New rule strengthening federal job protections could counter Trump promises to remake the government
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's chief human resources agency issued a new rule on Thursday making it harder to fire thousands of federal employees,...
California schools forced to compete with fast food industry for workers after minimum wage...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lost in the hubbub surrounding California's new $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast food workers is how that raise could impact...
Oklahoma executes man convicted of double slaying in 2002
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday...
Bringing dental care to kids in schools is helping take care of teeth neglected...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Tucked away inside the teachers lounge at a New Hampshire elementary school, Amber Warner was having her teeth checked out...
Bill Clinton reflects on post-White House years in the upcoming memoir ‘Citizen’
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton has a memoir coming out this fall about his years since leaving public office in 2001....
New York adulterers could get tossed out of house but not thrown in jail...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A little-known and rarely enforced law from 1907 that makes adultery a crime in the state of New York could...
Nebraska lawmaker who targeted a colleague during a graphic description of rape is reprimanded
A Nebraska lawmaker who invoked the name of a colleague while reading a graphic account of rape on the floor of the Legislature violated...
Iowa repeals gender parity rule for governing bodies as diversity policies garner growing opposition
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An explicit requirement that Iowa’s state, county and local decision-making bodies be balanced by gender was repealed Wednesday, a...
Texas asks court to decide if the state’s migrant arrest law went too far
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An attorney defending Texas' plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally told a panel of federal judges Wednesday...
Maritime terminal prepares for influx of redirected ships as the Baltimore bridge cleanup continues
BALTIMORE (AP) — The only maritime shipping terminal currently operating in the Port of Baltimore is preparing to process an influx of redirected ships...
