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Outside of the state Gov. John Kasich barely registers in presidential polls.
Gov. Rick Scott wants to repeal a controversial hospital funding law under which counties that use local dollars to attract federal matching funds have to share the money with counties that don't raise local funds.
Sublette County, Wyo., Sheriff Department Deputy Gene Bryson, objecting to a new office policy forbidding cowboy hats or cowboy boots and requiring deputies to wear black trousers, a tan shirt, black boots and a black ball cap.
New Sublette County Sheriff Stephen Haskell will require all deputies to wear black trousers, a tan shirt, black boots and a black ball cap.
Amount a Canadian woman owes the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children after giving birth in Hawaii while on vacation last year.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, explaining why he has vowed not to sign any budget agreements without significant ethics reforms for politicians. His announcement follows the arrest of then-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges.
Amount of traffic and parking tickets that went unpaid in Washington, D.C., last year.
The Environmental Protection Agency is calling on the State Department to rethink its conclusion that construction of the Keystone XL pipeline would have minimal impact on climate change, saying the pipeline could significantly increase greenhouse gases.
Arizona's treatment of foster children is so bad it actually puts kids at risk of greater harm, says a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday against the directors of the Arizona Department of Child Safety and the Department of Health Services.
To bridge a budget chasm, Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday proposed holding the line on local property taxes and school spending, cutting public universities and expanding private K-12 voucher schools using money otherwise earmarked for public education.
That is the message that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is delivering as he tours the state with his budget proposal, laying on the line what may be his proudest accomplishment of more than four years in office -- on-time passage of the state budget.
About a month after a white officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., the city’s assistant police chief, Al Eickhoff, took to Google and searched under the words “less lethal.”
Michael K. Young has built a reputation for making sure that research done at the universities he led could find its way to the market.
Pledging anew to replace the federal health law that President Barack Obama signed five years ago, House Republicans passed yet another bill Tuesday to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, criticizing President Obama's proposal to allow offshore drilling along parts of the Atlantic Coast.
Why Florida is number one in ACA enrollment despite GOP opposition.
Will Vermont become the East Coast hub of marijuana tourism?
Gov. Bill Haslam urged skeptical state Republican lawmakers Monday night to set aside the "easy political argument" against his Insure Tennessee proposal and embrace it as conservatives' opportunity to improve people's lives while attacking soaring health care costs.
Hawaii lawmakers are proposing legislation to study state laws with the goal of creating a state-owned bank to assist homeowners who are having trouble making their mortgage payments.
Federal transportation officials have preliminarily agreed to help fund a $150 million downtown Sacramento streetcar project this year, as long as Sacramento can come up with local matching funds in the next few months, according to local officials with knowledge of the federal plans.
Voting mostly along party lines, the state House rejected an amendment that would have made private e-mails by public officials about official state business open to public scrutiny.
When raising campaign cash last year, prosecutors say, former Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord had a simple and crude message:
Two leading Republican presidential hopefuls waded into the argument over childhood vaccinations Monday, with Sen. Rand Paul declaring that he had heard of "many tragic cases" of children suffering harm after receiving shots and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie saying parents should be given a choice on the issue.
Map shows new data from a report on the economy's advanced industries
Total amount of state aid given to the New Jersey cities of Camden, Harrison, Newark, Paterson, Trenton and Union City to help prevent fiscal difficulties in 2014.
A new study takes a novel approach in identifying types of jobs vital to prosperity, finding some regional economies lag behind others.
The popular GOP governor wants to increase taxes to pay for schools and other improvements, after 80 percent of voters rejected a tax hike on the ballot in November.
USDA orders zoo to stop the practice, which may cause elephant anxiety.
Some states' alternative approaches to expanding the program are compromising access to health care for the neediest.
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