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We expect to pay for services like phones and electricity and water that are reliable. Shouldn't we treat roads the same way?
Four of the state's 17 federal judges have retired or moved to part-time status, but the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, under GOP control, has taken no action on three pending nominations backed by New Jersey's Democratic senators.
Cody, Wyo., conspiracy theorists insist the body of the frontier celebrity is buried somewhere atop Cedar Mountain, outside the town he founded, and not really in Colorado.
The city attorney's office has filed charges against only 27 of the 323 protesters arrested _ fewer than 9 percent _ and has formally rejected charges against 181.
After many places failed to enforce parts of the 1968 Fair Housing Act, the feds are trying again. But this time, they're offering agencies more help.
The action came after the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen voted July 8 to go out on strike unless the president formed the board, which has 30 days to recommend ways to resolve the impasse.
The ad campaign indicated that finding out "a marginally good-looking girl" later is "chatty," "clingy" or "your boss's daughter" were signs that a man has had too much to drink.
The combined economic benefit -- calculated in new jobs and cheaper energy bills -- of cutting carbon emissions in nine northeastern states from 2012 to 2014.
After two days of backroom talks, state senators struck a bipartisan deal Wednesday and approved $250 million in public subsidies for a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to extend highway and transit funding through Dec. 18, in contrast with Senate Republicans, who want a longer extension.
Democrats who control the General Assembly were unable to corral enough votes to completely override Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's vetoes of a new state budget on Wednesday, leaving the state without full spending power as the political stalemate that threatens to shut down portions of state government showed no signs of dissipating.
California regulators on Wednesday ordered Uber to pay a $7.3 million fine and hand over required information about safety and accessibility -- or shut down in the ride service's home state.
During its annual public meeting, the state's Parole Board on Wednesday unanimously passed proposed changes to Department of Corrections regulations, including rules on who is allowed to attend parole hearings largely kept secret from the public.
California and Oregon will be the first states in the nation to allow women to get birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives directly from their pharmacists – without a doctor’s prescription.
The Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission has signed a deal to digitize and automate the license renewal process state wide.
At least 39 states now use the technology.
To Republicans, the boom in app-based services is welcome, unbridled free-market competition. To Democrats, consumers are navigating a marketplace without important government protections.
Rusk County's Joyce Lewis-Kugle is the first Texas elected official to quit office rather than abide by the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
Secretary of State Doug La Follette sued Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday, arguing the budget signed Sunday violates the state constitution by interfering with his ability to maintain state records.
Oregon embraces free community-college tuition at some schools ahead of other states, and outpacing the president's proposal.
The governor - his eye on the 2016 race - has frozen step pay. The unions are hitting back.
The new examination costs more and can only be taken on computers. Only 30 percent of those taking the online test have passed,
From the presidency down, each party is more likely to win elections at certain levels of government. Whether that’s good or bad depends on your political views.
After an anti-abortion group on Tuesday released an undercover video showing an executive at Planned Parenthood discussing how to preserve an aborted fetus’s organs for medical research, Gov. Greg Abbott announced an investigation into the alleged practice.
Gov. Kate Brown signed legislation Monday aimed at curbing profiling by police.
A state committee that oversees Washington's prepaid college tuition plan is considering refunding some, or even all, of the money parents and relatives poured into the plan in recent years.
Just one month before classes start, dozens, and possibly hundreds of Missouri college students are suddenly finding out their tuition is about to more than double because of a rule change passed by Missouri lawmakers.
Gov. Scott Walker's health secretary sued federal officials Tuesday in an attempt to allow the state to screen people with drug tests if they seek food stamps.
With the ink still drying on a second chance society initiative endorsed by black community leaders in Connecticut, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was recognized Tuesday for his work by President Barack Obama at the NAACP's national convention in Philadelphia.
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