Path to Illinois pension reform now even trickier
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn had claimed he was "put on earth" to solve the nation's worst pension crisis, but the goal eluded him once again as lawmakers ...
Needs and threats test GOP on small government
One major principle of Barack Obama's presidency that his foes love to hate — that government, when it works right, can be best-equipped to aid and ...
Ill. passes nation's toughest fracking regulations
Illinois came a giant step closer to approving the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling on Friday, as lawmakers ...
Ill. House adjourns without vote on gay marriage
After months of fierce on-the-ground campaigning and a last-minute urging from President Barack Obama, a measure that would have made Illinois the ...
Holdout on concealed carry, Ill. gov gets gun bill
Illinois would join the rest of the nation in allowing the carrying of concealed weapons under legislation approved by the General Assembly on Friday ...
Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law enters House race
Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law is running to recapture the Philadelphia-area U.S. House seat that she lost almost 20 years ago, a defeat ascribed to ...
Group fails in bid to recall Ariz. sheriff
A campaign to force a recall election against the polarizing sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix has failed. Recall organizers said Thursday that they ...
APNewsBreak: Ore. Muslim sues FBI, claims torture
An American Muslim who says he was beaten with batons by prison interrogators while held in solitary confinement overseas for more than three months ...
RI Gov. Chafee, once independent, joins Democrats
Long before he was a Republican U.S. senator, the nation's only independent governor or a newly minted Democrat eyeing a second term, Lincoln Chafee ...
More charges may come in case involving Haslams
Sudden guilty pleas by a pair of mid-level executives show the investigation into the truck stop chain controlled by the family of Tennessee's ...
Neighbor sours on property sale to Vt. governor
Soon after the successful real estate investor built his McMansion on a rural dirt road here outside Vermont's capital, he began throwing his wealth ...
Cops: Letters to NYC mayor test positive for ricin
Two threatening letters containing traces of the deadly poison ricin were sent to Mayor Michael Bloomberg in New York and his gun-control group in ...
Paterno lawyer says estate to sue NCAA
A lawsuit planned by the family of the late Penn State coach Joe Paterno, former players and others connected to the school seeks to overturn the ...
2 plead guilty in feds' probe of truck stop chain
Two employees of the truck stop chain owned by the family of Tennessee's governor and the owner of the Cleveland Browns pleaded guilty Wednesday to ...
Independent RI Gov. Chafee, ex-GOP, to become Dem
Independent Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is joining the Democratic Party ahead of his 2014 bid for a second term, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, ...
Jeb Bush laughs off mom's 'enough Bushes' remark
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday he's undecided about running for president but didn't appear to agree with his mother that enough members ...
Michele Bachmann to leave House after fourth term
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday that her fourth term in Congress will be her last, choosing to leave on her own terms after a ...
Correction: Democrats-Voting story
In a story May 20 about Democrats' efforts to expand same day voter registration, The Associated Press reported erroneously the title of a nonpartisan ...
Puerto Rico governor signs bills for gay rights
Puerto Rico's governor has signed a bill that prohibits employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said ...
Tax overhaul: IRS scandal could lead to changes
The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some ...
Rutgers president gets governor's backing
Rutgers University's president, a neuroscientist, was brought in last year to turn the school into a medical sciences powerhouse, but he has quickly ...
Colorado marijuana regulations signed into law
A set of laws to govern how recreational marijuana should be grown, sold and taxed was signed into law Tuesday in Colorado, where Democratic Gov.
NY high court eyes who can tap Starbucks' tip jars
Baristas, managers and Starbucks itself put in their two cents Tuesday before New York's highest court in a tip-jar dispute that could have broad ...
Obama and Christie praise govt response to storm
President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie promoted the Jersey Shore's summer tourism economy Tuesday while praising the federal ...
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