The day Florida Democrats dreaded

Pennsylvania election officials confirm that there are roughly 1,200 Republican mail-in ballots left to be adjudicated, in addition to 4,000 outstanding provisional ballots from all parties.

The California governor is vaccinated and has received two booster shots, the most recent on May 18.

Texas has allowed teachers to sign up as campus “marshals” since 2013 through a program created after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary.

THE BUZZ: California’s oil and gas industry may be past the peak of its political and economic might. But fossil fuels are still often at the burning center of California politics. Action inside and far beyond the state Capitol demonstrated that point yesterday. As the Legislature hurtled toward a...

THE BUZZ: Californians entered 2022 with a determination to pass a slate of bills aimed at curbing gun violence. Now, in the wake of the devastating school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Democrats in the Golden State want to pass them even faster. Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego)...

Texans, like most Americans, favor some restrictions on guns. But the political system doesn’t work to turn that public sentiment into public policy.

The state Senate passed a bill aimed at increasing contract approvals for disabled veteran business owners today. Sponsored by Sens. Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) and Steve Oroho (R-Sussex), the bill, NJ S2249 (22R), would revise the number of qualified disabled veterans' businesses required to designate set-aside contracts from three to two. Because of the low number of disabled veteran-owned businesses, the law’s requirement of at least three qualified bidders in any one category has been an obstacle to doling out contracts. Treasury Department spokesperson Danielle Currie told POLITICO earlier this month that the department cited the low volume of registered vendors as “a major barrier to utilizing set-asides" to meet the goal.

The U.S. District Court judge granted Tish James’ motion to dismiss Donald Trump’s complaint, allowing the probe of his business practices to continue.

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to raise the legal age to buy guns in New York to 21, after 18-year-old shooters in both Buffalo and Texas used semi-automatic weapons to carry out deadly mass shootings. Hochul said that “at minimum” she will seek to ban people under 21 from buying AR-15...

Wendy Davis on why she thinks this is a hinge moment — but why so much is still stuck.

Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry, who has loaned millions out of his own pocket to his campaign, is a close second to the Wisconsin lieutenant governor.

Gov. Greg Abbott invited Ed Scruggs to be part of two Texas task forces on gun safety. He started optimistic. He left feeling like a prop.

Advocates are pushing for New Jersey’s only public hospital to receive some healthcare of its own. As the state continues to recover from the overwhelming Covid-19 pandemic and is flush with cash due to higher than expected tax revenues — and billions in federal Covid dollars — Newark’s University Hospital may be primed with its best shot at acquiring desperately needed funding for infrastructure upgrades and construction of a new campus.