Many in the city’s Democratic political circles suggested the arrest was a last-ditch push for attention by Lander’s campaign. One lawmaker noted privately that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was ...

The Legislature and governor budgeted $80 billion for schools but had few discussions on how to boost students' persistently low test scores.

The crowd at Wednesday night’s memorial for Melissa and Mark Hortman stretched down the steps of the State Capitol and across the lawn. People hugged and cried. Volunteers distributed candles and ...

Hundreds of people, some clutching candles or carrying flowers to lay in front of a memorial, gathered outside Minnesota's ...

Lowered flags waved above the Minnesota Capitol as hundreds gathered Wednesday night for a candlelight vigil in honor of ...

Just weeks remain before the project to modernize the 14-mile stretch of I-43 in the northern suburbs of Milwaukee is ...

Wisconsin lawmakers had requested increased security in the state Capitol following the shootings and ahead of Wednesday’s ...

Gov. Greg Abbott must decide this week whether to sign or veto a bill to ban hemp-derived intoxicants, part of a national ...

Anxious lawmakers convened Wednesday under heightened security in Wisconsin's state Capitol, one of the most publicly ...

Thousands gathered at the Capitol Wednesday evening to honor the lives and families of the late Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen.

Anxious lawmakers convened Wednesday under heightened security in Wisconsin’s state Capitol, one of the most publicly accessible statehouses in the country, days after a legislator and her husband in ...

By Benjamin Oreskes Reporting from the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The close of New York State’s legislative session in ...