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August 4, 2025
With Democrats shut out of power in Washington, state governors are emerging as the party’s most visible leaders—and potentially its…
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June 3, 2021
South Carolina Sen. Mia McLeod is on a history-making mission after announcing on she is running for governor in 2022.
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April 30, 2021
Sophia A. Nelson says white male Democratic leaders not walking the talk of diversity is hindering Black women from elected…
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November 18, 2020
Midwest GOP, Dem governors unite for virus PSA by taking to Twitter to say, "masks up." Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kicked…
September 6, 2020
With Congress deadlocked on a coronavirus relief package, many states haven’t been able to wait and see whether more money…
February 24, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The explosive politics of health care have divided the nation, but America's governors, Republicans and Democrats alike,…
February 21, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama promoted his effort to raise the minimum wage on Friday...
April 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where…
February 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama on Monday challenged governors to make it easier for military personnel to transfer…
February 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - About 4.7 low-income million Americans who would be newly eligible for Medicaid in 2014 live in the…
February 27, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama Monday urged the nation's governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a…
December 19, 2011
Former Dallas Cowboy and NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders hosted a pregame show for his old Texas team Saturday...