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After President Trump signed executive orders last week to ramp up immigration enforcement, Democratic members of the state Senate on Tuesday made good on their promise to speed up legislation… Read More

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday announced new measures aimed at addressing the state’s growing opioid epidemic, including proposals to limit prescriptions for pain medications and increase prison terms for… Read More

The battle to legally grow, sell, buy and smoke pot in California has been a long one.  Voters in the state ushered in medical marijuana 20 years ago, but took… Read More

In Wyoming, Republican Gov. Matt Mead is counting on a state-funded research center set to open this year to find a way to produce energy from coal without releasing carbon… Read More

Fewer American workers belong to labor unions than at any time since the government began tracking membership, according to a new report released Thursday.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics said… Read More

The City of Detroit is weighing in on a high-profile literacy lawsuit that accuses state officials of denying Detroit students access to literacy.  Eli Savit, an attorney representing the city,… Read More

Philadelphia is the first city in the nation that prohibits employers from asking about a job applicant's prior earnings.  Mayor Kenney signed the Wage Equity Law on Monday, after City… Read More

On President Barack Obama's last full day in office, the U.S. Department of Transportation said it would conduct a sweeping review of Maryland's transportation policies to determine whether they violate… Read More

A federal court ruled that 12 of Alabama's legislative districts were unconstitutional, citing an improper use of race in their composition.  The three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court… Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Texas’ effort to salvage its strict voter identification law, handing at least a temporary victory to civil rights advocates who… Read More