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Industry groups and Republican-led states are heading an attack at the Supreme Court against the Obama administration's sole means of trying to limit power-plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming.
Colorado adopted tougher air pollution rules for the oil and gas industry — the first in the nation to cover methane, a gas linked to climate change.
Gov. Jay Inslee is considering ways he could raise the minimum wage for state employees – even as legislation to raise pay for all Washington workers is stalling in the Legislature.
Governor Deval Patrick cracked the door on Sunday to a potential White House run after the 2016 election, using a governors’ conference in Washington DC to stir national buzz.
An increase in the federal minimum wage would have far greater effects in some states than others. View new data to see where workers are earning at or below the federal rate, which has been frozen at $7.25 since 2009.
U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank questions the constitutionality of the state's policy on sex-offenders, which critics attack for confining people indefinitely in prisonlike treatment centers.
Bill Schuette backs a lawsuit that would remove tax credits for health coverage.
Jay Paterno will seek the Democratic nomination in the primary election.
Texas punishes its first clinic and doctor under a new abortion law.
The state moves closer to abolishing its law banning felons from voting.
In trying to raise achievement levels in our schools, we're failing to acknowledge a critical factor: Students are different from each other.
Colorado's works to create a complete, useful health care price list. It's not an easy task.
This week's roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
It's not just if a state is expanding Medicaid that matters, but how.
Percent of U.S. households that are “severely cost-burdened,” meaning more than half of their income goes toward housing expenses.
Brian Acton, on Twitter, when he was rejected for a job at Facebook in 2009. Facebook announced last week that it was buying WhatsApp, the company Acton founded, for $19 billion.
The assertion that a program will save more money than it costs in the long term is a difficult one to demonstrate.
When the city's marijuana-licensing program faced a crisis, a team trained in efficiency showed how nimble public employees can be.
The 5-0 decision made public Thursday upheld a Maricopa County Superior Court ruling that declared unconstitutional the Arizona Legislature’s actions in 2011 to suspend raises because of the pension trust’s poor financial health.
The executive director of Nevada's beleaguered health insurance exchange announced his resignation Thursday amid increasing criticism and frustration over the operation of the state-run online web portal.
After two years of filming in Maryland (largely in Baltimore), creating jobs and building excitement over its presence here, "House of Cards" is threatening to "break down our stage, sets and offices and set up in another state" unless Maryland offers millions of dollars more in tax breaks, according to the Washington Post.
A venture capitalist seeking to break California into six new states has won approval to begin collecting signatures needed to get his plan on the ballot in November, but experts said such a measure likely stands little chance of success.
Gov. Jan Brewer is going to get the last word on whether Arizona business owners can cite their religion as a reason to turn away gays — and maybe others.
Advocates of gay marriage saw the possibility of a quick legal win on the horizon Thursday after Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced she would not defend Oregon's ban on gay marriage in federal court.
According to a new report, the share of households that spend more than half of their income on housing slightly declined last year – but the trend could be short-lived. View data for every state.
As the company rolls out Google Fiber, it looks to 34 more communities as the next potential candidates.
Milwaukee may begin forcing restaurants to post inspection grades right in front of the establishments.
California leaders propose drought relief funding plan.
In the midst of the worst drought on record, some California communities are showing that there's plenty that can be done.
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