A rare provision in Chicago’s zoning code may force aldermen to vote on a 615-unit development with 124 affordable apartments ...

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The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her ...

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a warning to protesters in his state as people gathered to rally against immigration ...

Legislation aimed at limiting where certain types of food waste can be composted in Texas is now on Governor Greg Abbott’s ...

With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Greg Abbott sent $123 million to the Permian Basin for the Beacon Project, designed to spur economic development in the region. He told the gathering at the Petroleum ...

Montana’s governor will have to pay the legal bills of the Montana Environmental Information Center and Earthworks under a state Supreme Court ruling issued May 29. Supreme Court justices split 4-3 on ...

The Texas Senate passed a bill requiring the state to adhere to a biological definition of men and women, a move campaigners welcomed as a win for "truth and reality" and one that protects single sex ...

An exception was in 1861, when President Abraham Lincoln unilaterally suspended ... Doug Ducey of Arizona and Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas to proclaim that their states were being invaded.

The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the ...