Atlantic City's finances.
A new group of San Francisco police officers was implicated in exchanging bigoted text messages, fueling increased scrutiny of the city force and prompting a review of court cases handled by those officers for potential bias, authorities said Thursday.
Chicago Public Schools said it won't seek to discipline employees who take part in a one-day strike Friday, but district officials said they will launch a legal challenge to what they've maintained is an unlawful walkout by the Chicago Teachers Union.
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Mississippi’s ban on same-sex couples adopting children is unconstitutional, making gay adoption legal in all 50 states.
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Most people don't know they can get their juvenile records erased. Thanks to a group of young people, there's now an app for that.
In Minnesota, women will be paid to persuade resistant farmers to care and do something about the state's increasingly polluted waterways.
The new rules could create an influx of patients with mental health and substance abuse issues in states that are already struggling to meet the current demand.
Even in this intense presidential election season, voter turnout has been abysmal. There's a better way to get voters to participate.
Gov. Scott Walker signed 56 bills Wednesday, including ones that will block property tax increases for some public schools, bar local governments from banning plastic bags and make it illegal to use cellphones while driving in construction zones.
Abortion rights advocates in Ohio celebrated a rare victory Wednesday when the federal Food and Drug Administration relaxed requirements for a medication that induces abortion, expanding access to the procedure.
Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill into law Tuesday that mandates the state crime lab triage and process the backlog of untested rape kits sitting in police departments across Oregon.
How do fix a problem if you don’t know its size?
Rebekah Mason, the woman reputedly on the other end of the line in Gov. Robert Bentley's sexually-charged phone calls, resigned from her position as Bentley's top aide Wednesday.
As promised, Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday vetoed a bill that said no minister or religious organization could be penalized for acting on a belief that marriage should be only between a man and a woman.
A group of grad students is implementing an award-winning idea for encouraging young homeless people to use health and social services.
Clouded property titles invite neighborhood blight. Simple steps by the courts can produce huge results.
Most places focus on pensions for cost-cutting. But a new study argues it would be easier for governments to reduce the collective $1 trillion they owe in retiree health care.
What Arizona lawmakers have done gets at many of the most serious problems facing public pensions everywhere. Now it's up to the state's voters.
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