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Gov. Bob McDonnell used his farewell address to the state to remind Virginians of the accomplishments during his four years as governor and to apologize for the "problems and the pain" caused by his involvement in a gifts scandal.
A commission of former governors and health industry executives is calling on states to lower the cost and improve the quality of health care.
New York City, Boston, Pittsburgh and Seattle all welcomed new mayors in the last seven days.
The Texas Supreme Court takes up a case about groundwater case that
could impact the state's surging oil and gas industry.
Last year, at least 15 states sought to help the working poor by building upon the federal Earned Income Tax Credit.
County supervisors' vote to restore cross could face legal challenges, critics warn, over the constitutionality of including a religious symbol in the logo.
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca's decision blows open the field of candidates to replace him and raises questions about the status of reforms after a series of scandals.
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Cost of extending unemployment insurance over three months for those cut off when the program expired on Dec 28.
Kentucky is "shrugging off an historic reputation for backwardness," Gov. Steve Beshear told lawmakers Tuesday night, but he warned that the state's gains in education, jobs and health could be lost if they don't act boldly this winter.
The budget deal reached last month delays $1.1 billion in cuts to funding for hospitals serving large percentages of uninsured people. But that postponement will only make 2016 hurt a whole lot more.
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Auliea Hanlon, on Todd Baugh, a veteran Montana judge who will retire at the end of this year after saying that Hanlon's daughter, a 14-year-old rape victim, looked “older than her chronological age.”
One of the New Jersey governor's top aides ordered lane closures that gridlocked a town -- a move that Democrats say was political payback for the mayor's refusal to endorse Christie.
Some of the practices that are common in business could encourage effectiveness and innovation in the public sector.
Education funding, water and wolves were some of Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's top priorities in his annual State of the State address Monday.
Read a transcript and watch a video of the governor's annual address.
Tennessee is one of only five states that do not have their own minimum wage.
On his first full day in office, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh made six Cabinet-level appointments — elevating several of his closest political allies — as he continued to fill out his thinly staffed administration.
Gov. Scott Walker can clear his calendar for the next couple of days — he'll be serving on a jury at the Milwaukee County Courthouse.
Gov. Chris Christie today urged the children of immigrants who came to this country illegally to "make the most of the opportunity" to pay in-state tuition at New Jersey’s colleges and universities under the Dream Act.
Six defendants, including the second principal in the case, pleaded guilty Monday in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating scandal.
Officials said it was the largest fraud ever perpetrated against the Social Security disability system.
The building already has a statue of the Ten Commandments, so a satanic group says it should get space, too.
Starting this year, new home builders in Lancaster, Calif., must provide 1 kilowatt of solar-generated electricity per housing unit within a subdivision.
State and local governments that look to raise the minimum wage may have to boost their own workers' pay first.
Thanks to technology and other factors, the power industry is being remade. State and local governments can have a major impact on this transition.
Each year, about 150,000 veterans become homeless, about one in 10 former military men and women.
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