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A meeting with America’s top education official has apparently convinced Gov. Jay Inslee that Washington state must act to require public-school teacher evaluations take into account student scores on statewide tests.
There was no talk of a Jersey comeback, no bold calls for tax cuts. And no raucous applause.
With so little good news about obesity in the USA, public health advocates are celebrating a rare victory: a sharp decline in obesity rates among young children.
After having the state's broadcast television markets to himself for nearly a month, York businessman Tom Wolf has surged to the lead in the Democratic race for governor in a new survey by Harper Polling.
Long before tunnel-boring machine Bertha stalled underneath Seattle because of leaky seals, it experienced a problem involving the same seals back in Japan.
Colorado's state corrections chief took his call for reforming solitary confinement to a Senate panel Tuesday, saying he wants to lower the number of people serving in those conditions in Colorado down to fewer than 3 percent of the state's prison population by next summer.
After a botched rollout, the state will end its contract with Noridian Healthcare Solutions.
Earlier this week Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber met with President Obama on wildfire funding, drought and climate change. The Obama administration wants to change how it pays for firefighting in the United States.
How the Central Basin Water District and the Water Replenishment District reached a truce.
What governments need to know about where they should go to seek financial advice.
Those challenging the EPA say the agency is reading too broadly into its authority to regulate emissions.
Many states and localities are cutting their employees' hours to avoid having to offer them health insurance. Some say they'll make up the workload by hiring more temporary workers.
Frustrated by government inaction, citizens in cities across the country are taking traffic problems into their own hands. But the cities aren't always thankful.
Government officials are intensely aware of the political need to spread out resources equally but doing so means there probably won’t be enough to make a major impact anywhere.
Wage hikes have become the highest-profile antipoverty proposals in states and localities. But some advocates say boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit would be better for the working poor.
The design for part of one of Los Angeles’ airports was inspired by the spacecraft from the film The War of the Worlds.
As many states embrace managed care in an effort to provide quality, affordable health care, some are rushing the switch from fee-for-service care and running into problems.
A few municipalities have banned the use of pesticides on private property, but some state lawmakers don't think it should be up to the localities to decide.
America now ranks 15th for mobile broadband speeds.
Number of National Guard troops funded under the Pentagon spending proposal -- down from 355,000 troops currently.
Paul Quander, Washington D.C.'s deputy mayor for public safety, arguing that it was individual firefighters and dispatchers (not the system as a whole) that failed to help Medric “Cecil” Mills Jr. when he collapsed outside a fire station and died a few hours later.
The LGBT population makes up a disproportionate share of homeless youth, so the District wants to make its shelters safer and more accommodating for them.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to wade into the politically volatile issue of gun control by leaving intact three court rulings rejecting challenges to federal and state laws.
On party lines, South Dakota's House of Representatives rejected Medicaid expansion Monday afternoon.
Utah and Colorado lawmakers both voted favorably on proposals Thursday to treat tobacco like alcohol and take it away from 18- to 20-year-olds, a move inspired by new research on how many smokers start the habit as teenagers.
With Gov. Chris Christie set to propose a new state budget today, Democrats who control the state Legislature Monday warned that he shouldn’t expect support for a tax cut.
Gov. Jan Brewer’s closest advisers and the Arizona Republican establishment are urging her to veto Senate Bill 1062, the controversial right-to-refuse-service legislation that landed on her desk Monday.
Six state attorneys general — all Democrats — have refused to defend bans on same-sex marriage, prompting criticism from Republicans who say they have a duty to stand behind their state laws, even if they do not agree with them.
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