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Responding to the frustrations expressed by local residents, the St. Petersburg City Council has taken a major step towards potentially jettisoning its longtime relationship with Duke Energy Florida and creating its own city-run electric utility. The Council voted 4-3 on Thursday to spend up to $590,000 to hire Texas-based NewGen Strategies and ...

Colorado’s two Democratic candidates for governor met again for a debate in Denver Thursday, less than a week before county clerks across the state will begin mailing ballots to registered voters for the June 30 primary election. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser broke little new ground during the debate, hosted by 9News ...

Idaho Republican U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher on Wednesday fielded questions about the war with Iran and his support of transferring management of public lands. Fulcher held a telephone town hall Wednesday evening, answering questions from constituents around the state. He represents Idaho’s 1st congressional district , which covers the North Idaho pa...

Amid a political tug-of-war over North Carolina’s judiciary, state Democratic lawmakers put forth a series of proposals they say are needed to protect the branch’s independence. The three amendments propose a Supreme Court code of ethics, an overhaul to the state’s Judicial Standards Commission, and greater constraints on the General Assembly’s ...

Members of the Idaho Legislature’s Legislative Council on Thursday approved the language that will be used to describe two proposed amendments to the Idaho Constitution that will go before voters during the November general election. The Legislative Council is a powerful group of Republican and Democratic leaders of the Idaho Legislature that is...