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Gov. Kathy Hochul urges a national assault weapons ban after a mass shooting, highlighting the limitations of state gun laws ...

A 2024 report by the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) found that East Palo Alto, a ...

Seven years ago, three-to-five-day mail delivery in central and southern Illinois was on time about 93% of the time. Now, ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) has quickly made a name for herself on Capitol Hill. As an outspoken member of the House ...

Last week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) held a Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection hearing to examine the evolution of threats to ...

A bipartisan bill introduced by Congressmen Sam Liccardo and Andrew Garbarino would create government-backed loans to help ...

Congresswoman Delia Ramirez has called for a hearing on the use of federal funds to pay El Salvador to detain people deported ...

A Bay Area representative wants to map rising groundwater, a hidden climate threat for the region that could flood ...

WATER WRANGLING: Colorado’s top negotiator in a dispute over the future of the West’s most important water source is warning ...

The new law raises the cap on state and local tax deductions from $10,000 to $40,000 for most Long Island homeowners -- with further increases every year until 2029.