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A study finds gang members use online tools to plan crimes, recruit members and threaten rivals, and online activity often leads to violence.
"Does anyone else miss Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison?" asked the Houston Chronicle.
View revenues and expenditures for state and local governments for fiscal year 2009.
Connecticut may be the first state in the nation to purchase a pro tennis tournament. The deal has its skeptics, but Gov. Dan Malloy and other state officials say it will generate millions.
Nikita Bier, CEO of Outline.com, a program designed to make government more agile and responsive to what people need and want.
Number of retail marijuana stores that can operate in Washington state, according to state Liquor Control Board rules adopted Wednesday.
Gov. Corbett signed legislation Wednesday extending the state's health insurance program for children and eliminating a six-month waiting period before they can join.
In the last months of 2012, Steve Townsend, an attorney with Downtown-based ShaleAdvice LLC, began seeing the words "impact fee" in Chesapeake Energy's oil and gas leases.
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear Gov. Pat Quinn's appeal of a ruling that his veto of money for lawmaker pay was unconstitutional.
Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage will remain in place for now after a federal judge opted not to rule on the issue today and instead hold a trial in February — a decision that dashed the hopes of dozens of couples waiting at local clerks’ offices with plans to wed that day if the ban was lifted.
A majority of students in public schools throughout the American South and West are low-income for the first time in at least four decades, according to a new study that details a demographic shift with broad implications for the country.
A California law that requires utilities to get 33 percent of their electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind is widely credited with accelerating the state's cleantech economy. Now state regulators are poised to compel utilities to invest in "energy storage," which could jump-start technology long considered the holy grail of the electricity industry.
Cory Booker, who captured national attention as Newark’s charismatic mayor, now joins the world’s most exclusive political club after a U.S. Senate campaign built on big ideas and the vow to be a healer in politically polarized Washington.
A deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling won’t repay the states for kicking in funds to the National Park Service to open the Statue of Liberty, Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore and other national icons during the 16-day shutdown.
Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray thanked congressional leaders and President Barack Obama for passing a provision freeing his city's budget from being caught up in federal politics — for another year, at least.
Sprawl has obliterated much of our neighborhoods' and communities' social infrastructure. The challenge is finding a new economic model that could turn that around.
For the Washington metropolitan area, more than two weeks of federal government shutdown has meant millions in lost tax revenue that local governments say is eating a hole in their already fragile budgets.
No one seems to know if red-light cameras made Florida’s roads safer — or just made the state a lot of money.
Many older L.A. buildings could collapse in an earthquake
After a flurry of local activism in recent years — much of it inspired by Arizona's controversial enforcement law — lawmakers are waiting on the federal government to take the lead.
The high court agreed to hear the state's challenge of federal regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.
Percent of American students enrolled in charter schools, up from one percent in 2000.
When a city's staffers are kept in the loop about new initiatives and policies, they can be powerful allies and messengers.
Dallas County Democratic Party Chairwoman Darlene Ewing, on Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's demand that President Barack Obama be impeached.
Indiana was the final state to negotiate a deal with the passenger rail provider to continue service.
A new Moody’s report says more charter schools mean more problems for traditional public schools.
BART and its unions continued talking late into the night Tuesday as both sides struggled to find agreement on a new contract - but they declared there will not be a strike Wednesday and trains will run as usual.
In a move that portends a labor firestorm, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and four other city leaders filed papers on Tuesday aiming to put a public pension measure on the November 2014 statewide ballot.
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