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The role of lieutenant governors is expanding in many states because the role of governors has grown.
Since the state imposed new rules two weeks ago on the energy industry aimed at reducing suspected man-made earthquakes, people are noticing a difference. It might be a coincidence, however.
The cuts, which will take effect July 1, were planned well before Gov. Jerry Brown imposed a 25 percent mandatory restriction on urban water use last week.
On Monday, the state Department of Education announced that Keonepoko Elementary will reopen in the coming school year because the threat from a nearby volcano has subsided.
Now, with his approval rating at home at an all-time low and his rankings in presidential polls dropping, the New Jersey governor will take the events that helped him gain a reputation as a straight shooter to a key early voting state.
Voters go to the polls Tuesday in the city's first mayoral runoff election, with the outcome determining not only Chicago's future but the direction of its Democratic politics.
This week, Crystal Stovall will choose between two black candidates running to represent her City Council ward in Ferguson, Mo. The election is the first chance at citizen-led change in the St. Louis suburb nationally notorious for racial turmoil.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is distributing playing cards with photos of unsolved homicide victims featured on the face, hoping to get people to help solve cold cases by providing a few details with each case and a phone number to contact police.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Friday signed an executive order to eliminate questions about criminal history from applications for most state jobs.
Jeb Bush admitted Monday that he made a "mistake" in 2009 when he listed his ethnicity in a Miami-Dade County voter-registration form as "Hispanic."
As he courts Republicans across the country, Jeb Bush boasts that an executive order he signed that ended race-based college admissions in Florida upheld conservative principles while helping minorities.
Metro areas earning top positions in the Gallup-Healthways survey are geographically diverse, but the Northeast continues to trail the rest of the country.
A trio of artists and some helpers installed a bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Fort Greene Park on Monday morning.
The latest presidential candidate cut government's role and taxes every year he was governor.
The challenge for Wisconsin will not be convincing recipients of nutrition assistance to find work. Rather, the state must convince recipients that it's worthwhile to work the required 80 hours in exchange for a little more than $150 worth of food.
The Louisville area is one of the few regions in the country that still buses students among urban and suburban neighborhoods.
Portion of California's water that's consumed by farming. Gov. Jerry Brown last week announced the state's first mandatory water restrictions, but they mostly apply to urban and suburban water usage.
Kyle Anderson, a business economics professor at Indiana University. After the controversy over the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the state's tourism agencies are rolling out campaigns emphasizing that everyone is welcome there.
Number of men in the Maryland General Assembly who joined the Women Legislators of Maryland this year. They're the first male lawmakers in the country to serve on a state legislative women's caucus.
Slogans shouted at Washington, D.C.'s annual pillow fight on April 4. The event, organized by an improv comedy group, took place on the National Mall.
"School Play" is based on interviews with parents, students, teachers and state policymakers about the state's funding issues.
The hospital also announced that 2014 was an “extraordinary” financial year, with operating income up 60 percent.
Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act prompted a major backlash from demonstrators and others.
The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that New Jersey did not break the law when it eliminated state-funded Medicaid benefits for legal immigrants who have been in the country for fewer than five years.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner suspended $26 million in social services and public health grants as part of his push to whittle away at a $1.6 billion shortfall in the current state budget.
Local police and a city official in Ferguson, Mo., sent racially charged emails comparing minority welfare recipients to dogs and made insensitive comments about Muslims, copies of the emails released by the city show.
Georgia's brush with the "religious liberty" controversies engulfing Indiana and Arkansas appeared to fizzle Thursday as the end of lawmakers' annual legislative session approached without passage, putting off an issue likely to be back here next year.
Kansans will be able to carry a concealed weapon without training under a bill signed by Gov. Sam Brownback on Thursday.
Former Gov. John Kitzhaber was more active than previously known in clearing the way for fiancée Cylvia Hayes to be active in his administration even while working as a paid consultant to outside interests, according to newly released state emails.
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