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Gov. David Ige touched on a number of priority areas -- from taxes and spending to education -- but offered few specific proposals in his first State of the State before the Legislature Monday.
A report contends that correctional staff at the Estelle Unit regularly neglect, abuse and even violently beat blind deaf, and otherwise disabled prisoners with little to no consequences.
Inmates Abused in Prison
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Tweet from the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker used the band's song "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" for his entrance music at the Iowa Freedom Summit. The band has a history of supporting working class and union causes.
U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. ruled on Monday that the University of Houston could not deny a veteran free tuition benefits granted under the Texas Hazlewood Act because he was a resident of another state when he enrolled in the military.
A blizzard dropped more than a foot (30 cm) of snow across the northeastern United States on Tuesday, falling short of the massive predicted snowfall that prompted officials across the region to close schools and order travel bans.
Two police officers were injured by a gunman outside a New Hope City Council meeting on Monday night. The gunman was fatally shot by police, authorities said.
Criminal exonerations often make big news because of the agonizing years that those falsely convicted have spent behind bars -- sometimes under the specter of a death sentence -- but for those who keep track of them, it was a slew of low-level cases from Harris County that proved to be the most interesting among those recorded in 2014.
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will not have to report to a federal prison in two weeks, a federal appeals court said Monday, in a move that bodes well for McDonnell's appeal of his conviction on public corruption charges.
Gov. Mike Pence is starting a state-run taxpayer-funded news outlet that will make pre-written news stories available to Indiana media, as well as sometimes break news about his administration, according to documents obtained by The Indianapolis Star.
How it’s defined could impact state election laws from campaign finance to voter ID.
Bad intergovernmental relations have the United States headed for fiscal disaster.
Some say Democrats suffered big blows in November because they’ve become a party of urban elitists.
In many gentrifying neighborhoods, attracting new residents and restaurants is the easy part. Finding the right mix of retail is much harder.
Sprucing up a park can spur unintended gentrification. Is there a way to green a neighborhood without displacing its residents?
Sheldon Silver, who lost his job as one of the most powerful political posts in New York, is the fourth state house speaker to face legal trouble over the past year.
It’s hard to define, but it's dramatically changing the urban landscape and bringing a host of new challenges to local leaders.
In the nation's fastest-gentrifying neighborhood, some of the strongest affordable housing protections haven’t been enough to keep lower-income residents from being priced out of their homes.
Poverty in suburbs now outnumbers poverty in cities, a shift that’s put a major strain on public services and is easily visible in Austin, Texas.
After several years, Gov. Rick Snyder has finally convinced lawmakers to spend more money on roads. There's one hitch: The state's voters have to approve the deal in May.
This map displays every U.S. streetcar system, side by side, that’s either open or under construction.
Seattle is one of only a handful of places that formally recognizes and regulates homeless encampments.
Houston Mayor Annise Parker and her executive team bonded at 14,000 feet.
Amount spent by the Texas Department of Transportation to reimburse employees for education costs between 2002 and 2015, which is roughly half of the total employee education reimbursement expenses for the entire state.
Officials say the legalization of the drug has raised questions about its health effects that can only be answered by studying large amounts and different strains of marijuana.
Newly elected state Treasurer Matt Adamczyk would really like to just eliminate his office altogether.
State prison officials hold hundreds of inmates in prison every year because they can't find places for paroled people to live.
Gentrification has accelerated in recent years, creating challenges for local leaders for years to come.
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