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A polarizing symbol is disappearing from the Florida Senate, after senators endorsed a proposal Monday to remove the Confederate battle flag from their official seal.
New York State has agreed to hire a monitor and a research expert to serve as watchdogs of the New York City foster care system to settle a federal class-action lawsuit that alleges foster children are enduring irreparable harm after lingering too long without permanent families.
Arizona will become the first and only state to impose a one-year lifetime limit for impoverished households receiving federal benefits from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program – a move that will cut payments to about 1,600 families in July.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson will not seek a third term next year, he announced late Tuesday.
In a county with more than 50 districts, schools are putting parents in charge of tackling problems that may have otherwise been ignored. It may be a model for other municipalities.
Voters agreed to invest taxpayer money into infrastructure but rejected a measure to divert money from the state's rainy day fund toward transportation.
Already in the minority, Democratic attorneys general face upcoming elections in a tough mix of states. We break down the likely outcome of each.
Officials in the states have signed an agreement to cooperate to promote the region's shared energy interests.
Same states have increased efforts to reunite owners with their property. Others many have changed laws to let state governments take control of unclaimed property faster.
Gov. Robert Bentley reversed his position and announced last week that the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency would return driver's license examiners to 31 rural counties, at least on a limited basis.
Since Assembly Bill 60, which resulted in driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants, went into effect in January, the state’s organ and tissue registry, operated by the nonprofit organization Donate Life California, has seen its donor list grow by 30 percent.
A cold winter and an improved economy fueled a 14 percent rise in carbon emissions in 2014, despite years of progress.
The Judicial Conduct Board, said 50 images emailed to Justice Michael Eakin could "best be described as mildly pornographic or sexually suggestive in the vein of material that appears commonly in Playboy magazine."
The state of Ohio on Monday put off its resumption of executions for another year as it continues to struggle to find the drugs it would prefer to use for lethal injections
A pro-death penalty group has submitted enough valid signatures to postpone the repeal of capital punishment and place a referendum on the issue on the November 2016 ballot, it was confirmed Friday.
Judge Marvin Wiggins’s courtroom was packed on a September morning. The docket listed hundreds of offenders who owed fines or fees for a wide variety of crimes — hunting after dark, assault, drug possession and passing bad checks among them.
A video campaign aimed at Planned Parenthood continued to ripple through women's health services Monday, as Texas officials announced that the Lone Star State would eliminate funding for the organization on the same day a federal court halted efforts in Louisiana to do the very same thing.
Fitch Ratings lowered Illinois' bond rating on Monday, citing the "continued deterioration of the state's financial flexibility" as Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner remains locked in a budget fight with Democrats who control the legislature.
Gun-rights advocates vowed to take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday after a federal appeals court upheld the gun-control laws Connecticut and New York established after the Newtown school shooting.
Is it still gambling if the sports are fake? The Nevada Gaming Commission concluded that daily fantasy is gambling and needs to be licensed in the state.
The new law aims to reduce the number of consumers who get surprise bills when they unknowingly see providers who are not part of their insurance plan networks.
Under the Police Department's new rules on shootings by officers, the Police Advisory Commission's director will have equal standing with four deputy commissioners in deciding whether or not police actions are justified. The city's police union is not on board with the changes.
Bill Beardsley is on record supporting the teaching of creationism alongside evolution in Maine public schools. Now he's Paul LePage's appointee for acting education commissioner.
The city is nearing record for rat complaints. 'I've seen rats walking upright, saying, "Good morning."
Idaho has gotten a one-year extension from complying with the federal REAL ID requirements, the Idaho Transportation Department announced Thursday.
A federal judge ordered Utah to keep sending money to the local arm of Planned Parenthood on Thursday amid a lawsuit over the governor's decision to defund the organization_at least for now.
Stepped up federal oversight of Metro’s troubled subway system will include surprise inspections, specified deadlines for making safety fixes and the potential loss of funding if the transit agency fails to comply with mandates from its new watchers, according to details released this week by the Transportation Department.
Frustrated by a lack of legislative progress on gun control, Gov. Terry McAuliffe promised zealous enforcement of existing laws Thursday, tasking Attorney General Mark Herring and others with a "creative and aggressive" crackdown on illegal sales.
A federal judge ruled Friday that Texas officials can continue to deny U.S. birth certificates to the children of immigrants who cannot supply required identification because they entered the country illegally.
Medicaid spending soared nearly 14 percent last year—its biggest annual increase in at least two decades—as a result of millions of newly eligible low-income enrollees signing up under the Affordable Care Act, according to a report released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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