COURTESY PHOTO State Rep. Gene Ward 1 /2 COURTESY PHOTO State Rep. Gene Ward JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM State Rep. Diamond Garcia spoke Friday next to the vacant seat of state Rep. Gene ...

A Hawaii State Senate Committee advanced five gun control bills, including measures on secure storage, ghost guns, and gun ...

During his first term, Trump stacked the Supreme Court with hard right judges creating a 6-3 split that led to the ...

April 4, 2017 - The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that the Civil Rights Act prohibits workplace discrimination against LGBTQ employees, after Kimberly Hively sues Ivy Tech Community College for ...

The salary increases were recommended by a commission filled with former -- and current -- government officials.

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Alien Enemies Act: A federal judge on Saturday said the Trump administration must halt use of an obscure wartime law, called ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure ...

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A bill that would generate new revenue for the state to address climate change and reduce the risk of future wildfires by ...

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SAO PAULO, March 7 (Reuters) - The majority of a five-member panel of Brazil's Supreme Court formed a majority on Friday to uphold a justice's previous ruling to suspend U.S. video-sharing ...