California's newly created health exchange announced the bottom line on its insurance policies and rates Thursday, bringing sharper focus to family impacts of next year's health care overhaul. Thirteen companies were selected to participate.
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, during a floor debate over an amendment to the farm bill that would have allowed states to impose their own labeling on food products with genetically modified ingredients. The amendment failed 27-71.
Miami city commissioners, who in recent years have cut severance pay and pensions to balance budgets, could vote Tuesday to allow four of the city's highest earners to return from retirement and collect their pension on top of their hefty salary.
States are increasingly offering more mobile apps to citizens in the hopes of connecting better with them and improving the efficiency of service delivery.
The amount of money lawmakers in New Jersey have proposed paying toward recent graduates' student loans if they live for two years in urban areas needing revitalization.
Erik Lee, from the North American Center for Transborder Studies at Arizona State University, on the lack of an agreed-upon method for determining how secure the United States border with Mexico is.
Advances in technology like drones, fences and surveillance cameras are playing a prominent role in the immigration debate. Some argue they've made the border more secure than ever, but governors in border states say the work is far from done.
Gov. Rick Scott has signed into law a number of election law changes that roll back ones made by GOP lawmakers in 2011. The changes focus on expanding voter access and easing long lines at the polls.
