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For cities, protecting public health and safety doesn't have to come at the expense of jobs and economic development. A new online tool can help in building sensible regulatory frameworks.
Tax incentives and other giveaways to business don't create prosperity. It's time for a federal law to stop the bribery and make better use of capitalism's strengths.
New dinosaur found by scientists from Chicago's Field Museum
Dan Crippen, executive director of the National Governor’s Association, on the difficulty of state budgeting given the unpredictable future of the federal budget.
Average number of times per day Washington, D.C., city employees visited the Armenian music website yerevannights.com.
Within 15 years, a new report says, every other day will feel like the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
The last two Colorado highways closed by the September floods will be back in business ahead of the Dec. 1 deadline set by Gov. John Hickenlooper.
The state’s top attorney made his closing arguments Thursday, passionately defending his innocence even as he announced his departure from the office he took nearly 11 months ago.
Half a century after politicians embraced television as a favored means of communication, Andrew Cuomo has determinedly adopted radio as his medium of choice.
Republicans are planning to use the troubled health law against Democrats in next year’s midterm elections, but the Affordable Care Act is increasingly dividing their party, too.
A report released Thursday by Families USA, a national health consumer organization, attempts to put the numbers in perspective.
Looking back on Kennedy’s presidency after 50 years, states can be thankful for the space program, which brought jobs and investment to states including Florida, Texas, Mississippi and California, and swelled the ranks of NASA contractors nationwide.
The city is well along in an effort to leave gasoline and diesel fuel behind and power its vehicles with cheaper, cleaner natural gas. The payoffs go beyond cost savings.
John F. Kennedy, in his "Towards a Strategy of Peace" address at American University on June 10, 1963.
Hours a person can be held for psychiatric evaluation in Virginia when others believe he poses a risk to himself or others, compared to 30 hours in Maryland and 48 hours in Washington, D.C.
As the nation’s governors and their staffs are knee-deep in numbers, policies and late nights, there's one certainty this budget-writing season: Don’t count on anything.
UC workers' one-day strike affects campuses and medical centers
Neither campaign has reason to touch a divisive issue this early.
The tragedy involving Sen. Creigh Deeds and his family has drawn the spotlight to mental health services in Virginia.
Tired of being cast as members of the "party of no," Republican governors facing re-election next year are emphasizing their work to steer their states through tough economic times and trying to avoid the stigma of Washington gridlock.
State insurance commissioners met Wednesday with President Obama at the White House, where they say he acknowledged that some states were unlikely to implement his proposal to reverse millions of health insurance cancellations.
In the latest of nationally sweeping pro-LGBTQ legislation, Illinois governor Pat Quinn signed marriage equality into law today at University of Illinois-Chicago, making his state the 16th to legalize same-sex marriage.
New Jersey is poised to become the nation's most populous state to allow extensive Internet gambling, an experiment that state officials hope will lift the fortunes of its struggling casino center, Atlantic City, though how much remains unclear.
According to the Department of Education, as many as one million teachers could retire in the next four to six years.
Nearly every state has at some point offered forgiveness to tax evaders. While it raises revenue quickly, it sends the wrong message to taxpayers.
The FCC wants to modernize AM radio, which has lost listeners in recent years. Can it work?
Maricopa County, Ariz., has found a way to make paygo pay off.
The nation’s first truly transcontinental road, the Lincoln Highway once made its way through 14 states but has gradually slipped into obscurity.
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