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The cost of picking up people’s recycling bins is high, but the portion of people who actually recycle is low. That’s why Houston wants to get rid of recycling bins.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, criticizing President Barack Obama and Congress for not having better working relationships.
Teenagers who put embarrassing information online — whether it’s a racy photo or an ill-advised rant — can find that mistake haunting them as they get older and wiser, visible to college admissions officers and potential employers. Now one New Jersey lawmaker wants to give those kids a chance to take it all back.
It is believed to be the first such referendum of its kind in the country and is being watched as a possible new front for activism in the abortion wars that have typically been waged at the federal and state levels.
Officials have been unable to locate paper tapes identifying the write-in votes recorded in 21 races for judge of elections and inspector - the people who are supposed to run those 15 polling places for the next four years.
After months of debate, the state House failed to pass legislation Monday night that would have provided $2.3 billion to complete long-overdue repairs to the state's aging transportation infrastructure.
As Gov. Scott Walker this week promotes the release of his book "Unintimidated," new details are emerging about an ongoing criminal investigation that reportedly focuses on his campaign and other conservative groups.
Starting next year, people living in the nation’s capital who don’t have legal permission to reside in the United States will be able to get driver’s licenses.
A new study finds a slowdown in economic growth for metro areas this year. View data showing projections for more than 300 areas.
South Carolina's director of health initiatives, BZ Giese, whose state managed to save $6 million in the first quarter of 2013 by reducing early elective birth deliveries.
The long-anticipated wave of government worker retirements was delayed by the recession. But now, some agencies report signs it's starting to begin.
Jurupa Valley is at risk of insolvency. But unlike many cities, its fiscal problems really aren't its fault.
Outgoing Mayor Tom Menino, who was in office for 20 years, has launched what may be the first-ever transition blog to help his successor succeed.
Land bank programs have become a popular way for cities to acquire abandoned property and do something productive with it.
There are lessons for other cities and initiatives in Oakland's ongoing effort to create a public safety "dashboard."
For the third time in two years, the Seattle Police Department is backing off from employing technology amidst concerns over possible surveillance misuse.
A developer with a passion for education turned an abandoned factory into safe, affordable housing for teachers. It's been a boon not only for the educators but also for the city.
Push is on to close college gap for California’s Latinos
The popular tech tool is helping cops become more efficient, but privacy advocates have concerns about what agencies are doing with the data they collect.
Amount of taxpayer dollars, contributed by Cobb County, Ga., needed to finance the new Atlanta Braves stadium; the team will provide $372 million.
West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder thought the media spent too much time on crime coverage, so he decided to write his own stories.
Coming out of the primaries in last year’s gubernatorial election, New Hampshire Republican Ovide Lamontagne enjoyed a huge cash advantage over Democrat Maggie Hassan.
The secretary of state’s office has ruled that the Boston public schools wrongfully withheld overall ratings of teacher performance at individual schools this summer in violation of the state’s public records law and ordered officials to release the data.
A federal appeals court will not give New Jersey another chance to make the case that the state should be able to legalize sports betting at casinos and horse tracks.
The University of California reached a tentative contract agreement with unionized nurses at its medical and student-health facilities, averting a one-day walkout that had been scheduled for Wednesday.
State regulators aren’t rushing to President Barack Obama’s rescue after the White House’s attempt to fix the rising wave of canceled health insurance policies.
A day after he questioned President Obama’s decision to unwind a major tenet of the health-care law and said the nation’s capital might not go along, D.C. insurance commissioner William P. White was fired.
With a major effort to coordinate the needs of city departments, private utilities and residents, the city is tearing up its roadways less and saving a lot of money.
Given how ready the public is to heap disdain on governments and their workers, it's encouraging that so many still feel passionate about public service.
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