Budget gridlock has been building since Bruce Rauner was elected governor in November. He campaigned on a pledge to cut spending, reform government and cut or hold the line on taxes. If he can't reach an agreement with the legislature, the government may shut down.
The tax limitation in Clark County has cost $119 million in lost revenue since 2009. That, combined with the recession meant it had to fire 1,500 municipal workers. It still can't afford to cover the daily cost of each inmate held in county jail.
In the fall, the justices will hear a direct challenge to the fees brought on behalf of Rebecca Friedrichs, a public school teacher in Orange County who objects to supporting the California Teachers Association.
The California governor signed legislation to require more children who enter school, or day care, to be vaccinated against diseases including measles and whooping cough.
Faculty at the state's universities, backed by national higher-education groups, say the Wisconsin governor is risking the quality and prestige of one of the country's leading state universities to fuel his presidential ambitions.
The state-run marketplace is embarking on an ambitious effort to collect insurance company data on prescriptions, doctor visits and hospital stays for every Obamacare patient.
Convicted murder Randall Daluz maintains a website. But once he is sentenced and moved to the Maine State Prison, his writings will challenge a recent policy by the Maine Department of Corrections that has forbidden inmates from publishing their work.
The bill, which takes effect July 1, prohibits the sale, purchase, possession or consumption of cigarettes, other tobacco products and e-cigarettes to anyone under the age of 21.
