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Comments Gov. John Hickenlooper made last week to Time magazine about the difficulties of legislating in the modern era of constant media attention are being used against him by Republicans.
The legal battle over the rights of medical-marijuana cardholders to drive while medicating is being fought in the state’s court system.
Gov. Chris Christie remains far ahead of his Democratic challenger, Barbara Buono, and 90 percent of voters don't know enough about her choice for lieutenant governor to form an opinion, according to a poll released today.
Californians shopping for health insurance through the state's new marketplace will have a dozen options to choose from, officials announced Wednesday.
There is currently no plan to sell any artwork from the Detroit Institute of Arts as part of the city's Chapter 9 bankruptcy, according to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder.
Nevada's health insurance exchange plans to sell ads on its website to boost revenue and keep consumers' costs down, but their peers are reluctant to follow.
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A Maryland lawmaker plans to introduce legislation next year that would ban discriminatory business practices by book publishers when they sell e-books to public libraries.
Patrick O’Keefe, a former deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor, on New Jersey's high rate of temp jobs, which was nearly twice that of the national rate last year.
The drop in sodium content in the food at 20 Chinese takeout restaurants in Philadelphia since the city held free classes to teach chefs how to cook with less salt while keeping food flavorful. The classes are just one part of the city's anti-obesity efforts to get people to eat healthier.
In the hopes of helping immigrants and the unbanked, the city was the nation's first to offer cards that act as an ID and a prepaid debit card. For a product targeted at low-income people, though, critics charge the cards are too expensive.
The Texas Legislature adjourned its third special session since May on Monday night after passing a measure estimated to increase transportation funding by $1.2 billion annually if Texas voters approve it next year.
Under the plan, New Jersey public colleges could waive tuition and fees for students who pledge to give the state a portion of their salaries after graduation.
Jeffrey Beard described the plan to The Sacramento Bee's editorial board three days after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Gov. Jerry Brown's request to delay a court order to reduce inmates by December. The reduction is necessary to improve substandard health care in the prisons, the courts have ruled.
The eight school systems are the first in the country to win such rights based on a direct appeal to the U.S. Department of Education. Previously, the department would consider exemptions to the No Child Left Behind law only if state governments applied.
Collegedale has become the first Tennessee city to offer benefits to same-sex domestic partners of city workers.
The top 22 cities with pedestrian deaths far greater than the national average have until Aug. 30 to apply for a total of $2 million in pedestrian safety grants from the Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Though Texas will join 26 other states in defaulting to a federal marketplace for purchasing health insurance — a major component of the Affordable Care Act — it is one of only six that will not enforce new health insurance reforms prescribed by the law.
Small but significant declines in obesity among low-income preschoolers were found in 18 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands from 2008 to 2011, CDC director Thomas Frieden said at a press telebriefing. "This is the first report to show many states with declining rates of obesity in our youngest children after literally decades of rising rates."
In an uphill battle fought partly in court and partly in the neighborhoods of Detroit, former Detroit Medical Center CEO Mike Duggan appears to be headed for a showdown in November with Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon as both seasoned political figures vie to become the next mayor of Detroit.
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The number of homicides in Trenton, N.J., this year, nearing the city's record of 31. To try to combat the high crime, Mayor Tony Mack has asked the state for $46.4 million to hire 75 additional police officers.
U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who signed a brief filed Monday that argues the U.S. Supreme Court shouldn’t change the precedent set in 1983 that upheld the right to start a legislative gathering with a prayer. The high court is expected to hear a similar case in October.
Governments should keep the right to start a meeting with a prayer, argue Utah’s two senators and the state’s attorney general in briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Proponents of a $950 million initiative to revamp the state's school finance system, and raise the state income tax in the process, delivered more than 160,000 signatures Monday morning to the Secretary of State's office in an effort to put the measure on the November ballot.
The mayor’s telling of history is poised to receive one of its most vigorous challenges yet on Wednesday, when New York State is expected to report drastic drops in student performance across the state because of a new set of tougher exams.
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