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Californians voted against giving the state's insurance commissioner the power that most have to reject excessive health premium increases.
Alabama voters approved a constitutional amendment that affirms the right to bear arms is a "fundamental right" and any regulation of that right is subject to the highest level of judicial review.
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Voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made California the first state to drug test doctors and raised the cap on some medical malpractice damages for the first time since the 1970s.
A new survey provides a detailed portrait of how local governments use business incentives, finding many lack basic accountability measures.
Californians approved a ballot initiative prohibiting farmers from confining hens in cramped cages. Six states are challenging California’s restrictions.
Oregon voters rejected a ballot measure that would have issued government ID cards to those without citizenship or legal presence.
It's now the third state to require businesses to pay workers when they have to take sick days.
The ballot measures follow a wave of mostly Democratic states lifting wages for low-income workers after federal inaction.
Arkansas voters approved a ballot measure that combined popular ethics reforms with an extension of term limits for state lawmakers.
Almost 300 cities and counties, plus the states of California, Colorado and Connecticut have refused to cooperate with federal immigration actions.
Approximate cost of one "I voted" sticker, which is given to people who cast a ballot in most states.
@_MatthewThomas, pointing out on Twitter that Taylor Swift's schedule for next year indicates she's performing at Nationals Park in "Washington, D.C., Md."
Maine customers still without power on Tuesday following a weekend snowstorm, causing massive disruption to the state's election.
Anne Arundel County Councilman Dick Ladd, on how "neo-confederate theocrat" Michael Peroutka became the Republican candidate for the county council of the Maryland suburb -- and won.
Former state Sen. Rod Wright turned himself in to Los Angeles County jail authorities Friday night to begin a 90-day sentence for his perjury and fraud conviction, but was released before ever seeing the inside of a cell.
Police and aviation officials denied a report Sunday that they ordered a no-fly zone over Ferguson, Mo., this summer in order to keep news helicopters away from the protests that formed after a police officer killed an unarmed man.
While no voter fraud charges were ever filed, a highly critical report released on Thursday by the Rutgers School of Law in Newark concludes that emergency measures intended to allow people to vote in the days immediately after Hurricane Sandy violated state law.
A day before voters decide whether to give him another term, Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday unveiled a $26.8 billion state budget proposal for the next fiscal year that includes about $200 million in rebates to taxpayers.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie won't be on the ballot Tuesday, but he'll face the first major test of his national electoral might as voters head to the polls in nearly a dozen competitive governors' races.
An analysis by the Governors Highway Safety Association that called attention to an increase in cyclist deaths caused an uproar among bike advocates.
Spending on state judicial elections—which increased tenfold between 2002 and 2012—might be affecting verdicts in criminal cases. Judges were seven percent more likely to side in a defendant's favor before Citizens United than after.
A host of private-sector companies are offering unlimited vacation time to employees, but public-sector CIOs aren't sure the practice is feasible for technologists in government.
Though overshadowed by the gubernatorial and state legislative races, the contests for lieutenant governor, secretary of state and state school superintendent can be high-stakes battles.
The state is now home to groundbreaking research that allows scientists to dissect the power of hurricanes.
They're annoying to tourist-dependent spots from San Francisco to San Diego, where officials complain their gritty edge and sometimes violent tendencies intimidate locals and turn visitors off.
Pennsylvania's Tom Wolf is sure to become the governor, but he's unlikely to get his way once he's in office.
Mark Denicore, a lawyer who has argued cases about Virginia's school attendance law. Last Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that parents can't face criminal charges for their children arriving late to class.
Republican Sean Parnell expected to be easily re-elected, but the joined forces of Democrats and Independents and his slow response to recent challenges have put him in jeopardy.
Last week, a statewide official in Georgia accused Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn of cashing in on her father's reserve of political goodwill during her campaign. This is true, but she's definitely not alone.
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