A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was 91.

Former Cuban officials who allegedly participated in the crackdown against protesters and later migrated to America have been ...

House File 887 will exempt freestanding birth centers from needing to obtain a certificate of need from the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing.