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With the jobless rate as high as 8.7 percent in some places, many states are getting personal by offering one-on-one or group counseling and training to help people with the mechanics of a job search.
The 23-year-old program ends after investigators found injuries and shoddy work practices.
One supporter, facing a felony trial for selling pot, has filed to run for state representative.
An Idaho hospital battle is a microcosm of the debate over industry consolidation.
After enduring criticism for assessing environmental hazards only by the state's ZIP Codes, the state and the EPA have issued pollution numbers for the state's 8,000 census tracts.
Three couples argue the state's 10-year-old ban against same-sex marriage denies them equal protection under the law.
Dan Schwartz, Nevada's state Republican party finance chairman, explaining why the his state's GOP removed any mention of abortion or gay marriage from its platform.
Decline in black enrollment at the University of Michigan between 2006, when the state's affirmative action ban went into effect, and 2012.
The ballot proposal to rescue Metro bus service in King County was being run over by voters on Tuesday night, winning just 44.72 percent of the vote in the first “dump” of election results.
Donors such as former presidential candidate Mitt Romney produced a recent spike in contributions to a charity set up to raise money for former Gov. Bob McDonnell's legal defense
Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed House Bill 2339, which allows guns in public buildings and events that do not provide security guards and metal detectors at each entrance. It does not apply to K-12 schools, community colleges or universities.
Nurse practitioners will have to wait to gain independence in patient care following Gov. Dave Heineman’s veto Tuesday of a bill to lift state restrictions.
An NYPD social media campaign backfired when the police department asked New Yorkers for photos with cops and Twitter erupted with unflattering pictures of officers making arrests, tangling with citizens and in some cases wielding their weapons.
In the wake of Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court decision, one Wisconsin lawmaker pledged to offer legislation to ban affirmative action policies in the state.
A decision by state lawmakers to let prospective teachers slide on a basic skills test is a bad idea.
Since 2005, the number of Texas parolees who commit new crimes has dropped, but room for improvement remains. On Tuesday, lawmakers will examine ways to reduce recidivism among those with mental illness and substance addiction, a group most at risk to reoffend.
A bill by California Assemblyman Ian Calderon would create an entrepreneur-in-residence program within the governor’s office of Business and Economic Development.
Most states are seeing budget surpluses this year, setting up competition among legislators about how to spend the extra money.
Rick Snyder signs legislation making it harder for scrap metal thieves to sell their goods.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, explaining that his latest budget cuts funding for the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey in part because of the high cost of public pensions.
A recent audit says Oregon, which mirrors national trends in some ways, hasn't done enough to get citizens off public assistance and into the workforce.
Lawyers for a Missouri death row inmate on Tuesday were seeking to halt his execution over concerns about the state's secret lethal injection drugs a day after an Oklahoma court stopped two executions there over similar issues.
The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Andrew Farmer after he was approached by various hospitals, was added to a bill designed to protect those who are placed in the care of conservators. The amendment gave hospitals a way to petition for court approval to discharge patients they say no longer need the costly care of a major health facility.
A dozen states still have anti-sodomy laws on the books 10 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled they are unconstitutional.
Starting May 1, the District will start issuing Real ID licenses that conform to stringent federal regulations, the Department of Motor Vehicles announced last week.
A ballot initiative that could make Alaska the third U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana will go before voters in a general election in November rather than in August as previously scheduled, officials said on Monday.
The Father's Day/Mother's Day Council has recognized the governor's prowess as a parent by naming him Father of the Year.
The former New York lieutenant governor has 50 years of budget experience. Here's how it really works.
Ounces of marijuana left so far in "amnesty boxes" at the City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport in 2014.
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, reacting to Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, on why the Supreme Court should allow Hobby Lobby to eliminate the morning-after pill from its employee health care plan.
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