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The Newark mayor tests the limits of celebrity politics in the New Jersey Senate race.
In West Virginia 81 percent of currently uninsured residents will receive some sort of financial help in getting health insurance.
Ohio's GOP governor will expand Medicaid to an estimated 275,000 low-income residents, despite opposition from his GOP legislature.
In Washington the latest debt ceiling faceoff has branded the GOP the “party of no.” In the rest of the country, Republicans are more popular.
The Republican candidate for governor of Virginia has drawn deep lines between what he believes is right and wrong
Richmond, Va, Mayor Dwight C. Jones has set an ambitious agenda in a city with a poverty rate of 26.3 percent.
Once again, the passenger rail provider set a ridership record.
The 'State of Jefferson,' a succession moment with historic grievances.
Planned affordable housing projects are experiencing shutdown-related delays, and deals may fall through if the federal government doesn't re-open soon.
Gabrielle Giffords made her first visit to a gun show since she was shot in 2011, attending a New York event to highlight the state's aggressive gun control policy.
Ken Cuccinelli's poll numbers have tumbled since federal agencies were shuttered Oct. 1, perhaps because Americans largely blame the shutdown on Republicans.
Chris Hoene, executive director of the California Budget Project, on how to allocate public money for state employee pensions.
Number of violent crimes per 100,000 people in Tennessee, the highest rate of any state in the nation.
The FBI's latest statewide statistics offer a snapshot of the underside of the 50 states: where violent crime is most likely to occur. And the winner isn't California or New York.
Hipsters are said to be dying, but they might just be evolving.
California lawmakers say that with the state's fiscal crisis over, Jerry Brown is more amenable to helping them craft immigration laws he will support.
States are ramping up their evaluation of teachers. But what they measure is very different across the states.
Apparently New York Republicans think only Trump could run on the GOP ticket and win against Andrew Cuomo in 2014.
Unions put off Bay Area transit strike for a day. BART officials said they presented the last best offer Sunday afternoon.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper suggests national gun-control groups stay away from recall battle that could switch control of the state Senate away from the Democrats.
A congressional directive known in Washington as the “bed mandate” has driven a boom in detentions.
A program in Oakland, Calif., is among most contentious examples of cities using big data, and federal dollars, for routine law enforcement.
Can the state ever find a way out of its structural budget problems? A new book might suggest a path for places wrestling with policy dilemmas.
Big data presents not only challenges but also the potential to radically improve what governments do. The need for a point person to manage that information and build strategies for using it is clear.
The nearly two-week partial government shutdown is taking its toll on consumer safety, scientific research and is even playing a role in the popular Discovery Channel show, Deadliest Catch.
Percent of cities that implemented hiring freezes in 2013 -- down from 45 percent in 2012 and 74 percent in 2010.
Brimfield, Ohio, Police Chief David Oliver, giving an example of the stale social media efforts of many law enforcement agencies.
NJ Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono says she's not 'one of the boys.'
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