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The chances for a Senate vote to approve the Keystone pipeline died on Monday along with an energy efficiency bill, victims of Congress' inability to do anything regarding energy policy.
The "Sandy Bill of Rights" — pushed by the Legislature’s top Democrat, Senate President Stephen Sweeney — called for changes aimed at addressing problems that residents and housing advocates raised about state-administered recovery grants, including providing a clear explanation of how to apply for programs and allowing applicants to find online where they stand on waiting lists.
While roadway deaths have not been eliminated, the country’s rate of fatalities has been whittled down to an international low.
It's been a long and winding road through this year's Republican primary battle for governor in Nebraska, with detours and hairpin curves aplenty.
Voters in Newark will pick a new mayor on Tuesday to fill a post held by popular Democrat Cory Booker and steer New Jersey's largest city as it struggles with an uptick in violent crime, unemployment and a possible state takeover of its finances.
A balanced budget isn’t always a healthy one.
A Twitter storm erupts between the "it gets better" Fort Worth councilman and the Weather Channel.
The state's attorney general asked the state's top court to suspend ruling that struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriages.
After pledging to be open about communications, New York gov. keeps emails in the shadows
New message featuring the Boston accent on some electronic highway signs in Massachusetts to remind drivers about the importance of using turn signals when changing lanes.
Texas cancels its Medicaid contract with Xerox and sues over allegedly misspent money.
Teacher flight is rising in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; pay may be a factor.
A California bill would ease licensing policies for immigrants.
A politician without much charisma, he was a tenacious organizer and helped with the Democratic Party's rise in Wisconsin.
From governor to ambassador, Patrick Lucey served state, nation
Cops are now trained in Mental Health 101.
Wisconsin election officials acknowledged in federal court Thursday they could not enforce a state law that limits the amount donors can give to all candidates to $10,000 a year, in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Minneapolis officials are taking early steps toward joining Seattle and San Francisco in becoming “zero waste” cities where just about every scrap of trash is recycled.
Gov. Mark Dayton rang in Mother's Day Sunday by giving final approval to a package of bills aimed at improving conditions for women in the workplace.
A $5-per-patron fee is not an unconstitutional occupation tax and must be paid by Texas strip clubs that serve alcohol, an appeals court ruled Friday.
More than 1 million patients who use federally funded community health centers will remain uninsured because they live in one of 24 states that chose not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study released Friday by researchers at George Washington University.
In fact, Wisconsin's festival of discord mobilized people on a massive scale, generating one record-breaking turnout after another.
The story of Italy's effort to decentralize its governmental functions offers lessons for innovators everywhere.
We need to re-engineer the front-end review and approval process to get these projects done — and reap their benefits — much more quickly.
Five states have used data from the federal food stamps program to quickly enroll more than 500,000 people in Medicaid.
Energy businesses are pouring money into state campaigns.
Google Fiber's Portland deal won't serve everyone in the city.
Monthly pension collected by Irene Triplett of Wilkesboro, North Carolina, from her father's service in the U.S. Civil War. Triplett, 84, receives America’s last Civil War pension.
Kansas voters must switch before July 1 to vote in the Aug. 5 primary.
Yoga in some California prisons offers inmates 90-minute pursuits of inner peace.
The city prepares to sell ads on municipal buildings and vehicles.
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