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(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki) By JERRY NOWICKIPETER HANCOCKBETH HUNSDORFER& GRACE KINNICUTTIllinois Capitol News Longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was charged by a…

The race for governor is tight among some readers of The Day.Between current Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont and Republican nominee Bob Stefanowski, who lost to Lamont in the last gubernatorial race in 2018, Day reader preferences are!-->…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf will present his eighth and final budget proposal to lawmakers on Tuesday, as the Democrat pushes Republicans to spend more federal pandemic aid now and Wolf seeks to cement his legacy of public school…

Many Massachusetts Democrats are considering the governor's seat, some of whom have declared their candidacies and others not. State Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz announced her gubernatorial candidacy last summer, before Gov.…

ALBANY - Prior to making several taxpayer-funded airplane trips that could violate state ethics rules, Governor Kathy Hochul's office was told that using a state-owned airplane for the sole purpose of attending a campaign fundraiser was…

Some days the most important political news may turn out to be the least important in the long run.Wednesday may have been one of those days in Ohio politics.It was the day the two contenders for the…

Raipur: After Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj's derogatory remarks about Mahatma Gandhi in Chhattisgarh, a government official has now reportedly made derogatory remarks about the Father of the Nation on social media. After…

Hojai: In recent months, the state government-led Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Directorate and Police in Assam have been tough on corrupt officials and others engaging in unscrupulous activities . In the latest case of an official…

Investigation report by the BBC linked a Nigerian politician to a deadly sectarian group and an international network of internet fraudsters. The politician, identified as Augustus Bemigho, is a member…

The shameful discovery of a coal mining permit issued earlier this year to a recent salaried official in the GPS state government has sparked outrage among villages in Tutoh Baram where…

Angry young people in Lagos on Friday, December 3 booed a Lagos state government official during an evangelistic program, "The Experience," which took place in the state last night. According to a Twitter user identified!-->…

The police then arrived on the scene with the canine squad and the fingerprint experts. (Representative)Azamgarh/Lucknow: A 55-year-old Dalit government official and his wife were found murdered in their home in an Azamgarh…

There is a time for everything, says the Bible. There is a time to follow and a time to lead, a time to hide behind the shadows of others and another to dazzle. This principle has returned to play in the!-->!-->…

California Governor Gavin Newsom rolled up his sleeve on Wednesday and received a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine, a move he has encouraged others to make as the state heads into the time of…

Bayelsa State Transport Department Permanent Secretary Ere Efeke showed off his other job besides being a government official in styleGovernment official in photos shared on social media took his family to the farm to harvest…

Bayelsa State Transport Department Permanent Secretary Ere Efeke showed off his other job besides being a government official in styleGovernment official in photos shared on social media took his family to the farm to harvest…

In 1972 and again in 1974, a fiercely liberal Texas state lawmaker named Frances Tarlton Farenthold ran for governor on a platform that included imposing a corporate income tax, strict regulation of utilities and the liberation of state…

State Representative Ras Smith, Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa, center, flanked by State Representative Phyllis Thede and State…

COVID-19 Updates: Governor Northam's next press briefing will be on Tuesday, March 9th at 2:00 PM. Response to coronavirus (COVID-19) • Have you downloaded COVIDWISE, Virginia's COVID-19 Exposure!-->…

Former Nigerian vice-president spokesman Atiku Abubakar blasted Prince Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun state, for allegedly unproductive manipulation of the state. Segun Sowunmi, a former PDP candidate for the House of Representatives,…

Posted: 23 Sep 2021SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has signed the following budget implementation legislation: AB 163 by the Budget Commission - State Government. AB 167 from the budget committee!-->…

September 21, 2021By: Dwayne Page Jason Martin, a Nashville physician and vocal critic of the state government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, officially launched his bid for the Democratic…

Posted September 12, 2021 Lagos-based politician Arinola Oloko said time will tell whether Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu pursues the goal for Lagos State of collecting value added tax generated in its territory for residents or his…

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Economic Crimes Squad has registered 10 FIRs in cases involving the drip irrigation scam that rocked the Umaraia Horticultural Department in 2017-2018. FIRs were registered under sections 420, 120B of…

Gunmen suspected of being bandits killed two travelers along the Zamfara road. The incident happened on Sunday evening and those killed include Kaura Namoda local government area engineer and works manager Umaru Nabita Moriki and a local…

Dick Lamm was the most popular and controversial governor in modern Colorado political history.He was…

One of the most senior officials in Yobe state government, Mamman Mohammed, reduced himself to a spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress in the state, issuing press releases about the party's neighborhood congress that just ended.…

There is no reason that someone cannot earn some money from their accomplishments by writing a book. That is, unless you are a current elected official, in the midst of a global health crisis, tasked with managing said health crisis,…

Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher today sentenced Mathew Palmer, 44, of Severna Park, Md., To eight years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for distributing child pornography.…

Panoramic view of Lagos StateFor a very long time, I have felt that public servants are the “real enemies” of the state. This notion was based on the idea that they are allergic to open communication,…

Amid rising coronavirus cases in Karnataka, the state government wants to impose a full lockdown every day of the week, Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar confirmed on Saturday. Kumar hinted that more containment-type measures…

Yet law enforcement has been, for the most part, atavistic, reflecting the colonial era mindset to control political expression and curb dissent. The Supreme Court today ruled severely on the Goa government's decision to assign an…

Some residents of Jangebe, the community of Zamfara where high school girls were kidnapped last week, have vowed to kill any government official or security guard who visits the community after a teenage boy was killed by Nigerian soldiers…

After much public reaction, GameStop is closing all of its Massachusetts stores following a City of Boston inspection last Wednesday.…

Akwa Ibom's government suspended the chairman of the state's Local Government Services Commission, Valentine Attah. Mr Attah's suspension, announced in a press release on Wednesday from Akwa Ibom's (SSG)…

Credit: Sacbee.com Every year since 1994, Governance magazine has honored eight to ten local or state government officials for their outstanding work. California State Auditor Elaine Howle will be honored Nov. 5 as Public Servant of the…

Rebel Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan - whose drinking problems have sparked citizen contempt, YouTube humiliation and Jay Leno ridicule - has said he will become a singular figure in government history. Wisconsin if his joint council…