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MARTA union employees held up signs and shouted chants in the shadow of a Midtown high-rise building Monday to protest stalled negotiations and privatization efforts that could threaten hundreds of jobs.
As states gear up for round two of Obamacare enrollment next month, they have their sights set on people like Miles Alva.
Political rivals for New Mexico governor faced off in a Spanish debate Monday, a rare event that nonetheless marked an emerging trend as Republicans and Democrats around the U.S. court Hispanic voters.
President Obama announced his endorsement Monday of D.C. mayoral candidate Muriel E. Bowser, lending the support of the nation’s most prominent Democrat to the party’s nominee amid a hard-fought campaign against two independent candidates.
Officers in Ferguson, Mo., violated the Constitution by requiring peaceful protesters to keep moving rather than stand still during demonstrations that followed the Aug. 9 police shooting of an unarmed man, a federal judge said Monday.
In the bluest of states, Democrat Martha Coakley, best known for failing to win Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat, is polling evenly in this year's race against Republican Charlie Baker.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Senate Bill 1211, which requires the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to develop a timeline for a statewide next-generation 911 emergency communications system.
Because of skyrocketing prescription drug prices, some state Medicaid programs and prison systems provide certain drugs to only the worst-off patients. Some states are trying to negotiate better pricing.
Los Angeles' decade-long declining violent crime total is on pace to rise this year. How did this happen?
The California governor is collecting millions to promote a water bond measure and a state rainy-day fund.
San Jose, Calif., Mayor Chuck Reed, on how his state legislators promised expensive retirement benefits (and early retirement ages) to state employees without addressing possible adverse consequences.
Amount for which a New Yorker is suing Bike and Roll DC over an injury that resulted when her Segway reversed and spun violently. The woman argues the company's safety video failed to adequately prepare her because it didn't mention that "these machines, can randomly just go rogue.”
The Kansas governor's policies are starting to look too conservative even for one of the reddest states, giving opponent Paul Davis a slight edge.
The Supreme Court ducked the same-sex marriage question Monday, effectively striking down marriage restrictions in five states but leaving for another day a widely anticipated constitutional clash.
Hennepin’s program recently was honored as a “model practice” by the National Association of County and City Health Officials.
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen declined Friday to defend Wisconsin elections officials against a new lawsuit connected to a stalled probe of Gov. Scott Walker and his conservative allies, asserting the officials are misreading a law at the heart of the investigation.
Emboldened by recent court rulings, more and more counties and cities across the country are refusing to jail inmates extra days to give federal authorities time to deport them.
Starting this school year, most states will test students' reading and math skills via computer, setting aside the old practice of using No. 2 pencils and paper tests.
For months, health officials have been preparing for what some say is inevitable: a case of Ebola virus showing up at the emergency room.
The Virginia Department of Transportation is launching a new program this fall that will allow buses traveling I-66, inside the Beltway, to use the shoulder when traffic is backed up.
To head off problems before they become crises, states need to monitor their local governments' finances and borrowing practices.
Thanks to the way the deal to operate the Indiana Toll Road was structured, the state treasury and the road's users don't have anything to worry about.
When governments make it easy for citizens to know the facts and engage them in the conversation about what needs to be done, reforms can happen.
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As the Teflon governor of Texas enters the last months of his 14 years in the state's top job, his troubles are piling up and the allies and colleagues who have often rallied to his side are turning their attention to other things.
The shortage of cybersecurity experts is well documented. So what are agencies doing to fill the gap?
The Asian-American population is increasing steadily across the country, but the South has seen some of the fastest growth.
The U.S. Treasury Department tightens scrutiny to try to uncover laundering by Mexican cartels.
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A change at the top could dramatically change the chances for Medicaid expansion in several states.
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