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The Arizona city is likely the only in the country to pay for wildfire prevention with bond money and is being looked to as a national model for leveraging federal funds.
Former Saturday Night Live comedian Victoria Jackson, who ran last week as a Tea Party-backed candidate for commissioner of Williamson County, Tenn. She didn't win.
Most state and local governments in the U.S. are stuck in a desktop world with websites and services that don't work on smartphones and tablets. But not Utah.
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The ruling that bans "psychiatric boarding," which has become more prevalent as hospitals have struggled with a shortage of resources, has health officials scrambling.
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said he plans to file a lawsuit Friday to overturn the passage of Proposal 1, which will phase out a tax on manufacturing equipment in Michigan. He says the ballot language was slanted.
The Maryland Public Service Commission ruled Wednesday that Uber is a common carrier like other for-hire car services, but also said new rules were needed because of technological advances.
Cities and states are responding to the growing number of Americans who speak other languages in radically different ways.
More than a handful of states cut unemployment benefits in recent years.
Percent of New Jersey voters who approve of Chris Christie's job performance, which is the governor's lowest net approval rating since August 2011.
In the latest salvo in the ongoing fight over Louisiana's use of the Common Core education standards, Gov. Bobby Jindal has amended his lawsuit and is now seeking a court injunction to immediately stop the state from using the tests tied to Common Core.
Gov. Pat McCrory on Thursday signed a state government budget bill that had been expected on his desk at least five weeks ago, giving teachers and state employees significant raises for the first time in several years.
Montgomery, Chester, Bucks, and Berks Counties agreed Thursday to jointly implement the new technology. Montgomery County officials, who are administering the regional effort, hope to have it up and running by early 2015.
In a major defeat for Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, voters on Thursday voted to keep all three Tennessee Supreme Court justices in retention elections.
Victoria Jackson, the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member who has made a name for herself as an active tea party participant, conservative activist and outspoken opponent of President Barack Obama, has lost her bid to win a spot on the Williamson County Commission.
Charlie Brown, whose campaign appears to consist of a Facebook page showing him posing with three catfish, leads the four-way race for the Democratic nomination with about three-fifths of the state's precincts counted.
Inflaming a contentious debate over voter identification laws, the Virginia State Board of Elections decided this week that, to cast a ballot, voters will have to present a current photo ID or one that expired within the past year.
The school district says the money would not avert layoffs or guarantee that schools can open on time.
Gov. Mark Dayton signed an executive order that directs state agencies to increase employment of people with disabilities to 7 percent by 2018.
The Florida school system will spend $73,000 to implement a steroid testing program.
Obamacare an creates upheaval at free clinics, now that people have insurance options.
Number of subway cars removed from the New York City system after riders found bedbugs on trains this week. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the bedbugs were an isolated incident and no one reported being bitten.
John Brownlee, lawyer for the former Virginia governor, arguing that McDonnell's friendship with Jonnie Williams Sr., and his promotion of Williams' business was intended only to help a Virginia company. McDonnell and his wife are charged with accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and secret loans from Williams in exchange for promoting his products.
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department confirmed it has reached a deal in which it will be able to refinance up to $5.2 billion in debt, a move likely to speed up the city's bankruptcy case and free up cash for the beleaguered department and possibly reduce rates to customers.
Overwhelmed by the arrival of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children, the state of Texas relaxed its standards for the shelters that house them, easing rules governing how much space each child needs and what kind of facilities they should have.
Marijuana is a thirsty plant, and cultivating it at a time when California residents are subject to water restrictions has become a sticky issue.
D.C. residents will vote in November on whether to legalize marijuana use in the nation’s capital after elections officials decided Wednesday to place the question on the ballot.
Most elections to retain Tennessee Supreme Court justices are bland affairs, but this year, Tennesseans have been inundated with mailings, vicious campaign ads and more than $1 million of in- and out-of-state money for the battle over three of the fives seats on the high court.
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