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The state is an important testing ground for energy storage.
Washington, D.C. Councilman (and former Mayor) Marion Barry, speaking against a nonexistent "yogurt tax." A reporter had asked a question about Barry's position on the city's proposed "yoga tax," which would levy a sales tax on gyms, yoga studios and health clubs.
Many state and local governments believe opening raw government data files can spur a multibillion-dollar industry.
Under a law passed in 2010, districts with free or reduced-price lunches can offer the meals to every student at the school, regardless of household income. It's finally expanding to all 50 states.
Having a digital warehouse to hold foster kids' health and education records eases their many transitions from one home to another and makes it easier to apply for jobs and college. But few places have them.
The sugar companies are accused of dodging Everglades clean-up costs and leaving most of the bill to Florida taxpayers.
The Supreme Court has limited the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to require permits via an anti-pollution provision of the Clean Air Act.
Amount provided in public financing to "Duck Dynasty" (per episode) from Louisiana, which has earned the state the nickname “Hollywood South.”
Ralph Fletcher, sheriff of Hancock County, W.Va. Despite a growing national legalization movement, marijuana possession arrests in the county soared by more than 2,000 percent in the last decade.
While the state is cutting funding health care programs and pension programs, the handouts are part of the state's generous incentive program for film and TV productions, which has earned Louisiana the nickname “Hollywood South.”
With county police cutting back, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office has marshaled 10 detectives to combat crime in the public sector.
Would building enormous tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta really create 19,000 jobs a year?
Latino legislators move to reverse decades of discriminatory policy.
An upstate New York town clings to a casino dream, but many residents brace for disappointment after groups abandon plans to bid on licenses in the Catskills.
New York is home to more than 75 percent of the nation's Yiddish speakers, but the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has a single interpreter on call.
The New Jersey governor is promoting reforms in education and the treatment of drug offenders as part of a philosophy that extends beyond abortion policy.
The Democratic candidate is defiant as her campaign grinds on.
The Montgomery schools chief offers a new plan to tackle the district's high rates of math exam failure.
Students turn good food into perfectly good compost.
To promote tourism the city must crack down on the problem.
The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act would no longer let states or localities tax citizens for Internet usage.
Robert Rosenberger, assistant professor of philosophy at the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Public Policy.
Regional planners showcased a neighborhood with easy access to transportation, health services and entertainment. But it only lasted two days.
Gov. Rick Snyder is "looking forward" to bill signing a bill to aid Detroit.
On Thursday, the Council agreed to borrow the money toward the school district's $216 million deficit.
Trustees of Detroit’s pension fund agreed to urge workers and retirees to accept pension cuts to help Detroit address its bankruptcy.
The last year Connecticut legislators had a pay raise. The state is waiting for "a general improvement in the economy" to raise base pay above $28,000 a year.
This week's roundup of money (and other) news that governments can use.
More than one-quarter of inmate sterilizations performed in California from mid-2005 to mid-2013 followed deficient consent procedures, including 18 cases in which the waiting period between consent and surgery was potentially violated, the state auditor said Thursday.
Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers announced a deal on Thursday that would allow limited access to medical marijuana in New York, making it the 23rd U.S. state to legalize some kind of availability of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.
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