News
Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday signed into law a needle exchange program to combat HIV in Miami-Dade County and new requirements that rape kits be tested within 120 days.
Delivering a potentially serious blow to one of the fastest growing production hubs in the country, Walt Disney Co. is threatening to no longer film in the state of Georgia if an anti-gay bill is signed into law there.
he North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday approved and sent to the governor a bill that would prevent local governments from passing nondiscrimination ordinances and from opening bathrooms for people to use based on the gender with which they identify.
After a slowdown during the economic downturn, the great migration to the South and Southwest is back.
A panel appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder acknowledges missteps at all levels of government, but says the state's governor, agencies and emergency managers are chiefly to blame.
Gov. Tom Wolf said this afternoon he will allow an appropriations bill to complete this year's state budget to become law without his signature.
A variation on the existing model would provide a money back guarantee should a project fail.
The most important election news and political dynamics at the state and local levels.
While states are focused on the opioid epidemic, they may not be paying enough attention to the lab-created drugs that are hard to control.
The state’s secretary of transportation, Stephanie Pollack, is a liberal in a conservative administration and an advocate in an administrative post. But she’s making it work.
States and cities want to support women- and minority-owned businesses. But they often don’t know who they’re really paying.
North Carolina's fight over LGBT protections is part of a larger recent shift in political dynamics: States are thwarting local laws any chance they get -- while simultaneously complaining about federal intrusion on their own.
The former mayor, convicted of corruption, is trying to win back voters’ trust. The odds are she will.
The nation's prescription opioid and heroin abuse epidemic took center stage in Washington on Tuesday as the White House, Congress and regulatory agencies all weighed in on the issue that has captured the attention of Democrats and Republicans.
State lawmakers now face a political ultimatum over California's minimum wage: quickly take action to boost it above the current $10 an hour, or stand aside for a fall campaign in which voters are urged to do it themselves.
They're doing what they can on this challenging issue, but they think it's a problem Washington and state governments should solve.
When passengers board a public bus in Maryland, chances are they’re not only on camera, but their conversations are being recorded as well.
Hackers demanded a ransom from two more Southern California hospitals last week and federal authorities are investigating the case.
Sarah Palin is ready to bring her folksy, backwoods wisdom to court.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich called for the destruction of the terrorist movement that attacked an airport and subway station in Belgium while disagreeing with more aggressive rhetoric from his opponents for the Republican presidential nomination on an issue that is a high priority with GOP voters.
The New York City Council passed sweeping changes to the zoning code on Tuesday, compelling private developers to build low-cost rental units and handing Mayor Bill de Blasio a victory on the centerpiece of his efforts to blunt neighborhood gentrification.
If you have experienced issues trying to vote online for today's Republican party political caucus, you may not be alone.
Asking government workers to contribute more is reasonable. Setting out to punish them isn't.
A new award-winning website aims to better educate voters about downballot races, which people often know little (if anything) about.
Our latest Electoral College handicapping shows nearly a dozen states are increasingly leaning toward picking a Democrat to be the next president.
The city may build an aerial gondola to shuttle people into and out of its oldest neighborhood.
The ruling lets unions keep collecting fees from nonunion members -- for now. The case is likely to be retried.
You’ve probably read about the Windy City’s money problems. But chances are they're worse than you thought, and a recent ruling didn't help.
It’s one of the few issues with bipartisan support in Washington. But for several reasons, the chances for change this year are dwindling.
Many of the governors with the highest approval ratings were elected on the other party’s turf.
Most Read
