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A New Mexico judge on Monday declared same-sex marriage legal, ordering the clerk of the state’s most populous county to join two other counties in issuing licenses for gay and lesbian couples.
Just last week, Idaho was ordered to cover the $376,000 in legal fees a woman there spent on suing the state after she was charged for an illegal abortion, according to the Associated Press. Combined with its past defense of abortion limits, the state has shelled out more than $1 million since 2000. And it’s far from alone.
Ushering in Ohio’s income tax cost John J. Gilligan the governor’s office after just one term, but the political fallout didn’t stop him from fighting for the poor.
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Local housing authorities are in dire straits. Without funds, some may have to eliminate rental assistance.
Many speculate it's because of the sagging economy, higher rates of telecommuting or more people living in cities. But a new study refutes all those claims.
Called Integrated Corridor Management, the program emphasizes coordination across all transportation agencies.
Arlington, Va., County Coard Chairman J. Walter Tejada, on what he views as the inevitable creation of a streetcar despite the grass-roots demand for a countywide referendum to determine the future of the the project.
Technology can solve problems and contribute to solutions. The key is getting IT people into the process at the start.
The average age of a postal service worker, which is the oldest of any other U.S. industry.
Helmet dispensing machines will debut in Boston over the next few weeks. Plus, more news you should know about transportation and infrastructure.
The blaze, now 134,000 acres, pushes into Yosemite National Park. Each day, what it does depends on the wind.
Disappointed governors may see politics at work when their requests fall flat, but the numbers tell a different story.
The Treasury Department will let Ohio divert up to $60 million from a fund created to help homeowners stave off foreclosure, allowing the money to be used to demolish nearly 5,000 vacant homes instead.
Los Angeles County's shortage of foster care beds has reached a crisis point, with state officials threatening to impose fines because too many children are languishing in sometimes chaotic holding rooms during traumatic separations from their families.
The law (A3371) , signed by Gov. Chris Christie on Monday, prevents any licensed therapist, psychologist, social worker or counselor from using sexual orientation change efforts with a children under age 18.
The measure joins a proposal already on the governor's desk that would also allow legal permanent residents to serve as poll workers in California elections.
There's been a recent rush by many colleges to keep closer tabs on borrowers, even if the colleges' default rates are not at crisis levels.
Planning has already begun for a special election to find a successor to fill the unexpired three years of his term. Would-be candidates are assessing their chances at becoming the city's 36th mayor.
The U.S. Justice Department is suing Louisiana in New Orleans federal court to block 2014-15 vouchers for students in public school systems that are under federal desegregation orders. The first year of private school vouchers "impeded the desegregation process," the federal government says.
Wary investors and analysts not only want more information than ever, they want better information and they want it all now. Giving it to them could be a good deal for governments.
Industry observers warn that the public sector is ill-prepared for the departure of this large segment of the workforce.
The cost of owning a car in Oregon, which is the lowest of any state. The national average is $3,201.
Newark, N.J., Mayor and U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker.
An unprecedented set of recent Education Department decisions about No Child Left Behind waivers is at the least an overreach and at the very worst illegal, a chorus of critics say.
Florida is one of 21 states across the USA where community colleges are expanding into the baccalaureate world, according to the Community College Baccalaureate Association.
President Barack Obama’s call on Thursday for states to follow Tennessee’s lead and award greater funding to colleges that show results with students pushed the state’s evolving education policies into the national spotlight once again.
Sometime next summer or fall, Philadelphia expects to join New York, Boston, Chicago, and other major cities with a bike-sharing program that will enable registered users to pick up a bicycle at a station in one part of town, ride around, and drop off the bike at another station as easily as they would make the trip in a taxi - apart from the exercise.
New York’s City Council created an inspector general to review police practices, overriding Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto and putting another check on the stop-and-frisk policy he championed as a crime-fighting tool.
Many cash-strapped cities and counties facing the prospect of shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars in new health-care costs under the Affordable Care Act are opting instead to reduce the number of hours their part-time employees work.
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