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The author of a bill to ban the substance postponed the measure until July 4 — more than a month after the end of the legislative session.
The governor of California last week announced major changes to his plan to build two tunnels to divert water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the south. The administration, while moving forward with a $15 billion conveyance, dramatically reduced the amount of habitat restoration originally proposed.
The final day of this legislative session resulted in a compromise to reduce the amount of state-mandated student testing and rein in red-light cameras and photo radar.
Kevyn Orr, the former Detroit emergency manager, got that much for about three months' work.
Number of states where it's still legal to text while driving. They are Arizona, Montana, Texas and Missouri.
View annual tax collection data by state showing how the tax burden has shifted over time
The Christie administration on Wednesday told the New Jersey Supreme Court that granting public workers a contractual right to pension funding would violate the state constitution and place a "fiscal stranglehold on the state in perpetuity."
Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s high-stakes visit to Washington Wednesday to persuade the Obama administration to keep the federal government’s $1 billion in annual funding for hospital care of the poor produced no breakthrough.
In the clearest sign yet that the Great California Recovery is proceeding on pace, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins announced Tuesday that the state's revenue has climbed as much as $8 billion in the last four months.
Republicans used their supermajorities in the Missouri Legislature on Tuesday to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto and enact a bill that the GOP says will reform welfare.
When the Obama administration imposed new safety rules on oil trains last week, the railroad industry said its goal was to have zero accidents in the future.
Many states are weighing policies to shift their tax burden. View data showing how it's changed in each state over time.
Baltimore's unrest has cast a negative spotlight on the probable presidential candidate's tough-on-crime policies as mayor. But as governor, he left a liberal legacy on nearly every front.
Portland has a vegetarian pedigree that stretches back to the late 1800s, when members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, who adhere to strict health and dietary rules, began to settle there.
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake also announced that Baltimore officers would have body cameras by the end of the year.
The American lawn could become an ornament of the past, at least beyond the Rockies.
A joint letter from congressional members of Virginia and Washington, D.C., urging federal lawmakers not to tinker with operations at National Airport as it tries to increase business at nearby Dulles International Airport. Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bills in recent years have caused an increase in congestion at National at the expense of Dulles.
When officers are promoted to management, they need a new mindset. As Ferguson and Baltimore demonstrate, they're not getting it.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, announcing his Republican presidential bid last Tuesday. The joke appeared to be a violation of campaign finance law because the maximum amount federal candidates can solicit for their campaigns or a supportive super PAC is $5,000.
Uber halted its service in Kansas on Tuesday afternoon after state legislators overrode the governor's veto of a bill regulating on-demand transportation companies.
A bill to bring online voter registration to Texas is dead thanks to a small but vocal group of officials from the state's largest county, according to the measure's sponsor, state Rep. Celia Israel. But Israel, whose legislation had the backing of a majority of the Texas House, says she's not giving up.
It's now legal to use cannabis oil for limited medical purposes in Tennessee.
Proposal 1, likely one of the most complicated and confusing questions ever placed on a Michigan ballot, was soundly rejected Tuesday as many voters expressed anger at lawmakers and state government for failing to come up with a better solution to the sorry state of the roads.
The head of the Maricopa County Community College District said he hopes that a ruling allowing in-state tuition for "dreamers" will lead to more young immigrants attending the colleges.
Early this year, Megan E. Green, a St. Louis alderwoman, met with officials of a local police union to discuss a proposal for a civilian oversight board that would look into accusations of police misconduct.
Michigan Gov. Rick Synder, when asked about the 2016 presidential race. He also said that there's "a broken political culture in Washington" and "what we need is a problem solver.”
Portion of Americans who spend at least least half their family income on housing and utilities.
Cash-strapped states are looking to tax amnesty programs that give scofflaws a bit of a break on penalties and interest if they own up and pay up.
Traditionally by spring, the forest is green and lush due to a substantial rainy season. But four years of drought and warm temperatures have taken their toll.
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