A US senator has launched an extraordinary attack on Keir Starmer over the government’s plan to hand over the Chagos Islands ...

Better luck next time? That must be the mantra behind the governor’s reintroduction of a local option tax bill that went nowhere in the prior legislative session. Gov. Maura Healey’s reprise of ...

By Tom Campbell For as long as most of us can remember, North Carolina’s employee state health plan has been troubled, often described as being in crisis. In 2010, the plan had reported unfunded ...

A record 13 women had been serving as governor this year. But many state constitutions still presume officeholders will be male.

The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of ...

At a special meeting Saturday called by County Judge Gerald Robinson, only four quorum court members showed up — three shy of the number needed to pass a budget.

Scranton Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti will seek another term this year during an election cycle where races for that office, ...

A bill that would mandate greater financial transparency at the state’s nursing homes by establishing a nursing home ...

A former state senator started using the phrase in 2014, when he served with Gretchen Whitmer in the Michigan Senate.

Local Republican leaders paced the hallway at Grainwood Elementary School in Prior Lake as Saturday’s GOP convention dragged ...

The association that represents Iowa’s casino industry is questioning the reasoning behind a state commission’s decision to approve construction of a casino complex in Cedar Rapids. The Iowa Gaming ...

At least 20,000 federal workers - roughly 1% of the civilian federal workforce - have accepted the deferred resignation offer ...