group of two dozen state governors, mostly Democratic and also including Republicans, pledged to uphold Paris despite Trump administration's withdrawal from it.. ..…

House are not co-sponsoring HR 51, the bill to make almost all of District of Columbia state. ..…

Sixteen states have no laws protecting abortion survivors Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia.. ..…

FILE - In this July 31, 2015 file photo, orca leaps out of the water near whale watching boat in Salish Sea in San Juan Islands, Wash. ..…

SEATTLE — Seventeen states sued Trump Wednesday to block rules weakening Endangered Species Act, saying the changes would make it tougher to protect wildlife even in the midst of extinction crisis.. ..…

But now at least six states — Maine, New Mexico, New Jersey, Nevada, Oregon and Pennsylvania — are creating their own marketplaces or seriously considering doing so. . ..…

Nineteen states, including Michigan, and District of Columbia sued on Monday over Trump to alter agreement that limits how children can be kept in detention... ..…

New Mexico, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania allow people with an opioid addiction to qualify for a medical marijuana card. . ..…

In 2019, at least 30 states continue to disenfranchise some of these citizens based on wealth, released today by Campaign Legal Center and Georgetown Law's Civil Rights Clinic. ..…

New York Attorney General Letitia James New York Attorney General Letitia James filed for injunction on Friday to stop the adoption of federal rule that would allow businesses and their employees to avoid providing necessary health care to patients based on their religious beliefs or moral convictions.. ..…

The states are Alaska, Colorado, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Vermont, along with Washington, D.C. ..…

Oregon lawmakers on Wednesday sent bill that would have their state's electoral votes reflect the will of the nation, not just the people of Oregon, to the governor's desk... ..…

In pushback against new regulation that will deny reproductive care to the people. ..…

NEW YORK — Nearly two dozen states and municipalities sued Tuesday to stop new rule that lets health care clinicians decline to provide abortions and other services that conflict with their moral or religious beliefs.. ..…

Temperatures New Mexico, New Jersey, Delaware, Arizona, and Utah have risen by at least 3°F since 1970... ..…

Oregon is among the states filing lawsuit over Department of Health and Human Services. ..…

second federal court ruled Wednesday against Trump administration's plan to add question on citizenship to the 2020 Census. ..…

SAN FRANCISCO — California and 20 other Democratic-led states announced they were challenging Trump effort to set up obstacles for women seeking abortions, including barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring patients to abortion providers.. ..…

Attorney generals from California, Colorado, Connecticut,  Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Virginia have all signed off on lawsuits. .. ..…

PressTV-More states to sue Trump over emergency. ..…

The suit alleges Trump action violates Constitution. ..…

Maryland and 15 other states filed Monday against President Donald Trump's declaration to fund wall on U.S.-Mexico border... ..…

Sixteen states have filed lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's of emergency to redirect funds for border wall... ..…

Honduran jumps from U.S border fence at Tijuana on Dec 21, 2018 coalition of 16 states hit Trump with complaint on Presidents Day to stop what they called order that steers billions of dollars to build wall on U.S.-Mexico border... ..…

Sixteen US states sued President Donald Trump's Monday over his decision to declare emergency to fund wall on the border with Mexico, saying the move violated the constitution... ..…

Trump signed emergency on Friday to build U.S.-Mexico border wall and push for his signature campaign promise. ..…

FILE In this February 15, 2019, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra accompanied by Governor Gavin Newsom, said California was suing President Donald Trump over his declaration to fund wall on US-Mexico Sacramento, California. ..…

coalition of 16 states filed in federal court Monday challenging President Trump's move to invoke emergency powers to redirect billions of dollars for construction of border wall.. ..…

WASHINGTON  Michigan, California and 14 other states sued President Donald Trump on Monday over his decision to declare emergency to free up funding for his border wall, calling the move unlawful and unconstitutional... ..…

WASHINGTON    California and 15 other states sued President Donald Trump on Monday over his decision to declare emergency to free up funding for his border wall, calling the move unlawful and unconstitutional... ..…

19 states do not require any protection for babies born alive after botched abortions, by Americans United for Life revealed this week.. ..…

In the nearly three months state lawmakers across the country have either filed or pre-filed at least 230 bills that would expand access to the ballot for millions of Americans.. ..…

 early data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention points to milder season than last year.. ..…

Democratic-controlled legislatures approved minimum-wage increases over the past two years Illinois, New Mexico, New Jersey, Nevada and Vermont, only to have them vetoed by GOP governors. ..…

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announced Tuesday that he is opening investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Washington regarding sexual abuse by the clergy.. ..…

Malloyquietly signed bill repealing Connecticut's death penalty on Wednesday, policy since Native American named Napauduck was hanged for in 1639... ..…

Twenty-six US states will not take Syrian refugees after Western authorities claimed that at least one of Paris attacks suspects entered Europe among the current wave of Syrian refugees. ..…

Anticipating budgetary boost from sports betting tax revenues, rushed through that door to join Nevada, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia. ..…

Officials Alaska, New Mexico, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Louisiana and others are facing massive holes in their budgets because of plummeting revenues or financial crises in their pensions programs.. ..…

ANNAPOLIS — move to repeal Maryland took another step forward with Senate voting 27-20 on Wednesday to abolish capital punishment.. ..…

By voting for resolutions calling for amendment to overturn of the ruling and end so, WASHINGTON -- In Colorado and Montana voters stated their disapproval of the campaign finance climate that emerged in the wake of Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling-called corporate personhood.. ..…

The leader of NAACP came to Capitol Thursday to press for repeal of Connecticut's death penalty.. ..…

HARTFORD, Tuesday endorsed bill to repeal the state's death statute, setting up battle over the future of capital punishment.. ..…

I think it's about Pennsylvania followed suit with the 15 other states that do not have the penalty as punishment for capital crime.. ..…

Hispanics voted for Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden over Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin by margin of more 67% versus 31%, according to analysis by Pew Hispanic Center of exit polls from Edison Media Research as published by CNN. ..…