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The governor has signed a bill that makes Utah the first state to require doctors to give anesthesia to women having an abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later.
The Justice Department today announced that it is resuming a controversial practice that allows local police departments to funnel a large portion of assets seized from citizens into their own coffers under federal law.
Reeling for months since the Laquan McDonald shooting put an unflattering national spotlight on the Chicago Police Department, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday took an important step in trying to repair the damage by introducing longtime cop Eddie Johnson, an African-American, as the city's new interim police superintendent.
State Sen. Virgil Smith started serving his 10-month jail sentence today as punishment for shooting his ex-wife's Mercedes-Benz, but he never resigned from his job as a legislator.
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Other countries teach conflict resolution to at-risk youth as a way to break the cycle of violent retaliation. The idea is slowly catching on in America.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday vetoed the "religious liberty" bill that triggered a wave of criticism from gay rights groups and business leaders and presented him with one of the most consequential challenges he's faced since his election to Georgia's top office.
Abortion clinics throughout Florida will go without taxpayer funds, face increased reporting requirements and new hurdles for doctors providing the procedure under a bill signed Friday by Gov. Rick Scott.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday passed on hearing former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appeal of his conviction and 14-year prison sentence on sweeping corruption charges.
Nowhere are the problems with pension funding more evident than in Kentucky, where the state lost millions because of the stock market. Lawmakers are now debating how to recover.
Leaning forward on a two-seat swing beneath a shady tree, Ricardo Lopez ticked off his lofty political ambitions:
The wildfire in Barber County was declared 81 percent controlled on Sunday evening, according to officials.
A pilot program requiring drug screenings for public assistance applicants will soon start in West Virginia.
After former Gov. Rick Perry issued an executive order in December 2014 mandating the use of E-Verify for state agencies, some lawmakers noted the directive lacked a mechanism to ensure compliance.
California lawmakers have reached a tentative deal with labor groups to increase the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years, a move that could head off a costly fight at the ballot box in November.
Even as mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus advance northward, lawmakers in 18 states are trying to block the fetal tissue research that might reveal the keys to unlocking the disease and preventing the massive birth defects associated with it.
Policies are one thing. Implementing them is another. The next president needs to pay attention to our intergovernmental system.
We need to work harder to make it as easy to vote for Americans who struggle with English as it is for everyone else.
In an interview, Scott Pattison of the National Governors Association says he wants to guide the group through a period of fierce partisanship.
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Chicago Public Schools will provide about 250 "contingency sites" for students locked out of the classroom by a one-day teachers strike April 1, while also asking teachers who disagree with the walkout to report for work.
As Maricopa County voters dealt with excruciatingly long wait times, Pima County residents struggled with a different challenge on Tuesday: incorrect party-affiliation listings that prevented some from casting a ballot.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Republican Party appeal seeking to close Montana's primary elections in June, meaning any registered voter will be able to select a GOP ballot.
Chicago's police oversight agency has tapped an outside law firm to perform an audit on whether police shooting investigations by the agency have been conducted properly.
Gov. Mike Pence made Indiana the second state in the nation to ban abortions sought because the fetus has a disability, signing into law Thursday an expansion of the state's already restrictive abortion laws.
A controversial law that criminalizes women who give birth to drug-dependent babies will sunset later this year after a bill in front of a House committee failed Tuesday.
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The Chicago Tribune filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the Chicago Police Department violated state open-records laws by failing to produce emails sent by, received by or copied to former Superintendent Garry McCarthy.
The woman who accused Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson of molesting her two decades ago when she was a teenager in Phoenix appeared on camera to tell her story for the first time Tuesday night.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, responding to allegations from the former head of the state's law enforcement agency, said Wednesday afternoon that he made inappropriate remarks to a senior female staffer but denied participating in a "physical, sexual relationship."
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