Despite the still uncertain long-term fate of the wind energy tax credit, the industry has plans to develop more turbines in states like Iowa and Nebraska.
Stronger-than-expected tax collections have left the state with an extra $300 million which the state will use to fully replenish its reserves and pay down money it still owes local school districts.
EMTs and paramedics are governed by a haphazard patchwork of rules that vary widely by city and state and in tough economic times, emergency services often are on the chopping block.
The number of Arizona residents who are paying more than 78 percent -- far more than the recommended 30 percent -- of their income toward rent. A new report recommends ways for the state to address its affordable-housing shortage.
Nevada lobbyist Billy Vassiliadis, who dropped out of an effort to pass universal gun background checks in Nevada this year because he thought it was unwinnable.
Death penalty supporters want Gov. Brown to challenge a court decision that lethal-injection protocol was not properly reviewed, but other technical hurdles remain.
Despite Florida having no major hurricanes in the last seven years, one-third of the insurance companies that have taken over policies previously held by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. have gone belly up -- and cost taxpayers $400 million.
