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Supporters say the measure would help combat the state's epidemic of painkiller abuse, but polls have fluctuated wildly, and opponents are seizing on a controversial video to question their true intentions.
There's nothing like an ambulance when you really need one, but they're expensive, and a lot of people who call an ambulance could be better served with a different, cheaper kind of care.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Hawaii are collaborating to keep track of students who move out of state.
See how each level of government employment has fared in recent months.
What happened to the VA can happen to any government institution. New leadership is just the first step on the road to reform.
States that refuse to expand Medicaid give up billions in aid.
As they deploy modern, data-driven tools for public-sector efficiency, today's government leaders are building on work that began many decades ago.
A new proposal could have bipartisan appeal because it places states in command of reform and offers broad flexibility.
The New York governor is essentially guaranteed to win re-election but not by so much that he can secure his spot as a top contender for president.
The number of U.S. households struggling to put food on the table totaled 17.5 million in 2013, a slight decrease from a year earlier but still a historically high number.
The nation took another big stride Thursday toward a historic legal showdown over gay marriage, as a federal appeals court in Chicago unanimously struck down bans on same-sex unions in Wisconsin and Indiana.
A federal judge on Thursday threw up a roadblock -- at least for the Nov. 4 election -- to a new Republican-passed law that partly closed Ohio's early voting window.
Hackers successfully breached HealthCare.gov, but no consumer information was taken from the health insurance website that serves more than 5 million Americans, the Obama administration disclosed Thursday.
Neel Kashkari, the underdog in California's race for governor, launched a fusillade of attacks on Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday night in their first and probably only debate.
Scientists say the lava is advancing about 820 feet a day and is less than a mile from homes.
Dozens of fast-food workers from Los Angeles to Manhattan were arrested as they escalated a fight for better pay Thursday with strikes, rallies and acts of civil disobedience.
Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to shrink Medicaid instead of expanding it was a radical departure from a decade-long effort to cover more people in the rural state.
A reading list of the most important measures, how voters cast their ballots and why they matter.
In a historic verdict Thursday, a federal jury convicted former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, on felony corruption charges. It's the first time a Virginia governor has been found guilty of crimes in office.
In 37 states, SNAP error rates fell between fiscal year 2008 through fiscal year 2013.
The quake alert's success in the Napa area this summer spurs an effort to complete an early-warning system across the West Coast.
Employees in Chicago and other cities began strikes and protests to try to increase their hourly pay.
Ferguson police are the latest of more than 1,000 departments to wear body cameras, which are proven to reduce officers' use of force and citizens' complaints against cops.
Despite recent improvements in childhood obesity, the overall rate increased in six states last year and decreased in zero.
Average number of hours worked per week (which is the nation's highest) by private-sector employees in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, La., metro area in July.
Bruce Rauner, Republican nominee for governor of Illinois, when asked if he was among the 1 percent of the wealthiest Americans. Rauner, who made $53 million last year as chairman of a private equity firm, also told reporters he belongs to an exclusive wine club that costs more than $100,000 to join.
See where workers are working the longest hours
As Gov. Jerry Brown and Neel Kashkari prepare for their first -- and likely only -- debate Thursday, Kashkari has a problem that goes beyond anything that might happen on stage: Many Californians still don't know who he is.
Capping one of the fiercest battles for economic bragging rights in years, Tesla Motors is expected to announce Thursday that it has chosen Nevada as the site for its first "gigafactory" for battery production.
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