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The nation’s first truly transcontinental road, the Lincoln Highway once made its way through 14 states but has gradually slipped into obscurity.
With legal marijuana taxes set, all eyes on Colorado and Washington.
Occupational injury and illness statistics for public employee jobs
Proposed ballot measure would more than double 'car tax' in California
GOP's Faulconer appears headed for runoff in San Diego mayoral race
The mayor of Toronto, speaking to NBC's Matt Lauer, the same day he announced he has stopped drinking.
Hourly minimum wage proposed by Councilman Vincent Orange for Washington, D.C., which would be an increase of more than $3.00 an hour.
A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to continue enforcing abortion restrictions that opponents say have led more than a third of the state's clinics to stop providing abortions.
Voters in Albuquerque defeated a proposal on Tuesday that would have outlawed most late-term abortions in New Mexico's largest city in the first test of such a measure on a municipal ballot in the United States.
The new law – the strictest of any major city in the nation – is New York’s latest effort to combat smoking in the five boroughs and marks a reversal for Mr. Bloomberg, who previously opposed legislation to increase the minimum age to buy tobacco products.
The Justice Department still wants to monitor the program via the court, but it said two months ago it was no longer looking to bar the state from issuing some vouchers without court permission.
Gov. John Hickenlooper has filed a brief in support of Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton’s lawsuit seeking information about employee benefits in the state’s pension system.
Republican City Councilman Kevin Faulconer easily won a spot Tuesday in the runoff to be San Diego’s next mayor while Councilman David Alvarez appeared likely to join him as the Democratic challenger.
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Chicago’s infrastructure bank has been hailed as an innovative new financing model that could revolutionize the way cities build new projects and manage risk. If only it could get off the ground.
These nine officials have demonstrated the true power of public service.
HIV-disclosure law sparks unique legal battle in Florida
Transparency advocates praise the legislation, but states have questions about its costs.
36 states will share the money in a settlement with Google over privacy
Creigh Deeds, a former gubernatorial candidate is injured, and his son is dead.
Many Americans didn't know they were eligible for Medicaid until they sought insurance from their state's online health exchange. But experts say it's too soon to predict how much the new enrollees will impact state budgets.
He promised to rescue his troubled city as mayor. Did he deliver?
Number of nonfatal job-related injury or illness cases for every 100 full-time state employees in 2012, compared to just 3.4 in the private sector.
The federal government wants to create a single network for emergency communications, and it’s up to states to decide whether they want to join.
By using redistricting to protect incumbents and reduce the number of truly competitive legislative races, many states have set the stage for all the nasty battles playing out in Congress.
There’s a proposal in Congress that opponents say would create headaches for public pension managers and could make it harder to finance infrastructure development.
It's not an accident that China and New York City, which have perhaps the greatest distance between their rich and poor, also lead the world in skyscraper construction.
In a growing number of libraries, patrons can check out a book and get a check-up in one visit.
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