December 20, 2015 Wisconsin Supreme Court vacates contempt order in union case However, the Supreme Court declined Thursday to put on hold a lower court ruling from 2012 that found the law's restrictions were unconstitutional as they applied to a Madison teachers union and a Milwaukee public workers union.
December 20, 2015 Minnesota governor to sign bill legalizing gay marriage Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has pledged to sign the bill, and is scheduled to do so at 5 p.m. Tuesday on the front steps of the Capitol in St. Paul.
December 20, 2015 Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments on union plan The court's decision could bring to an end one of the last unresolved legal challenges to the contentious restrictions that stripped almost all public workers of nearly all their union rights.
December 20, 2015 Michigan governor approves bill that clears way for wolf hunt Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Wednesday that clears the way to schedule Michigan's first gray wolf hunting season since the resurgent predator, reviled by some as a menace to farm animals and beloved by others as a symbol of untamed wildness, was driven to the brink of extinction in the lower 48 states a half-century ago.
December 20, 2015 McAuliffe narrowly defeats Cuccinelli in Virginia, ObamaCare troubles loom over vote Democrat Terry McAuliffe won the Virginia governor’s race on Tuesday, Fox News projects, in a surprisingly close victory over Republican rival Ken Cuccinelli -- who was heavily outspent and trailed in the polls for much of the race.
December 20, 2015 Exit polls: Christie wins NJ race with help from independents, seniors -- and Democrats Chris Christie retained the strong support of men, independents, seniors, and working class whites who had favored him in 2009, and added majorities of women and Hispanics to his column
December 20, 2015 Christie cruises to 2nd term as NJ governor While the final margin of victory over Buono was still being tabulated, Christie was expected to become the first Republican in a quarter-century to receive more than 50 percent of the New Jersey vote.
December 20, 2015 New Jersey Gov. Christie reportedly underwent stomach surgery to lose weight Christie says he underwent the surgery on the morning of Feb. 16, and was home the same afternoon.
December 20, 2015 Obama hits campaign trail for McAuliffe in Virginia President Barack Obama cast Republican Ken Cuccinelli on Sunday as part of an extreme tea party faction that shut down the government, throwing the political weight of the White House behind Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the final days of a bitter race for governor.
December 20, 2015 House GOP leader warns McAuliffe over executive orders Terry McAuliffe pledges to sign two executive orders on his first day as governor, but the leader of the GOP-controlled House of Delegates says the Democrat shouldn’t get too comfortable handing down edicts.
