US Governors News

A former hitman will testify for a second day in the racketeering trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, as Bulger's attorneys prepare to attack his credibility.

The governors of Texas and South Dakota visited Connecticut on Monday to court gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws this year in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation giving the state the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has come to Connecticut in search of gun manufacturing and other jobs while talking up the importance of competition.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has come to Connecticut in search of gun manufacturing and other jobs while talking up the importance of competition.

State officials are making the case to Fiat head Sergio Marchionne to select Tennessee for the Italian automaker's joint headquarters with Chrysler Group LLC. Marchionne met with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and others on Sunday at a ceremony to mark the expansion of Fiat subsidiary Magneti Marelli's components plant in Pulaski.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a law expanding the state's Medicaid program following her victory over conservatives in her own party opposed to embracing a key part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has come to Connecticut in search of gun manufacturing and other jobs while talking up the importance of competition.

Opponents of the natural gas drilling method known as fracking are heading to Albany for a rally outside the state Capitol.

The huge Black Forest Fire in east central Colorado is more than halfway contained, the federal official overseeing the fight said late Saturday.

In this June 13, 2013, photo Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talke with reporters in Madison, Wis.

It's been a year since eight young men took the stand to testify they were sexually abused by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, but the fallout from the child molestation scandal isn't over.

Environmental groups are pressing Gov. Brian Sandoval to block shipments of potent uranium waste planned for burial at a government-managed site in Nevada.

President Obama spoke with Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Friday to reaffirm his commitment to helping Colorado as it deals with the most destructive wildfire in the state's history.

Gov. Rick Perry of Texas made light at a major gathering of conservatives on Saturday of his sometimes rocky 2012 run for the White House.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin criticized the Obama administration's decision to supply weapons to the rebels in the civil war in Syria on Saturday, arguing that the U.S. should "Let Allah sort it out" until there is a stronger leader in the White House.

State officials are touting a U.S. Department of Commerce report that ranks South Carolina's economy as the 12th fastest growing in the nation.

It may be going too far to say Gov. Tom Corbett's political future rests on what happens in Harrisburg over the next two weeks, but there's no disputing he has a lot at stake.

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A former high-ranking state House Republican now serving prison time for public corruption is suing Gov. Tom Corbett and prosecutors who he says illegally hid evidence and denied him a fair trial.