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California’s health insurance exchange is canceling Obamacare coverage for 10,474 who failed to prove their citizenship or legal residency in the U.S.
Republicans need a net gain of six seats to take control of the Senate, and a year ago, that math almost always included a victory in the Tar Heel State by defeating Sen. Kay Hagan. But less than a month before Election Day, the North Carolina race still eludes the GOP’s grasp — and has put a massive dent in the party’s wallet.
It may be easy to blame individuals for their plight -- until children are involved.
Law enforcement says Proposition 47 is the wrong way to lower the state's prison populations.
American cities reported the most positive financial data since the 2008 financial crisis, but they still haven’t fully recovered from the recession.
Two researchers say the answer comes down to how a tax cut is financed.
Hamline College political scientist David Schultz, on how Minnesota Democrats recruit candidates for state political offices.
Several states are piloting programs to develop cost-effective strategies in helping disconnected youth.
A Superior Court judge sided with the city of Charlotte in a ruling issued Monday that bars the Charlotte Airport Commission from running the city's airport without prior approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Since 2003, Gov. Rick Perry’s Texas Enterprise Fund has given out more than $500 million to private firms in exchange for a promise to create jobs in Texas.
The candidates for attorney general in their first debate Sunday clashed over how they would handle challenges to state laws, with the Democrat saying she would not defend Wisconsin's voter ID law and other measures and the Republican arguing the state's top cop must take on that work.
With the Nov. 1 deadline to apply approaching, it's now crunch time for a program that has already attracted 35,016 applications from high school students across the state. That has put Tennessee Promise on pace to perhaps double the state's goal of 20,000 applications.
A majority of New Jersey voters now have an unfavorable impression of Gov. Chris Christie, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, with just 42 percent of registered voters carrying a favorable impression of him – the lowest ever recorded by the poll.
Karen Lewis, the controversial, combative and charismatic leader of the Chicago Teachers Union, will not run for mayor, significantly boosting Mayor Rahm Emanuel's chances to win re-election next year.
The cost of Harvoni, the recently FDA-approved drug for hepatitis C, which is about $20,000 cheaper than Sovaldi. Both drugs have cure rates higher than 90 percent.
Maryland was the only state in the Mid-Atlantic whose casino revenue increased significantly between 2012 and 2013, as it cashed in on gamblers who had previously headed out of the state. But there are signs that the rapid pace of growth may be slowing.
Internal communications and documents from the highway administration show that a senior engineer charged with examining the guardrails expressed reservations about their safety, before he signed off on their continued use about two years ago.
The 30-second TV spot cited the accident that left her opponent, Atty. Gen. Greg Abbott, partially paralyzed and suggested he had profited from his misfortune while denying other victims the same remedy.
A breach in safety protocol at a Dallas Hospital has caused a female health-care worker to become infected with Ebola after having extensive contact with Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan.
The country's largest union and professional association of registered nurses said Sunday that American hospitals are still not communicating policies to health-care workers regarding how to handle potential Ebola patients. National Nurses United also said that 85 percent of 1,900 nurses surveyed said their hospitals have not provided education about the virus in a setting that allows nurses to interact with or ask administrators questions.
Add Alaska to the list of states allowing same-sex marriages, the product of a federal judge's ruling issued Sunday.
Demand for the treatment is likely to surge in Medicaid because the drug reduces side effects and requires fewer office visits, presenting a problem for state budgets.
Government-mandated multilingualism, such as requiring that official documents be translated into multiple languages, is not just expensive. It also divides us.
Formal codes of ethics are worthwhile, but there is a lot more that can be done, both in government and in schools of public administration.
With the next open-enrollment period for health benefits just around the corner, there are some important things to do now.
A ballot measure to give regulators the power to reject excessive premium hikes has garnered opposition from an organization that aims to make insurance more affordable.
Kwame Kilpatrick's says that he didn't receive a fair trail and was wrongfully convicted.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
The state only has about 121,000 Latino voters, but experts say they could make a difference in the tight races for governor, U.S. Senate and secretary of state.
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