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The graphic video altered the usual conversation about body cameras and police accountability by capturing _ up close _ a polite conversation that instantly turned into a deadly encounter in which the officer had little chance to react.
Mead additionally proposed more spending for University of Wyoming programs and construction projects; $25 million for cities, towns and counties; and $21 million to add passing lanes on some state highways.
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A recent applicant for a job as a correction officer at New York City jails had several friends who were gang members. Another had been arrested four times and had been fired from a job as a security guard for stealing from the business he was supposedly guarding.
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In a 5,500-word State of the Commonwealth speech Wednesday night that was bullish on Virginia and absent partisan criticism, Gov. Terry McAuliffe urged the Republican-controlled General Assembly to work with him on bolstering the economy and creating jobs.
West Virginia education officials on Wednesday retreated from an earlier curriculum decision that expressed doubts about widely held views of climate change.
When it comes to the taxes closest to home, the less you earn, the harder you’re hit.
U.S. President Barack Obama said laws that impede local governments from bringing competitively priced, high-speed Internet to their residents hold back businesses and raise prices for consumers.
The Affordable Care Act set aside funding for health care co-ops, to enable the organizations to compete in places where there aren’t many insurers. CoOportunity Health was the second largest co-op in the country in terms of membership.
Though few seem to be aware, yes, parents can bring cupcakes – or other junk food – to classroom birthday parties and school events.
In addition to being presidential battlegrounds, these states will host several other pivotal contests.
He recommended tax hikes to make it happen.
The Supreme Court Wednesday clarified what local governments must do when rejecting plans to build new cellular towers, instructing authorities to promptly provide their reasons to carriers but leaving towns broad discretion over how they do so.
Gov. Nathan Deal used his State of the State address to build support for his proposal to give the state broad new powers to intervene in failing schools and declare that doing nothing to raise new transportation revenue is “unacceptable.”
Budget shortfalls will make it difficult for some newly-elected Republican governors to keep the tax-cutting promises they made during their campaigns.
Officials discussed the upcoming challenges earlier this week.
Scientists are investigating whether oil and gas drilling is causing the quakes.
Albany Park Neighbors decided this month to give its "Block Star Business" award to the Admiral Theatre at 3940 W. Lawrence Ave for "keeping the neighborhood clean and presentable."
The prisoners argue existing drug protocols lead to constitutionally prohibited cruel and unusual punishment.
The shortage that began the state's controversial legalization policy appears to have eased.
Gov. Jay Inslee urged legislators to "reinvest in Washington" by spending more on education, the environment, the homeless, health care, mental health facilities and public services.
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While budgets were more stable last year, several states still tapped into their reserves.
Branstad seeks $7.3 billion budget for fiscal 2016.
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Gov. Rick Snyder picked Flint's emergency manager Tuesday to be the next leader of Detroit Public Schools, a move that sparked criticism from people who believe the district should be returned to local control.
West Virginia joined 25 other states several years ago to help develop a set of standards for teaching science across the United States. Among other topics, the standards acknowledge the overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is real and has been profoundly affected by human activity.
Gov. Mike Pence proposed a balanced budget amendment to Indiana's constitution during his State of the State address Tuesday night.
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Gov. Scott Walker called for combining government agencies in the first State of the State address of his second term Tuesday.
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Starting this month, state-run insurance exchanges are legally required by the healthcare reform law to be financially self-sustaining. But that mandate is being ignored across the country, and there do not appear to be any immediate consequences for the states.
Joseph D. Morrissey was reelected Tuesday to the House of Delegates, opening another chapter in a made-for-TV-movie-style drama likely to captivate the General Assembly session starting Wednesday.
Gov. Christie pledged his commitment to New Jersey during his annual State of the State speech Tuesday, but to many observers, he made clear he had an eye on the national stage.
With the help of his father, mother and little sister, Alex Mason is leading the charge to get cannabis businesses and charities much-needed access to banking.
The town also agreed to pay $500,000 to the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which filed the suit in 2012, to cover legal fees and costs.
Lawyers for the states told the appellate panel it should disregard the high court's 42-year-old Roe v. Wade decision.
Residents confront difficult questions after a midwife asks about infant deaths.
At least two families are suing Newtown, saying that lax security led to shooting deaths.
An incident at L'Enfant Plaza Monday killed one person and hospitalized dozens more.
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Once tightly controlled by commercial publishers, legal codes are becoming more accessible online, thanks to the open data movement.
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New Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey moved Monday to make good on a campaign promise to shrink state government, announcing a hiring freeze and promising new systems for cutting waste and inefficiencies in schools and state operations.
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A new GAO report says the nation's largest cash assistance program fails to incentivize states to help people find work.
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Gubernatorial pardons have been in decline since the 1980s, but that appears to be changing as views evolve on rehabilitation and drug offenses.
In the wake of high-profile data breaches, President Obama proposed legislation to require companies to notify customers within 30 days of discovering that their personal information was exposed to hackers.
A mistrial was declared nearly 12 hours after the jury of nine women and three men started deliberating in the murder trial of a white former police chief charged in the killing of an unarmed black man.
Bruce Rauner took over as Illinois governor Monday and asked for shared sacrifice to help him restore a state he described as in decline, beset by financial, moral and ethical crises.
A convicted pedophile's complaint about Nevada prison food has the state Supreme Court ordering an accounting of what's in unnamed sack lunches and "chef's choice" dinners given to inmates, and whether the meals are healthful.
One person died and dozens more were taken to hospitals after smoke filled a subway tunnel and a major Metro station in Washington, D.C., on Monday afternoon and forced evacuations, officials said.
The president's plan has met opposition or indifference, but the Tennessee program that inspired it is already catching on in other states.
A new National Association of Counties report depicts an economic recovery that hasn't yet been realized at the local level in much of the country.
And they’ve had remarkable success in mobilizing users to work for them.
Under new policy, if police suspect a person to be mentally ill they will, essentially, just back off.
Rural hospitals have long struggled financially. But threats to their survival have intensified in recent years _ falling patient volumes, aging populations, and payment cuts by government programs and commercial insurers.
He says business as usual would be "morally corrupt."
Congressman Chris Van Hollen unveiled a proposal to, among other things, incentivize saving, ease the cost of child care, and stabilize the growing income gap.
State or local government employees giving out same-sex marriage licenses would stop receiving their salaries under a bill filed Wednesday for the 84th legislative session.
With just days left before he leaves office, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn granted 232 clemency requests Friday -- including his first-ever pardon based on innocence.
Now it is Risa Vetri Ferman's time to decide whether a case against a public official is good enough to prosecute.
Gov. Scott Walker and his fellow Republicans in the Legislature are walking away from a gas tax hike proposed by Walker's transportation secretary.
Health insurer Anthem Inc on Thursday said it reached a deal under which Gilead Sciences Inc's hepatitis C drug Harvoni will be the primary treatment for patients infected with the most common strain of the liver-destroying virus.
In each instance, the agency, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, recommended stiff discipline. However, in the cases that have been decided so far, officers were given little or no punishment by the Police Department.
There are better ways to handle a situation like the one that has ignited a firestorm at the University of Virginia.
If fans of Dr Pepper and the Fort Worth Zoo don't get it in gear, their chance to buy specialty license plates might soon be gone. The Houston Rockets are hanging by a thread.
New census figures show people have started returning to recovering housing markets in the South and West.
The ironic bridge will close for the weekend for upgrades. The 52-hour closure is the longest for the Golden Gate bridge since it opened in 1937.
The court rules that Gov. Dave Heineman has the authority to approve the project’s route without review by a state agency.
"The police are merely a representative of a government formed by the people for the people—for all people," Steve Anderson writes.
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Ohio will switch its lethal injection protocol, adding thiopental sodium, a drug used previously, and dropping the two-drug regimen of midazolam and hydromorphone that caused problems in the last execution a year ago.
Take-out food packaging will look a little different in New York City after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday a ban on plastic foam containers and packing peanuts.
The group opposed to Boston's bid to host the 2024 Summer Games is vowing to launch a ballot initiative or push for state legislation to prevent Bay State taxpayers from having to foot the bill for the Olympics.
Peter Shumlin has been re-elected Vermont governor by state Legislature, 110-69, over Republican challenger Scott Milne.
Congressional Republicans renewed their assault Thursday on the Affordable Care Act, as the House passed legislation to redefine the law's definition of full-time work, a key detail that would affect how employers must provide health benefits to workers.
Utah will still not be allowed to require Medicaid recipients to work, even though the president has offered Utah Gov. Gary Herbert more flexibility on the issue, federal officials said Wednesday.
President Barack Obama rolled out a new plan Thursday to make two years of community college free, or nearly so, for millions of students across the country, a major investment that the White House cast as changing the face of higher education.
The state supreme court hears arguments in one teen's battle over forced medial treatment.
Lawmakers this year are looking to join a growing movement to preemptively prohibit "Palcohol."
The governor characterized the state as "back with a vengeance."
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After reporters had vanished from the anteroom on Tuesday afternoon, Kasim Reed opened the door to his private City Hall office and fired up his email account.
Yolanda Farrell lay mostly paralyzed in a nursing home, unable to feed or dress herself, when her homeless daughter persuaded her to move out.
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, giving his State of the State address that opened his second term Wednesday, said the state's traffic congestion is "unacceptable" and demands a bold new approach toward improving roads and railroad lines.
One arraignment courtroom instead of two. Clerks watching “Batman” on their computer screens and playing with their cellphones as they wait for something to happen. And Manhattan’s night court shutting down an hour early because there are no more cases to call.
The Obama administration is delaying rules aimed at curbing carbon emissions from power plants and will write a separate implementation plan for states that have threatened to refuse to submit their own.
Kirby Delauter, a Frederick County councilman, issued an apology Wednesday after he wrote on social media earlier this week threatening to sue The Frederick News-Post for publishing his name without permission, garnering national attention.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation has a new building, and can claim credit for the conservative makeup of the 2015 Legislature.
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At least 601 people in the U.S. died of influenza or pneumonia during the last week of 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Some states run their own insurance exchanges, while others leave it up to the federal government. A new study shows which model is cheapest for consumers.
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Getting rid of poor performers is good not only for students but also for taxpayers.
Decades after a federal law banned discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace, some states are providing additional protections to pregnant workers who want to stay on the job.
North Dakota is “stronger than ever,” and depressed oil prices shouldn’t prevent the state from boosting tax relief and continuing the progress made on roads, housing and other priorities, Gov. Jack Dalrymple said Tuesday in his State of the State Address.
They weren't the Big Ones -- but a couple of the earthquakes that hit Tuesday were the biggest in a cluster that's been rocking North Texas since last fall. And by the end of the day, eight had been reported.
Hydraulic fracturing at two well pads in Mahoning County caused 77 small earthquakes last March along a previously unknown geologic fault, a new scientific study says.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush and his supporters launched two new political action committees on Tuesday as he moves closer to a 2016 presidential campaign, underscoring his desire to get a head start on his potential rivals on both fundraising and organizing.
After hearing impassioned pleas for leniency, a federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Gov. Bob McDonnell to two years in prison for public corruption -- considerably less time than federal guidelines advised but not the community service sought by the defendant's legal team.
Governors are busy preparing their agendas for state legislatures, but they have a to-do list for Congress too.
Many best practices are commonly overlooked in the development of government social media policies.
In 2015, for the first time, a majority of states have minimum wages above the federal minimum, which is $7.25. Activists, fast-food workers and others are calling for increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour in some cities.
Fears rise as the country revives relations with Havana.
The state rings in a new era as clerks' offices in South Florida staged same-sex marriages midnight Monday and early Tuesday morning.
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Bit by bit, the federal judiciary is tearing out the legal ground from under "America's toughest sheriff."
CVS Health announced Monday that it plans to make Gilead Sciences' hepatitis C drugs the exclusive option for most of its consumers starting Wednesday.
Ferguson is likely to be a key theme during the Missouri Legislature's 4 1/2 -month session that opens this week.
Marion Christopher Barry, the son of the late D.C. mayor and council member, announced Monday that he will run for his father’s seat on the D.C. Council.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday unveiled two major long-term initiatives for California that he intends to open during his historic fourth term in the governor's office: mapping out the fight against climate change beyond 2030 and tackling the enormous $59 billion problem of deferred highway and bridge maintenance.
A child welfare judge in Miami has accused the state of denying necessary psychiatric treatment to abused and neglected children in its care, and has ordered Florida social service administrators to appear before him and explain why they have "no duty" to help sick foster kids.
Going beyond the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on subsidies and looming reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program.
The 5-1 decision stokes a growing nationwide debate over keeping track of children who have committed sex crimes.
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Opponents argue hoodie bans are similar to previous bans on sagging pants; both target clothing items or styles worn predominantly by black men.
Colorado and other states are frustrated they cannot bring banking to the cash-heavy legal marijuana business.
A recent poll shows the advantages and challenges of citizen engagement.
The state's high cost of living has pushed hundreds of thousands of low- and middle-income workers to other states,
Instagram is quietly fueling or aiding sever police investigations in Miami-Dade.
The organization's inspector general says the alleged scheme involved a half-dozen former CPS employees involved in fake invoices.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee pulled the plug on his Fox News Channel talk show on Saturday in order to "gauge support" for a second presidential run.
Mario M. Cuomo, who forged extraordinary oratorical skills, a potent immigrant's story and an intellectual liberalism to win three terms as governor of New York, died Thursday at 82 in his Manhattan apartment.
Unlike so much of education in this country, teaching at home is broadly unregulated.
New York City preschoolers will be heading back to class next week with memories of new holiday toys, vacation adventures, and, health officials hope, a flu shot.
For years, Wenjian Liu called his father each day to assure him he was safe and had survived another day as a New York City police officer.
Most businesses in Illinois will soon be required by law to adopt a retirement savings plan for employees, under a bill Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Sunday.
California's bullet-train agency will officially start construction in Fresno this week on the first 29-mile segment of the system, a symbol of the significant progress the $68-billion project has made against persistent political and legal opposition.
A new federal law aims to balance innovation and efficiency. It could serve as a guide for other levels of government.
The latest effort to resuscitate the New Jersey city isn't relying on tax giveaways alone.
The Texas governor had a toll road plan “as Big as Texas.” Then things got complicated.
Here's what technology experts are saying - along with my naughty and nice labels.
Heading into a fourth term, California's governor has been talking about both his mortality and his family's historic ties to the state.
About a year ago, Philadelphia Police Chaplain Luis Centeno was approached by Stephen McWilliams, who teaches a social documentary film class at Villanova University.
Undoubtedly hoping to quell criticism from the police force, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio met with police union leaders Tuesday as the city prepared to bury a second slain officer this weekend.
Kansas public schools remain under-funded, a three-judge panel said Tuesday, moving the state closer to a budget and constitutional crisis over taxes and state spending.
Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican who governed as a fiscal conservative, doled out $160,000 in bonuses to 22 staff members this year despite a state budget crunch, records obtained Tuesday by The Arizona Republic show.
Indiana voters could find something unusual on the ballot in 2016 under a measure state lawmakers will consider next year.
Radical environmentalist or agriculture industry shill? The only thing consistent about the politician's role as California's water referee is that the fights have left bruises on the exacting and thick-skinned senator over the years.
Mendocino High School rescinded its ban on a group of high school basketball players who had planned to wear "I Can't Breathe" T-shirts during warm-ups in a tournament.
The Ku Klux Klan loses an appeal on handing pamphlets to drivers in Desloge, Mo.
