US Governors News

Extradition hearings are slated Tuesday in northwest North Dakota for two suspects held in the kidnapping of a Montana math teacher who went missing more than a month ago and is presumed dead.Michael Keith Spell, 22, and Lester Vann Waters Jr., 47, are being held in Williston on $2.5 million bail each in the kidnapping of 43-year-old Sherry ... (more)

Some state lawmakers are reviving a push to end Connecticut's death penalty, hoping for an easier road this year following the conclusion of two widely publicized trials for a brutal 2007 triple slaying.

The governor's office says Wisconsin's exports have improved over the last year by several billion dollars.

Wisconsin elections officials disclosed Monday that a 100-year-old white brick building two miles east of the state Capitol is the previously secret location where petitions seeking the recall of Gov.

The White House says legislation in the Senate that would give employers broad leeway to restrict coverage for contraception is "dangerous and wrong." Press secretary Jay Carney took aim Monday at a bill by Republican Sen.

New Jersey lawmakers gave their blessing to legalizing gay marriage for the first time Monday as the state Senate passed a bill that would allow nuptials for same-sex couples, despite Gov.

Republican officials in southern Ohio say GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum will be at two county party dinners this Friday.

Reviving California's fierce debate over affirmative action programs, dozens of black and Latino students will turn to a federal appeals court this week in a bid to end the state's 16-year-old ban on using race and ethnicity as factors in public university admissions.

Gov. Corbett's proposal for the biggest reduction in the prison population in Pennsylvania history is getting a cool reception from state prison guards.

Joyce Concklin has 10 good reasons why every state should pass a ban on texting while driving: That's the number of bones she broke when a texting driver ran into her.

The most resounding speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference came not from a presidential candidate, or an elected official -- but from Sarah Palin.

In this Feb. 10, 2012 photo, Tara Kane Prendergast, a senior from Colorado and one of 16 Brown University students supporting the position that their school needs to sacrifice more financially to support the city of Providence, speaks at an informational protest on the Brown campus in Providence, RI.

A Utah man who police say threatened to assassinate Gov. Gary Herbert is now facing multiple felony charges.

Rick Santorum is pursuing an aggressive strategy to challenge Mitt Romney in the state where the GOP presidential front-runner grew up.

Kansas legislators are modifying a proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback's administration to establish a fund to cover the state's share of federally declared disasters.

Auto parts manufacturer ZF is launching a $14.6 million expansion of its plant in Tuscaloosa, which should see dozens of additional jobs as a result.

SAN DIEGO - Gov. Jerry Brown, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein are among Saturday's scheduled speakers at the Democratic State Convention at the San Diego Convention Center.

Alabama legislative leaders say a bill will be ready in a couple of weeks that will make changes to the state's tough immigration law.

Lawmakers have tried before to pass a bill guaranteeing employees' ability to store firearms in vehicles parked at work.

Howard Moye sat in the last row with his arms crossed watching Mitt Romney tell conservatives why they should nominate him to challenge President Obama.