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Governing rated three types of contests during the 2014 campaign cycle: gubernatorial races, state attorney general races, and control of the state legislatures.
With a $50 million foundation grant, the largest in its history, the American Civil Liberties Union plans to mount an eight-year political campaign across the country to make a change of criminal justice policies a key issue in local, state and national elections.
Partnering with other companies, Amazon will use waste heat from a data center in a Seattle skyscraper to warm its soaring new Denny Triangle campus across the street.
A bill to repeal Common Core education standards in Ohio passed a House committee yesterday -- but there is doubt about whether it has the momentum to go further.
Gov. Rick Perry appeared in court Thursday to watch his attorneys, armed with plenty of theater, try to convince a judge that the prosecutor pursuing abuse-of-power charges against him was improperly sworn in.
A federal appeals court panel in Ohio upheld four states' bans on gay marriage Thursday, setting the stage for the Supreme Court to rule finally on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage.
Thanks to a law enacted in October, Massachusetts health insurers have to make all their prices public – in advance.
A federally run nutrition program for women, infants and children is complex and difficult to use. But now there's an app to fix all that.
Several victorious governors promised to find more money for transportation, while the Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate may slow progress on a federal surface transportation bill.
A proposal to ease rules on gaining tribal status is raising fears of casino development in California's Napa Valley.
Average tenure (in years) of a school superintendent in the country’s largest urban school districts in 2014.
Could desalination solve the state's water problem?
With the increase of Republican governors and legislative chambers after midterms, some states that have already expanded Medicaid now face the possibility of repeal.
Clatsop County, Ore., District Attorney Josh Marquis, explaining that the legalization of recreational marijuana does not mean that there will be no legal consequences for the use of the drug.
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Number of pages used in “Lessons from the Trail,” a public letter released by Republican Neel Kashkari explaining his feelings about losing the California gubernatorial contest to incumbent Jerry Brown.
Just hours after Denton residents voted to ban hydraulic fracturing, the Texas General Land Office and the state’s biggest petroleum group fired off separate legal challenges to the new rule.
California’s credit rating was raised by Standard & Poor’s one day after voters in the most indebted U.S. state agreed to bolster a rainy-day fund for fiscal emergencies.
Alaska independent Bill Walker maintained a slim lead in the governor's race over incumbent Republican Sean Parnell on Wednesday, while Democratic Sen. Mark Begich trailed Republican challenger Dan Sullivan after a fierce campaign in which Begich sought to distance himself from President Obama.
Another shake-up is underway in what’s become one of the most crucial jobs in state government: the top information technology officer.
Denying Missouri's gay couples the opportunity to marry is unconstitutional, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Larry Hogan won his race for governor not just because Marylanders of both parties turned out to support his call for lower taxes, but because tens of thousands of Democrats in key jurisdictions stayed home.
Saira Blair is probably the only candidate who had to head to class the morning after winning an election.
New slogan introduced by Maryland's Prince George's County in a $500,000 "rebranding" campaign. Over the next few weeks the county's ad campaign will appear over radio, billboards and social media to change the way people think the long-derided region of Washington, D.C.
The City Accelerator communities are creating an environment of ingenuity.
The results in several contested races could provide a small amount of solace to Democrats.
The Republicans will end up increasing the number of state chambers they control by nine.
Residents of Oregon, Alaska, and the U.S. capital voted to legalize marijuana on Tuesday, in key victories that could fuel the legalization movement as cannabis usage is increasingly recognized by the American mainstream.
After a fight led by liquor stores, the state will keep decisions about whether or not to sell alcohol at the county level.
Voters in Washington state approved universal background checks, the only gun control measure on a state ballot this year.
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