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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the centerpiece of the 2003 medical malpractice overhaul law, blasting the Legislature for creating an “alleged medical malpractice crisis” and concluding that the cap on wrongful death non-economic damages violates the state constitution’s equal protection clause.
Doctors, hospitals and advocates for the poor had high hopes Utah would become the 28th state to expand Medicaid this legislative session — a move that would cover more than a quarter of the state’s 400,000 uninsured.
‘Design thinking’ is revolutionizing retailing, and it could revolutionize the delivery of government services.
A city with one of the nation’s worst blight problems is now considered a national leader in reducing vacant and dilapidated properties.
Local leaders are going to be increasingly responsible for the health of the broader population. The former New York mayor's controversial approach will serve as a model.
A Missouri lawmaker is pitching a plan that would expand Medicaid but with the toughest work and premium requirements of any current proposal.
Lawmakers approve $215 million bill to repair roads damaged this winter.
The 9-member retiree committee is safe if any of the 23,500 city retirees try to sue the members individually.
Anthony Brown pledges to limit annual tuition increases to 3 percent.
Self-driving cars sound like fantasy to many, but regulators in the state are laying the groundwork for the technology to hit the roads next year.
In 2014 67 GMO labeling bills have been introduced in 25 states.
Under the new law, anyone with the state's concealed weapons permit could bring firearms onto Idaho campuses, where they're now banned.
Syracuse, N.Y., Mayor Stephanie Miner, on the trouble municipalities have trying to operate with existing local taxes.
Estimated value of the underground sex industry in Washington, D.C. The sex economy has decreased in most cities, a new study reports.
Reubin Askew, one of the most popular and effective governors in Florida history and a fiercely determined advocate for tax reform, racial equality, managed growth and ethical government, died early Thursday in Tallahassee. He was 85.
Lawmakers appear ready to make marijuana oil legal in Kentucky, after the Senate unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that would make the controversial extract available to treat children with uncontrollable seizures.
The day after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called for expanded use of the life-saving opioid overdose antidote naloxone in the nation's burgeoning heroin epidemic, Ohio Gov. John Kasich made that expansion a little easier here.
Two top state lawmakers say they were caught off guard Tuesday by Gov. Chris Christie’s administration’s sudden decision to stop allowing Tesla Motors to sell its electric cars directly to customers in New Jersey, and are considering a legislative remedy.
Gov. Rick Scott supports a Senate proposal allowing some undocumented immigrants to pay in-state college tuition rates, his office confirmed Wednesday.
Gov. John Kitzhaber decided this week that Oregon will be the fourth state to avoid food stamp cuts included in the federal farm bill.
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One Arizona mayor argues it makes more sense to fund cities and their suburbs as large metro areas, rather than as politically separate entities.
A shift in election law has prompted Texas to extend the time between primaries and runoffs. That means primary night results might not carry into runoffs.
Gov. Jan Brewer, who developed an international reputation for her vociferous attacks on illegal immigration, is ending her career as an elected politician at the end of the year. But she’s not retiring from politics.
A group of local pension plans has a strategy to fight 2-and-20 fees and lower the costs of private equity investments.
A few states are working on plans to eliminate tuition at community colleges. Advocates like the sentiment behind this, but question the possible consequences.
Medical marijuana is popular, but the governor's reelection campaign will also reduce ad space available for anti-drug crusaders.
The oil boom is creating problems for farmers, as both the oil and grain industries put huge strains on rail service on the Great Plains.
Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s fourth State of the District address was supposed to offer him a big stage to propose new initiatives on education, housing and economic development just three weeks ahead of a closely fought Democratic primary.
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