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Dennis Milligan has his campaign deleted all its emails after the election. His office also requires employees to delete email after 30 days.
It's another year, and state Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville, has found himself on the receiving end of an impassioned veto of one of his bills by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.
Late Friday night, Gov. Scott Walker announced that he signed a bill into law that creates statewide standards for rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft.
Cleveland's unusual method of taxing professional athletes is illegal, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously in a pair of opinions released this morning.
After days of demonstrations and unrest, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake lifted the 10 p.m. curfew across the city, sparking a burst of celebrations.
Income-tax cuts in Kansas championed by Governor Sam Brownback have led to credit downgrades, political turmoil and deepening budget deficits.
The U.S. and Canadian governments on Friday unveiled a long-awaited new standard for the tank cars used to transport crude oil and ethanol that includes numerous safety improvements.
Marilyn J. Mosby, the state's attorney for Baltimore city, during a press conference to announce that all six police officers involved in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray will face criminal charges ranging from second-degree murder to assault.
While transparency may promote government accountability and reduce corruption, rules to improve openness in government also can have negative consequences.
Massachusetts doesn't have much to show for a billion-dollar program to boost life sciences employment. It's just not something that government is good at.
We can't give them stock options. But there's a lot we can do to help them feel appreciated and integral to their agencies' missions.
A measure shutters two key renewable energy programs in Texas, which could stir up the regulatory environment in the state.
The price of a single camera ranges widely, but managing and storing the video costs many times the price of the cameras themselves.
Oregon is one of eight states that have reaped financial benefits from expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
After her state takes her child, a Kansas woman is at center of a national marijuana debate.
A former ally of Gov. Christie's pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to conspiracy in the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal, admitting the closures were retribution against a local mayor for failing to endorse the Republican governor's 2013 reelection.
Rick Snyder wants to split Detroit Public Schools in two to eliminate its crippling debt but at the expense of other districts across Michigan.
A California judge on Thursday ordered Google to turn over the computer IP addresses for all correspondence to and from the Florida governor’s private Google email account since Jan. 15, 2011, and the accounts of two of his staff members.
All six Baltimore police officers involved in the arrest and transport of Freddie Gray, who was fatally injured while in police custody, will face serious criminal charges ranging from second-degree murder to assault, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby said on Friday.
The substance has been legal since February, but policymakers proposed rules for growing and selling it during an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board meeting in Anchorage,
Struggling to afford new lifesaving drugs for low-income patients, states are trying to force manufacturers to reveal their costs and profits.
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Portion of Baltimore's population that was arrested in one year under the zero-tolerance policing policy that Martin O'Malley instituted when he was mayor.
A Miami federal judge has determined that the state is violating the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act by not serving kosher meals to prisoners.
The legislature reached its date by which all non-budget bills must have passed either the House or Senate to remain alive. Of more than 1,500 bills filed in the session so far, 11 have been written into law.
Lawmakers say reform is going going to be difficult of the industry’s clout and heavy spending on lobby efforts. There’s also huge reluctance among the GOP majority to impose greater restrictions on any businesses.
Portion of the adult population in the Baltimore neighborhood where Freddie Gray lived that doesn't have a job.
Georgia Republicans who have long rejected the mandates in President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul managed to find one insurance requirement they could get behind.
The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a key piece of the Legislature's 2013 reform work on the Public Employees Retirement System, setting the stage for a heavy financial cost to government agencies across the state while restoring lost benefits to retirees.
Legislative panels Wednesday killed yet another effort to allow Medicaid expansion in Louisiana.
Backers of Medicaid expansion celebrated in Helena Wednesday as Gov. Steve Bullock signed the bill extending the health coverage to an estimated 45,000 more Montanans.