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With thousands of Californians still waiting for unemployment checks because of a state computer problem, the Brown administration has ordered the Employment Development Department to begin paying backlogged claims for continued benefits immediately – even before determining whether they are eligible for payment.
Nonprofits that provide housing and other services to people with mental illness and other disabilities do not have to pay property taxes, the state Supreme Court ruled today, ending a battle with nine Bergen County communities that had challenged the tax-exempt status of one charitable agency nearly a decade ago.
The state Senate is poised today to follow the lead of the House, which voted yesterday to repeal the so-called tech tax in a finger-pointing session that left business leaders concerned that lawmakers just don’t understand the technology sector.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that will raise California's minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016, a move celebrated by workers but criticized by many businesses.
L.A. Unified board grapples with the question of whether to force parents to pay for damaged or lost iPads. It's uncertain whether responsibility was made clear to all parents.
Taxpayers send nearly $2 billion a year to cyber schools that let students from kindergarten through 12th grade receive a free public education entirely online.
Mayor Vincent C. Gray moved Wednesday to designate the entirety of the District government as “essential to the protection of public safety, health, and property,” in a bid to allow city services to continue during a federal shutdown.
A tax fight in Missouri may signify the limits to cuts.
Each state’s new crop of residents varies significantly across demographic groups. See how those moving to your state compare to others.
Even the country’s most sprawling, least dense, most automobile-dependent city in America is trying to adapt to people’s preference for urban living.
Suzanne Donovan, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit Step Up Savannah, which convinces local businesses to let them meet with their employees so they can connect those who are eligible with public assistance programs.
No matter what Washington does, it will fall to the states and localities to address the social, fiscal and economic effects. We need to talk about how that will play out.
The average monthly cost of health coverage (before subsidies are factored in) on Obamacare's online insurance marketplaces, which is lower than previous projections. The marketplaces open to the public Tuesday.
Most was for direct aid to homeowners to help reduce their mortgages. There also was cash compensation for those who already had lost their homes.
The Boston mayoral contest is nonpartisan, though 11 of the candidates are Democrats, including Walsh and Connolly.
State Treasurer Rob McCord (D) struck a defiantly populist tone in his gubernatorial campaign kickoff Tuesday, saying that Gov. Corbett has pursued policies benefitting corporations and “the 1 percent” while cutting education and safety-net spending that benefits the working class.
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s approval rating has plummeted to a new low amid a gifts scandal that has bled into the race to succeed him and left Virginians hungry for ethics reform, according to a new Washington Post/Abt-SRBI poll.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Tuesday a measure sought by celebrities to protect their children's privacy, a bill to extend family leave benefits and a proposal for more earthquake sensors in California.
Federal judges Tuesday gave Gov. Jerry Brown an extra month to meet their order to relieve prison crowding, directing his administration to negotiate with inmates' lawyers in the meantime for long-term solutions to the problem.
The summer's Supreme Court decisions unleashed pent-up demand for gay marriages, and a handful of states reaped an economic benefit. The effect is not huge, but neither is it insignificant.
Top state law enforcement officials urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to promptly issue a promised set of rules governing the sale of electronic cigarettes, adding to a recent plea by prominent health organizations for action.
Days before the new online health insurance markets were set to open, the Obama administration released a look at average premiums, saying rates in most states are lower than earlier projected.
Pressure is building for state and local governments to switch their workers to defined-contribution retirement plans. But defined-benefit plans have advantages that should not be ignored.
In an effort to avoid reporting mandates from the SEC, states are being urged to voluntarily disclose information about their finances in a more formalized way.
New York officials believe they're the first to use signs to encourage drivers to use cellphones in safe, designated places like rest stops.
If the Children’s Health Insurance Program is not reauthorized by Congress when it expires in 2015, or states decide not to continue it, Obamacare could result in fewer children covered by insurance.
The estimated number of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States as of 2012, according to preliminary government data. This represents an increase from the recession when the number of such immigrants declined for the first time in decades.
Dana Harley, an HIV-positive prisoner in Alabama who helped the ACLU end the state's policy of segregating HIV-positive inmates. She said testifying in court made her realize that she kept a lot of emotions bottled up since her diagnosis.
The sharp decline in the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States that accompanied the 2007-2009 recession has bottomed out, and the number could be on the rebound again, according to a new study released on Monday.
Maryland's gun laws are widely considered tougher than those of neighboring Virginia, but they would not have stopped the Navy Yard shooter from buying a shotgun and walking out of a store with it the same day.
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