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Gov. Andrew. M. Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed to shield teachers from being rated “ineffective” in job evaluations as a result of the new, higher academic standards of the Common Core this school year and next, according to two officials familiar with the deal.
An initiative to expand Medicaid coverage to 70,000 low-income Montanans won’t be on the November ballot this year, as supporters Thursday said don’t have enough signatures to qualify Initiative 170 for the ballot.
A new study from AARP says that care could vary dramatically in cost and quality depending on where you live.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that public employees are protected from retaliation when they testify in court about misconduct they observed on the job, a decision important to millions of government workers.
America is industrializing again, but the days of good jobs for everybody are over.
A decade-long revenue decline is about to get worse.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office, in a ruling cancelling six of the Washington Redskins football team's trademark registrations.
Investigators believe Scott Walker was trying to illegally coordinate fundraising and campaign activity.
Washington, D.C., D.C. Public Schools officials announce a one-year pause of "value added" measures for teachers' evaluations.
The state House had to override Gov. Nikki's Haley's veto to get the increase. Now the bill heads to the Senate.
The candidate, David Mech, once starred in a movie called "Entering the Student Body."
Democrats hold fewer chambers but have more at risk this year than Republicans. Here's a breakdown of what to expect in every state legislature's elections.
D.C. Water and Sewer Authority is contemplating being the nation's first public utility to issue a bond that's paid off over 100 years.
All the public-sector management news you need to know.
Trying to retain its most talented employees in a competitive job market, North Carolina gave thousands of them a pay raise.
A federal judge issued a split ruling Wednesday on Utah's controversial immigration law passed in 2011.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has been instructed to immediately increase its efforts to secure the Texas-Mexico border with a $1.3 million-per-week operation, the offices of Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Gov. Rick Perry announced Wednesday evening.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal issued executive orders Wednesday to withdraw the state from the Common Core standards and federally subsidized standardized tests, defying his state legislature, his superintendent of education and the business community.
The board overseeing the largest public-employee pension fund in New Jersey today voted to sue Gov. Chris Christie over his plan to take $2.4 billion meant for the pension system over two years.
Arizona residents won't be toking up in public anytime soon. At least, not legally.
Dozens of advocates for legalizing medical marijuana rallied at New York's Capitol on Wednesday and blamed Gov. Andrew Cuomo for stalling a proposal that's before lawmakers.
Recent jury verdicts in eminent domain cases reflect an upward trend in the cost of building oil and gas pipelines in Texas.
Governments could improve by pushing more information to constituents, entering into strategic partnerships with industry more easily and cooperating more broadly for the betterment of society, to name a few things.
After a string of accidents, two states decided beef up oil-by-rail and pipeline safety.
After years of cutting public workers' retirement benefits, states are slowly adopting common private-sector practices that automatically enroll employees in savings plans and automatically increase how much people put away each month.
Estimated financial commitment made by the billionaire Koch brothers to the 2014 midterm elections, equivalent to the average annual income of 5,270 U.S. households.
Rick Scott signs (limited) into law a bill legalizing "non-euphoric strain" of marijuana for use in treating certain medical conditions.
San Marino, Calif., Mayor Dennis Kneier resigns after security cameras tape him tossing dog waste into a neighbor's yard.
Gov. Chris Christie announces pilot program to reverse overdoes will go statewide.
Ride services and room sharing are targets for taxes.
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