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Gov. Paul LePage privately called on his fellow Republican governors to disavow Donald Trump less than a week before LePage publicly endorsed the Republican presidential front-runner, according a newspaper report published Saturday.
States are starting to consider the problems with Alzheimer's care more seriously. But they have a long way to go.
Gov. Mary Fallin signed an executive order Wednesday requiring state agencies to eliminate questions about felony convictions from employment applications.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder removed his communications director and press secretary Thursday amid the ongoing Flint drinking water crisis, after each had been in their posts only a few months.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval took himself out of consideration Thursday for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, a day after his name surfaced in speculation to fill the vacancy created by the death of Antonin Scalia.
A federal appellate court gave Louisiana the go-ahead Wednesday to enforce a 2014 state law requiring abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinics, a requirement clinic advocates say would force the closure of all but one of the state's facilities.
We learned from the failures that followed Hurricane Katrina. Will Flint's calamity teach us as well?
Two new initiatives show the increasing sophistication of an approach that pays social-services providers only for programs that work.
More than half a dozen governors are worth more than $100 million, worrying many about the influence of money on state politics.
Spurred by lawsuits and a growing understanding of the population’s challenges, some states are making detention centers safer for and more accepting of LGBT youth.
One of the nation’s most prominent libertarian legal activists is the newest member of the Arizona Supreme Court.
As this election year unfolds, our voting process will face intense scrutiny. A commitment to ethics is essential.
New York governors and mayors have often squabbled, but no one can remember a time when relations were worse -- and costing New York City so much.
With more qualified people in the position, the job is becoming more of a stepping stone to higher office.
Panama City Beach, Fla., gives new meaning to the phrase drunk tank.
Puerto Rican immigrants -- many of them sick and in need of care -- are flocking to the states in unprecedented numbers. New York has volunteered to help the island, but it may not be able to.
Divided government is always challenging, but what's happening in Maine right now -- where Gov. Paul LePage and the legislature are barely on speaking terms -- is an exercise in extreme political hostility.
Can the strategy, which was originally developed to reduce gang violence, be replicated elsewhere?
In order for driverless cars to conquer the road, someone has to write the rules for their use. Right now, it’s not clear who that someone will be.
Despite federal pressure to find a new approach to dealing with the homeless, San Francisco has joined the long list of cities that have forced them out of public spaces.
The programs states are launching for private-sector workers are a good idea, and there are a couple of ways to make them significantly stronger.
Massachusetts, like many states, uses tax credits to attract companies. But also like many states, it struggles to track the effectiveness of these programs.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
The most important election news and political dynamics at the state and local levels.
Robert Davis, a self-described corruption crusader who has also been jailed on embezzlement charges, has filed his latest lawsuit alleging faulty governmental practices.
With a bit more snow in the Sierra than in years past, California officials on Wednesday boosted the amount of water they expect to deliver this year from the state's mountain-fed reservoirs.
A dispute over the constitutionality of a 2014 state law restricting the use of abortion-inducing drugs is headed back to a lower court.
A question buzzed through the Oregon Senate late Wednesday, an hour before a scheduled 5 p.m. floor session: Where are the Republicans?
The U.S. Department of Justice will spend the next four years looking over the shoulders of Miami's 1,300-member police force, after city commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to approve a policing agreement with the federal government.
The White House is considering picking the Republican governor from Nevada to fill the current vacancy on the Supreme Court, scrambling political calculations in what is expected to be a contentious confirmation battle in which Senate Republicans have pledged to play the role of roadblock.
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