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State officials said Thursday they are again running out of the lethal drug used to operate the nation’s busiest execution chamber.
Tony Bennett resigned Thursday as Florida education commissioner following two days of controversy over school grades in his home state of Indiana.
The cuts and changes Congress has been weighing to the farm bill could knock millions off SNAP rolls and reverse years of progress states have made in streamlining applications. See data showing how each state could be affected.
The authors of a study that found that lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals in states that ban same-sex marriage suffer from psychiatric disorders significantly more often than those living in states that are neutral or allow gay unions.
Illinois became the 20th state to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes Thursday.
A Missouri law allowing students to transfer to better school districts has spurred contention, with racial and economic undertones.
A decade after the largest blackout in American history, engineers are installing and linking 1,000 of those instruments, called phasor measurement units, to try to prevent another catastrophic power failure.
Colorado government employees will see their first pay increases in four years when they get their latest paychecks Wednesday, a sign that the state is continuing its economic recovery after the recession.
A federal judge Wednesday extended for another week a hold on a state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have hospital admitting privileges.
Indiana would see one of the biggest reductions among states in its uninsured population if it expands Medicaid under a full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to a report released Wednesday.
Supporters of the health law see back-to-school season as a natural time for Obamacare outreach, a chance to find young families who could benefit from new health coverage options. But weeks before the school bells start ringing in parts of the country, there’s no concerted effort to reach parents at the schoolhouse door.
Gov. Pat Quinn will sign a bill into law Thursday legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes in Illinois in a ceremony at the University of Chicago.
Backers of the bipartisan plan say it would make the public safer by giving the federal government broader authority to test and regulate chemicals. But in return for backing that greater federal authority, the chemical industry has insisted on limits to the power of states to add additional regulations of their own.
Rhode Island and Minnesota on Thursday became the 12th and 13th states to sanction gay nuptials.
Seattle's so-called "ramps to nowhere" will be torn down in 2014.
See how Los Angeles' new system operates and why it means more green lights for drivers in one of the nation's most congested cities.
Philadelphia is the nation's most obese and most diabetic big city, which is why it's undertaking wide-ranging efforts to get people to eat healthier.
Kevin Faulconer, a member of San Diego's City Council, which unanimously voted not to pay any of Bob Filner's legal bills as he fights a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him and the city by one of his top aides.
The number of taxis per person in Milwaukee, which is one of the nation's worst ratios. Many cities put a cap on the number of cabs; Milwaukee's was struck down earlier this year.
A Governing survey of senior state and local officials paints a portrait of a sector hard-hit by budget cuts, pay freezes and a lack of advancement opportunities. But the news isn’t all bad.
The well-to-do city in Southern California will pay off 30 years worth of liabilities in a decade.
The district will be the first in the state to arm teachers and is doing so under a state law that allows licensed, armed security guards on campus.
The state's Democratic dysfunction spilled into the courts Tuesday as Illinois' two top legislative leaders filed a lawsuit challenging Gov. Pat Quinn's decision to withhold lawmakers' paychecks until they send him a measure to overhaul the highly indebted government worker pension system.
A ruling blocking New York’s ban on large sodas was upheld by an appeals court, which said the city’s Board of Health failed to act within the bounds of its authority when it approved the plan.
But the doctors' advisers say they are applying more to prove that they cannot obtain the privileges than to actually secure them.
A federal judge has closed the door on a state law that would have prevented Medicaid recipients from accessing health care services at Planned Parenthood clinics.
Just over an hour after lawmakers ended their second 30-day special session of the year, Gov. Rick Perry called lawmakers back for a third one, with transportation funding the only issue on the agenda.
Booker and Oprah have been pals for a while. The mayor made an appearance on Winfrey’s show “Oprah’s Next Chapter” last year. And Winfrey gushed about him in a Time magazine feature two years ago.
Saying taxpayers shouldn't have to foot the bill for the mayor's "mess," the San Diego City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night not to pay any of Bob Filner's legal bills as he fights a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by one of his top aides.
One week after Montgomery County began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the Corbett administration has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the practice.
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