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Wash. state is demanding that federal employees who drew unemployment during furlough repay it.
Republican lawmakers file suit to prevent the governor's health care plans.
How important is the federal government to cities? The farther away from Washington, D.C., the more difficult that question can be to answer – especially in Tea Party hotbeds.
In some states, most early marketplace enrollees qualify for Medicaid.
A district court judge has kept alive a case that would limit the federal government’s ability to grant subsidies for health insurance under Obamacare.
The Missouri Department of Corrections said Tuesday it is switching to a new lethal injection drug, less than two weeks after the governor halted executions until it could find a replacement for the anesthetic propofol.
Several retiree groups sued Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr and the city Tuesday over steep cuts to health insurance plans.
His mayoral ambitions slipping away, Joseph J. Lhota shed his sleepy style to unleash a ferocious attack against Bill de Blasio on Tuesday night in an acrid debate that descended into a free-for-all of interruptions, name-calling and indignant lecturing.
Even though colleges have slowed the rate at which they raise tuition, the total grant aid available to students has not been able to keep pace with tuition growth, according to two reports released Wednesday by the College Board.
For the first time, a clear majority of Americans say they favor legalizing marijuana, as recreational and medical use of the drug gains acceptance across the nation, a poll released on Tuesday showed.
It's a special subgroup with different rules and funding available. But who's in the group? That depends on the state
With a rapidly growing population, stagnant water supply and regular droughts, Texas voters are being asked to make $2 billion in state financing available for local and regional projects.
A breakdown of some of the most important races and ballot initiatives to watch.
Colin Reed, spokesman for Chris Christie, explaining the governor's decision to drop his legal challenge to gay marriage.
Researchers updated the federal tool for measuring poverty and found more Californians can't afford a basic standard of living.
Justices will hear the case of Freddie Hall, a Florida death row inmate who killed two people in 1978 but was deemed mentally retarded by the judge who sentenced him.
With mass shootings on rise, the attorney general says cops need 'new strategies and more intensive training.'
The tax rate on a pack of cigarettes in Chicago (the highest rate in the nation), if Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposed 75-cent increase goes into effect.
Despite opposition from the Republican-controlled legislature, GOP Gov. John Kasich won approval to expand the program using an obscure oversight panel.
President Obama has called for the federal government to match state money to provide preschool for all 4-year-olds from low- and moderate-income families, a proposal in the budget that Congress voted to postpone negotiating until later this year.
Gov. Chris Christie dropped his legal challenge to gay marriage in New Jersey today, only hours after same-sex couples began exchanging wedding vows throughout the state.
In the three months that medical marijuana has been legal to purchase in the District of Columbia, sales have yet to advance beyond a trickle.
After more than six months of talks, two crippling rail shutdowns and a half-dozen more threatened strikes, management and union negotiators finally reached a deal Monday night.
The words that follow should not come as a surprise. During recent months, numerous editorials in The Times-Dispatch have lamented the gubernatorial campaign.
Thirty-six states will hold governor’s elections next year, and Democrats have top female recruits in at least five states who are poised to be their party’s nominee and competitive in the general election.
As No Child Left Behind awaits congressional reauthorization, the tutoring industry is energetically pushing federal policymakers to preserve public financing for their companies.
How the Golden State lost its reputation for incompetence.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide whether it will regulate them this month. In the meantime, more than half the states have already restricted their sales.
The Pennsylvania town named for the Olympic gold medalist if fighting to keep the athlete's remains from going to Oklahoma.
In the midst of a strike that's closed the Bay Area's transit system, federal investigators arrived to inspecting the railway where a train struck and killed two workers on Saturday.
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