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States need to change the way they pay providers. Rewarding prevention and improved health outcomes is better for everybody.
Digital technology has given us tools that make a methodical approach to institutional learning more useful and powerful than ever.
Auditable standards for public-sector quality improvement efforts are the key to their sustained and effective implementation.
The FCC wants to prevent states from banning locally and publicly owned broadband. That plan is spot on -- and Chattanooga, Tenn., proves it.
Illinois State Sen. Matt Murphy, speaking against legislation passed that would give Chicago the authority to write its own rules on where medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation centers could open in the city.
A surprising number of this year's rising stars are seeking higher office.
The state's Board of Pharmacy bans the compounds used in making synthetic drugs.
Georgia sued over health care cost for teachers, state employees and retirees.
Chicago would become the only city in the state allowed to write its own rules on where medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation centers can be.
A judge has limited access to hundreds of pages of documents from a Republican consulting firm.
Michigan voters will decide the fate of the state's personal property tax on Aug. 5
The food we don't eat gives us gas. But beyond renewable energy generation, organic waste holds the potential of big benefits for our communities.
A roundup of money (and other) news that governments can use.
New York City health officials, who may try to track you down if you complain that the meal made you sick.
Mayor Mike Duggan’s office said Thursday he won’t support extending Kevyn Orr’s time as the city’s emergency manager or keeping on his former law firm, Jones Day, if Detroit’s bankruptcy extends beyond Orr’s expected exit date in late September.
The federal criminal investigation of Oregon's health insurance exchange took a step into public view Tuesday when the U.S. Attorney's office issued broad subpoenas seeking information from Cover Oregon and the Oregon Health Authority.
Senate leader Darrell Steinberg unveiled a modified version of his plan to offer free preschool to California 4-year-olds on Thursday, slashing the cost of the program to the state by more than two-thirds by focusing on children from the poorest families.
The Republican Party on Thursday announced four finalists to host its 2016 national convention _ Cleveland, Dallas, Denver and Kansas City, Mo. _ after Las Vegas withdrew its bid in the face of strong opposition from some conservatives in the GOP.
Republican Gov. Bill Haslam on Thursday signed a bill into law allowing the state to electrocute death row inmates in the event the state is unable to obtain drugs used for lethal injections.
The candidates are talking more about conservative credentials and pot than farming woes.
Counties sue pharmaceutical giants over opioids.
Amount of money necessary to fix train stations on the French railway network because engineers failed to measure the distance between the tracks and platforms, leaving 341 trains that are too big to fit in the stations.
Estimated number of bees released on Interstate 95 in Delaware, after a tractor trailer carrying 460 hives crashed last week. The bee swarms prompted police to activate the state's "honeybee swarm removal plan," which was established in 1995 and had never been used before.
Tweet from Fairfax County, Va., School Board member Ryan McEleveen, 28, accepting a 17-year-old's invitation to prom. McEleveen subsequently clarified that he only planned to make a brief appearance at the event.
Los Angeles and San Francisco are jumping into variable-rate parking in a big way.
The secretary of state says he’ll no longer issue the cards, which have long been a prized perk.
The Louisiana State Legislature on Wednesday passed a bill that could force three of the state’s five abortion clinics to close, echoing rules passed in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas and raising the possibility of drastically reduced access to abortion across a broad stretch of the South.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality monitors cities and other water-distributing entities and gives weekly reports on water shortages and which residents are under mandatory water restrictions.
Prompted by shortages of drugs for lethal injections, Wyoming lawmakers are considering changing state law to permit execution of condemned inmates by firing squad.
Gov. Corbett said Wednesday that he would not appeal the federal court decision overturning the state's ban on same-sex marriage, making Pennsylvania the 19th state to recognize such marriages.
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