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"There’s no state that actually needs this more than Texas,” he said.
Longmont residents approved a $45.3 million bond issuance that will go toward funding a city-wide fiber network.
Proponents of a failed move to secede from Colorado say they will now look to the legislature for help in giving their counties more political clout.
Tuesday marked the first statewide election in which voters had to show a photo ID to cast their ballots, and though elections officials say the process went smoothly, some worry that could change in future elections with increased voter turnout.
Lawmakers approved gay marriage Tuesday in a historic vote that saw supporters overcome cultural, racial and geographic divides and put Illinois in line with a growing number of states that have extended the right to wed to same-sex couples.
The Supreme Court, which begins its sessions with an invocation to God, considered on Wednesday whether a town in upstate New York had crossed a constitutional line in opening its Town Board meetings with mostly Christian prayers. The justices seemed to find the issue unusually difficult, with several of them suggesting there was no satisfactory principled answer.
Miami Beach voters became the first in Florida to call for the decriminalization of marijuana for medical use in a Tuesday vote that gives a glimpse of statewide support for the issue.
Bill de Blasio is New York's first populist mayor in several generations. But can he empower the city's residents while avoiding interest-group politics?
Listed housing vacancies remain low across the vast majority of metro areas, new Census estimates show. View areas with the least vacancies and historical data for each market.
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Spending in the city marked by desperation, political expediency, little oversight.
Tufts University political scientist Jeffrey Berry, on organized labor and the election of Marty Walsh as mayor of Boston.
Amount Washington, D.C.'s education department paid a Chicago consulting firm, SPC Consulting, for one-day services at a city education conference. Fee included a half-hour speech, three 45-minute parent workshops and copies of parenting books.
This is the third time a ballot measure to label genetically-engineered foods has failed in about a decade. But state legislatures have helped the movement stay alive.
Texas voters have approved a measure that makes it easier for older homeowners to downsize their homes without getting hit twice on closing costs.
Voters approved a constitutional amendment that increases the state's minimum wage to $8.25 and ties future increases to inflation.
Colorado voters voiced strong opposition to a tax hike that would have funded a broad package of school initiatives that generated wide interest among national policymakers and academics.
Seattle voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made the city one of a handful that match private contributions with public funds in council races.
Cincinnatians voted four to one against a ballot measure that would close off Cincinnati’s current pension system to new employees and reduce benefits for current employees.
An overview of what happened on Election Day 2013 in statewide, legislative and mayoral races.
The decision likely means the structure -- once home to the Oilers and Astros and touted as the Eighth Wonder of the World -- will be demolished.
Plagued by drought, voters in the Lone Star State approved a plan to use rainy day funds to pay for projects that will preserve or expand the state's water supply.
A temporary boost in food stamp benefits expired on Nov. 1. Now hungry families must turn to food banks and other public programs for help.
Use of tough federal sentencing laws varies widely nationwide.
Mike Duggan, the former head of the Detroit Medical Center, is the city's first white mayor in 40 years.
The 2013 Opportunity Index tries to determine which states and counties offer the best chances for their residents to get ahead.
Many school districts pay for students to bring iPads home and many government agencies allow employees to use their personal devices for work. But issues like who pays for devices when they break, get lost or stolen are unclear.
Chicago's Gabe Klein and New York's Janette Sadik-Khan are poised to leave office within a few months. Their influence on their cities can't be overstated.
Percent of welfare applications the state of Kansas denies, more than double the denial rate in neighboring Missouri.
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