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Aiken, S.C., resident Beverly Huff, complaining about how the lack of competition in the state's congressional elections leads to apathy among elected officials.
Darth Alekseyevich Vader, a candidate in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, whose policy plan calls for replacing government officials with computers. Vader campaigns in full costume.
The race between Gov. Rick Scott and former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has been one of the year's most negative, dominated by personal attacks and enormous advertising budgets.
As a security detail blocked off Marysville-Pilchuck High School, where police on Saturday were investigating the state's latest deadly school shooting, Washington voters were weighing the merits of two opposing gun measures on the November ballot.
During an interview for ABC News' This Week, George P. Bush, the Republican nominee for land commissioner, said it was "more than likely" that his father, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, will make a 2016 run for the White House.
Three more states have banned Trinity Industries’ ET-Plus guardrail system, suspected of malfunctioning in crashes and slicing through vehicles.
Daly agreed to pay nearly $3,900 in fines and fees. The result: Despite testing at 75 percent above the legal limit for his second arrest, he didn't miss a day behind the wheel.
The fate of the Christie administration's long-awaited guidelines for how many affordable homes New Jersey needs is suddenly uncertain.
Top Obama administration officials publicly warned Sunday that mandatory quarantines in the U.S. of doctors, nurses and other health care workers who have traveled to Africa to help Ebola patients risked worsening the epidemic.
David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, referring to Illinois' Republican gubernatorial candidate, Bruce Rauner.
How the Indiana city that was the center of the auto industry collapse became an unlikely poster child for long-term fiscal sustainability.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
L.A. County is using a computerized system to link homeless people with the social services that best fit their needs.
Tea Party candidates infiltrated the U.S. Senate primaries this year, but the group failed to form any real challenges to Republican governors.
It’s home to four buildings, each dating back to the 18th century.
The nation’s graying prison population will strain the corrections system. There are ways to keep costs down, but they’re not often used.
As bears, cougars and other predatory animals range closer to cities, wildlife agencies are rethinking how best to keep both people and animals safe.
High-speed Internet is finally starting to reach the nation’s most remote areas. Many residents, though, are slow to adopt it.
One Washington state shooting range made dozens very sick.
Voters legalized pot in three more places Tuesday, and now they have to decide how to regulate it. Some favor the government selling the drug directly to consumers over creating a for-profit pot industry.
A growing share of statehouse reporting in state capitols across the country comes from conservative groups, blurring the lines between journalism and advocacy.
Solar energy is one of the nation’s fastest-growing industries. But it and other renewables are eating into utilities' profits, which have begun asking cities and states for help.
The need to fund safety-net hospitals puts expansion on the table in some states.
In a nation where few students still walk to school, how has Lakewood, Ohio, gone without school buses for so long?
Only a few states take advantage of the federal matching funds intended to help employ food stamp users.
The Occupy movement may be over, but some of its activists are still gaining influence in local government.
An interactive show casts theatre-goers as participants in a city council meeting.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who carries clear liabilities on his record, has kept the contest a dead heat by attacking his opponent.
In this video, Governing writers discuss two statewide measures on the November ballot that could have nationwide implications.
