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In 2020, the Republican-controlled state legislature drew a new congressional map. The North Carolina Supreme Court subsequently threw out that map.

The $5.5 million project would add seven surgical beds and five intensive care beds to Peru by the end of 2025, for a total of 45 and 8, respectively.

In the U.S. South — home to nine of the nation's 12 heaviest states — obesity is playing a role not only in COVID-19 outcomes but in the calculus of the vaccination rollout.

Political worker had contract passed around between multiple ComEd lobbyists

Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe says there were a lot of applications for a vacant second ward city council seat filled this week, and some of those candidates could fill open seats on boards and commissions.

Voters encountered long lines at the polls and scattered problems on Tuesday. Many of the difficulties were in the New York and New Jersey areas where some voters had to cast ballots in the dark or were confused about where to vote. There was also confusion about ID requirements in Pennsylvania, and some confrontations involving poll watchers.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approves a five-year ban on harvesting wild oysters from Apalachicola Bay to give the fishery time to recover from drought and other pressures.

Some states allow children to be removed from their parents if they fail to pay the cost of foster care. But that can be hundreds of dollars a month, and it's often the poorest families who must pay.

Western towns surrounded by and dependent upon public lands are forced to get creative as federal recreation budgets continue a slow decline. They are boosting local efforts to maintain public access.

Despite a divided Congress, Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama is still pushing to shore up the Voting Rights Act after the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled key parts of the landmark law.