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Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO.
Communities across the country have been struggling to replace thousands of miles of these old, metal pipes with pipes made of plastic or specially coated steel that are less prone to leakage.
The review is the first of multiple inquiries into a scandal that has jeopardized Christie’s political future.
Rhode Island Speaker of the House Gordon D. Fox, enveloped by an apparent criminal investigation, announced Saturday that he has resigned his leadership post.
Michigan state agencies won’t immediately recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages that were performed in the hours before an appeals court put on hold a judge’s ruling that tossed out a state ban on gay marriage, the governor’s office said Sunday.
Using extracts to make medical marijuana sodas, candies and lollipops is legal, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge has decided.
Legislators passed a bill a year ago that allowed the state to withhold all information about the drugs it plans to use to execute death row inmates. Georgia, Oklahoma and Missouri have enacted similar laws shrouding information about their lethal injection drugs.
Requiring local employers to pay their workers more than the federal minimum might cost jobs, but the benefits of higher wages outweigh the costs.
Our map shows general government gross debt as a percentage of GDP for all countries.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
A new rule tries to keep muni market players from getting too friendly.
Failure to teach students even basic theory behind how computer technology works has several implications -- none of them positive. That’s the motivation behind a new push to boost computer learning in public schools.
Paul Volcker and Richard Ravitch’s State Budget Crisis Task Force recommends ways government can make reporting cleaner, clearer and simpler.
Yes, it’s been a boon for government work, but it also opens the door to conflict and confusion.
There’s a whole new generation of heroin addicts in rural areas and smaller, struggling cities, which have few resources to fight the epidemic and its affects.
The United States lags behind other countries when it comes to sophisticated infrastructure in part because it lacks the workers to build or maintain it.
Conservatives were out in force last year trying to roll back requirements for some states to use alternative energy. They failed. Does that mean attitudes on green power are changing?
After 28 years in the Army, Tony Tata landed a job for which he lacks the traditional credentials. Is the ability to command more important than substantive knowledge when it comes to high-level government jobs?
The legislature overrides Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of a section of a budget bill that would have forced companies to pay taxes.
Under “results-based financing,” private investors provide funding for social programs that are expected to save taxpayer dollars down the road. If the policy goals are met and the savings materialize the investors receive their money back with interest.
Data shows concentrations of public employees for each state.
Kamala Harris understands her state's size, transportation infrastructure and proximity to Latin America makes it an attractive hub for crime networks.
Boom times in oil and agriculture have brought new wealth to people in many rural counties. But the money in bank accounts isn't translating into more money for government.
The evidence that men make more in government is most striking among the highest-paid workers at state agencies.
Recent political battles have highlighted the decades-old divide between urban and rural areas, making groups that occupy a middle ground more necessary than ever.
Mayor Eric Garcetti calls the process 'fatally flawed' and acts amid concerns over nepotism and mismanagement.
Rural lawmakers are dwindling in number as people continue to migrate to metropolitan areas. But the battle between urban and rural politics is as big as ever -- and those out in the country may be winning.
The state house approves lower fees for undocumented students.
Hospitals may be rural America’s single most important and most endangered institution. Between having to serve some of the sickest and most expensive populations and federal cuts, can small town America save more from closing?
New Mexico Environment Department spokesman Jim Winchester, denying two companies the ability to excavate part of an old city landfill to search for Atari "E.T. The Extraterrestrial" game cartridges purportedly buried there in the 1980s. "E.T." is considered one of the worst video games ever made.
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