Attorneys for former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder argued Tuesday for the dismissal of willful neglect charges brought against him over the Flint water crisis, arguing they were filed in the wrong county.
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The utility will fund a cleanup and restoration project at the Marina Small Craft Harbor following a 2001 lawsuit over contamination from factories used to create gas from coal over a century ago.
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Los Angeles health officials hope mass vaccination sites like the one opened Friday at Dodger Stadium will turn the tide in a county ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Authorities sent a text message Friday afternoon stating the Virginia Supreme Court is being evacuated due to a bomb threat, three days before a gun-rights rally draws thousands to the state capital.
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An articulated bus dramatically plunged off a bridge in New York City late Thursday, leaving its front half hanging over a highway ramp, its fall broken only by the road below.
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Ten months into the coronavirus pandemic, the spread of Covid-19 shows no signs of slowing down in Georgia, with cases and deaths reaching record highs over the past week.
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New York’s attorney general brought a federal complaint Thursday over the NYPD’s brutal response to civil rights protests following the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
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With the feds’ warning states to “use or lose” Covid-19 vaccines, California counties are skipping ahead in Newsom’s rigid plan as experts question whether the state is prepared to hand out doses to its 40 million residents.
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In his State of the State address, the governor of New York announced plans to build the country’s largest wind energy infrastructure, to be transmitted throughout the state by an “energy superhighway.”
Read moreA federal court in Pennsylvania ruled that 311 mail-in ballots challenged by Republican state Senate candidate Nicole Ziccarelli are valid and incumbent Democrat Jim Brewster lawfully won the race. Ziccarelli said the ballots should have been thrown out because the voters did not write the date next to their signatures.
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The public will have the last word in Orange County, California. The county on Tuesday agreed in a settlement to update its public comment rules and allow speakers to direct their comments at individual elected officials during public meetings.
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Less than two months after her husband, a former city department head, was arrested on federal bribery charges and forced to resign, San Francisco’s highest-ranking unelected official announced Tuesday that she, too, will step down.
Read moreAnticipating improved ICU capacity and the end of the post-holidays Covid surge, the greater Sacramento region has been removed from California’s most restrictive list and can once again allow some indoor activities, including dining at restaurants.
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Newly elected Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León’s solution for the homelessness crisis is a bold one: Build 25,000 housing units in the next four years.
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A heavily fortified Texas Capitol, a small presence of protesters and tents where required Covid-19 tests were being administered greeted lawmakers and a limited number of visitors on the opening day of the 87th legislative session, scaled down by the pandemic and threats of violence following last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Energy company Enbridge said Tuesday it intends to ignore a demand from Michigan officials to shut down its controversial dual pipelines through the Straits of Mackinac, arguing the equipment poses no danger to the public.
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The Seventh Circuit heard arguments Tuesday in Indiana’s appeal of a ruling that found a state law requiring providers to report medical complications associated with abortions is unconstitutional.
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In a brief State of the State address Monday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey doubled down on his resistance to another statewide lockdown, saying he believes closing businesses would be worse than the Covid-19 pandemic that has killed roughly one of every 720 state residents.
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Being able to access proceedings at the nation’s largest court system remotely during the coronavirus pandemic is a win for both public health and public access.
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About 784,000 Californians have received the Covid vaccine, and Governor Gavin Newsom said Monday another 1 million will receive shots in the arm in the coming days.
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