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The U.S. Supreme Court has put the Obama administration's plan to cut carbon emissions on hold.
Government needs to compete with the private sector for the best workers. And it's simply the right thing to do.
Is a 30-year bond realistic when the economic lives of stadiums are proving to be much shorter?
More than 40,000 recently released Maryland felons will regain the right to vote in time for this year's election.
A third Supreme Judicial Court justice in the matter of weeks announced her retirement today, further clearing the seven-member bench and allowing Gov. Charlie Baker to reshape the state's highest court.
The U.S. Department of Justice accused Ferguson of numerous constitutional violations in a 56-page lawsuit filed Wednesday, saying that the City Council had in fact rejected a proposed agreement the night before _ despite Ferguson officials repeated claims to the contrary.
In a fresh bid to confront a problem that has confounded lawmakers for decades, Los Angeles city and county officials approved sweeping plans Tuesday aimed at getting thousands of homeless people off the streets.
Expanding Medicaid coverage in Wyoming is the right thing to do, Gov. Matt Mead told a group of like-minded residents Monday.
North Carolina's legal fight over its election map approached its end game Tuesday with the state asking the Supreme Court to take the case in hopes of protecting next month's primary.
A Black Lives Matter activist killed himself on the front steps of the Ohio Statehouse just minutes before 6 p.m. Monday, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.
With a late surge propelling him to a solid albeit distant second place in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, Ohio Gov. John Kasich vaulted into the top tier of GOP presidential contenders.
The Supreme Court dealt a surprising setback to President Barack Obama on Tuesday by putting his climate change policy on hold while coal producers and Republican-led states challenge its legality.
The president's budget outlines ambitious spending proposals in health care and infrastructure -- though their likelihood of passing is slim.
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The state's welfare agency tried new strategies to help parents and child care providers avoid an interruption in benefits.
More than a dozen states have strengthened laws over the past two years to keep firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers, a rare area of consensus in the nation's highly polarized debate over guns.
The Obama administration will ask Congress for $1.8 billion in emergency funding to combat the Zika virus _ a disease that the president says is a cause for concern but not panic.
More than eight months before Gov. Rick Snyder disclosed a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak in the Flint area, federal health officials worried a lack of cooperation in Michigan could be hampering the public health response.
This time last year, talk in the Capitol swirled around how newly elected Gov. Wolf's first budget was going to be bold and controversial.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont prevailed in an early test of the New Hampshire primary, with a quaint town's nine voters casting the state's first-in-the-nation ballots at midnight Monday.
Former New York mayor and billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg has confirmed for the first time that he is looking at a possible bid for the US presidency, British media reported Tuesday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday issued a series of rules designed to stop the use of conversion therapy, in which therapists try to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of gay, lesbian or transgender people.
Two Republican governors whose White House dreams hinge on Tuesday's New Hampshire primary were the biggest winners at Saturday's GOP debate, while first-term Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who has been surging in recent polls, saw his hopes damaged when he was exposed as being overly scripted and inexperienced.
In her final State-of-the-State address to lawmakers, Gov. Maggie Hassan touted the work they have done together and urged them to continue addressing the critical challenges facing New Hampshire.
A Chicago police officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old college student and accidentally killed his neighbor filed a lawsuit against the teenager's estate Friday, arguing the student's actions prompted the shooting and caused the officer "extreme emotional trauma."
George "Duf" Sundheim, donning his "Duf Sundheim" navy blue fleece jacket and khaki pants, strode down the center aisle inside the Destiny Fellowship Church, wading into the crowded pews at a tea party meeting in the northern reaches of California.
Solving the problems of contaminated water in Flint has to remain a local, state and national priority for the foreseeable future, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told city residents gathered in a Baptist church Sunday afternoon.
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory escaped injury after the vehicle he was riding in was rear-ended on Highway 237 less than an hour after Super Bowl 50 let out at nearby Levi's Stadium, authorities said.
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