Tennessee Department of Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada will step down three days after the botched execution attempt of Christa Pike.

WASHINGTON — This summer, arrests of immigrants in the United States soared to the highest levels since President Donald Trump returned to office.An unprecedented increase in cooperation between local...

This amendment would lock in a future cap to the rate of 3.5% with which North Carolina has no experience. Since the personal income tax provides one half of the revenue for the general fund of the st...

Jobs across the United States rose by 29,000 in September, a disappointing result as recent growth was also revised down in Friday’s monthly jobs report, the last one before midterm elections.

LAKELAND — Vice President JD Vance said in Florida Thursday that it was almost “too easy” to attack the candidacies of the two top Democrats running on the statewide ballot next month, David Jolly for...

The FEC sent three letters this year to U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt’s campaign asking about donations that appear to exceed federal limits.

The nation’s industry minister implies that the Trump administration lied during a White House news conference this week.

The two candidates met for their first televised debate and quickly began taking jabs at each other’s records and comments during the event.

The first criminal charges, now dismissed, emerged from a yearslong investigation launched by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador.

Montana's Medicaid work requirement rollout provides a foreshadowing of what awaits other states in 2027.

Indiana plans to proceed with Jeffrey Weisheit’s November execution after a botched Tennessee attempt renews questions about lethal injection.

Hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans are facing significantly more expensive health insurance next year. The average increase for individual and small group insurance plans is 17% for 2027, the state’...

Five Haitians from Springfield, Ohio have been deported back to Haiti after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status.

Kalshi, Polymarket and the Coalition for Prediction Markets have spent at least $3 million this year on lobbying and campaign contributions across the federal and state levels, according to a new repo...

South Carolina’s Arts Commission denied grant funding to a pair of LGBTQ+ arts groups in the Upstate.

Common Cause NC poll: voters want partisan politics out of election admistration, support Sunday voting and campus voting sites.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers are calling for death penalty reform after Tennessee tried and failed to execute a death row inmate.

Dozens of President Donald Trump's nominees remain held up amid Sen. Kevin Cramer’s outrage over a Biden-era rule dealing with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wetland easements that Cramer says harm hi...

​Gov. Bill Lee ordered a third-party review of the botched execution of Christa Pike and put a hold on state executions for the rest of 2026.

LAKELAND — Vice President JD Vance said in Florida Thursday that it was almost “too easy” to attack the candidacies of the two top Democrats running on the statewide ballot next month, David Jolly for...

The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a father doesn’t have a right to obtain investigation records he wanted about his son’s death.

The statement said Bernstine must be held accountable for his words and actions, which the caucus leaders said make him unfit to serve in the state legislature.

More than 60 people filled a committee room for the “listening session” on data centers set up by Rep. Adam Moore, D-Lexington,

The Department of Social Services says the change is aimed at lowering error rates. Advocates say eligible Missourians could lose benefits

More than 1,800 people attended the Rob Sand event Wednesday, where he answered questions from the crowd on education funding and cannabis.

More than a thousand immigrants in Maine will lose their health insurance starting Oct. 1, due to Medicaid eligibility changes passed through President Donald Trump’s 2025 budget law. H.R. 1 made sign...

Child victims in a gruesome abuse case have been awarded $4.4 million in a settlement due to Child Protective Services failures in the case.

Treatments for cancer, diabetes and other conditions could be disrupted for up to 4,500 Maryland residents who will no longer qualify for Medicaid under a federal rule that takes effect Thursday that ...

A N.C. housing advocacy group and nine other nonprofits asked a federal court to block the Trump administration from withholding funds.

​Gov. Bill Lee has ordered a third-party review of the botched execution of Christa Pike and put a hold on state executions for the rest of the year. “Carrying out a lawfully imposed sentence is among...

A Nashville asylum seeker and mom of two describes her time in a Louisiana ICE detention center after she was detained against agency rules.

Those tax credits expired at the end of 2025, leading to 95,000 Alabamians – about 23% of the state’s enrollees – to exit the marketplace.

In a Wednesday ruling, Judge Victoria M. Calvert said federal law doesn't required states to disclose sensitive voter information.

A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee on Wednesday.

Nearly a dozen state lawmakers heard from operators, developers, environmental agencies, local elected officials and concerned Oklahomans Tuesday as they weigh the best way to regulate the rapidly cha...

Since the passage of President Trump’s signature legislation, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” in July last year, enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has fallen by...

The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress or President Donald Trump to act as the U.S. Senate enters its last week be...

Advocates for West Virginia children with autism are calling on state officials to address a significant shortage of therapy workers.

The federal government will supply COVID-19 vaccines to Tennessee, to be used as part of a free immunization program for low-income children.

Despite the Trump administration’s hostility towards renewable energy, information released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that utility solar capacity — large scale projects that ...

WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in...

Thousands of refugees and people granted asylum who are living in North Carolina will lose their Medicaid coverage due to cuts made in the 2025 federal spending bill.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and two other organizations as domestic terrorist groups. They also added more than 90 ...

If Republican Ron Schutz wins the attorney general’s race in November, he will be responsible for enforcing Minnesota’s laws against the country’s biggest and most powerful corporations. His own perso...

GOP Assembly candidates are highlighting moments when they have disagreed with their leadership to position themselves as independent voices.

Historian Heather Cox Richardson described a Troy Jackson win as a step toward reclaiming American democracy Monday night in Portland.  “This is our moment,” the widely known scholar and Maine residen...

HARRODSBURG — The Mercer County Fiscal Court rejected zoning regulations on Monday that would have allowed the siting of large data centers on land adjacent to a Kentucky Utilities coal-fired power pl...

Canada is South Carolina's third-largest export market behind Germany and Mexico. Automobiles and rubber are among the top products sent to Canada.

Louisiana officials have been slow to identify and punish violations of federal climate laws in the Lake Charles area, according to environmental groups.

The seven plaintiffs have asked the judge to block enforcement of the law, which would require a separate hearing.