US Governors News

Updated at 12:55 p.m. ET . A Senate ethics panel cleared Sen. Roland Burris of any legal wrongdoing, after months of questions swirling around his appointment to the Senate seat President Obama left vacant upon taking office.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford wants to report previously unrecorded flights he took on planes owned by friends and campaign donors, a state ethics official said Thursday, even as the governor's lawyer continued to defend his travel practices.

Thrilled with twin victories this month, Republican governors are looking to lead a party-wide resurgence in 2010 and shape the GOP for years to come.

Prosecutors can retry an ex-sailor who received a conditional pardon from Virginia's governor after spending 11 years in prison for the rape and murder of a fellow sailor's wife, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Governor Steve Beshear has expressed doubt that Kentucky will land a Harley-Davidson manufacturing plant.

New Jersey's municipal leaders today will hear two views of the state's state of affairs.

Ohio lawmakers were deadlocked once again on how to fix Ohio's budget Wednesday, as a Senate Republican proposal blending most of Gov.

When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, in a highly unusual vote, recommended a convicted murderer set to die Thursday for his part in the fatal shooting of Houston convenience store clerk have his sentence commuted to life in prison.

Of all the adjectives one might use to describe Newsweek's current Sarah Palin cover, "unflattering" probably isn't one of them.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attends a meeting of the world's 15 most innovative regions in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Nov.

California will face a nearly $21 billion budget gap over the next year and a half, extending a fiscal crisis that already has led to steep cuts to public schools, social services and health programs.

Nearly three dozen tax increase proposals to help New Mexico cope with a budget shortfall are under consideration by a task force formed by Gov.

An aide to Iowa Governor Chet Culver says the governor completed his first triathlon last weekend and lost 25 pounds while training for the event.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, picking sides in the volatile campaign for Texas governor, belittled Gov.

It appears New York Governor David Paterson had a change of heart over the weekend, flip flopping on where he stands on trying the 9/11 detainees in New York City, just steps away from Ground Zero.

A top South Carolina lawmaker says the embattled governor should not face impeachment simply because he left to see his Argentine lover over the summer.

Social-networking site Twitter plans to end a service that links prominent message posters with new users, a service that was criticized in California because of perceived unfairness toward GOP gubernatorial candidates.

David Cheezem, co-owner of Fireside Books in Palmer, said people have been calling to make sure they'll be able to get the former GOP vice presidential candidate's memoir, "Going Rogue." He's opening early with coffee and doughnuts to celebrate the Tuesday release.

New Jersey's governor-elect said Monday he'll be taking office of a state with an even worse financial crisis than previously believed, and he wants the current governor to tighten the state's purse strings in the meantime.