Gov. Rick Snyder's proposal to expand Medicaid to nearly 500,000 Michigan residents, was rejected in a party-line vote in the state House of Representatives.
San Jose, Calif., Mayor Chuck Reed, explaining why his city could not afford to host the Olympics. Among American cities, only one -- Los Angeles -- appears interested in a possible 2024 bid.
The national organization created to assist Obama's second-term agenda on a variety of issues before Congress is bringing it's power and influence to the state-level.
House democrats reached a compromise on gun legislation, dropping universal background checks and a few other provisions while keeping language that would close the gun-show loophole in the state.
Steve Gunderson, of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, on why the group opposes legislation in Congress that would restrict federal funding of for-profit colleges. Fourteen state attorneys general are pushing for the legislation.
More than two dozen bills -- including ones that would broaden the definition of child abuse -- are under consideration in the Pennsylvania House and Senate.
Philadelphia City Council President Darrell L. Clarke, explaining why he chose to declare a recess during Mayor Michael Nutter's annual budget address. The mayor's speech was drowned out by the shouts and whistles of municipal union workers angry over contract negotiations.
