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State lawmakers have passed dozens of bills aimed at promoting housing supply and affordability this year, with significant proposals awaiting final approval in Texas and California.
A provision in the federal budget bill would bar states from taking any action on AI. This would derail careful legislation designed to promote the technology while offering needed safeguards.
Just what is the military allowed to do in dealing with local disturbances? We’re finding out.
The state has paid out more than $500 million to settle lawsuits during this fiscal year, mostly in foster care cases – a sixfold increase since 2018.
The share of Americans getting news from social media and video networks such as YouTube...
Arthur Caplan, founding head of the division of medical ethics at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine. He was referring to new rules from the Department of Veterans Affairs that would allow medical staff to decline to treat patients based on their personal characteristics, such as being Democrats or unmarried. Federally protected classes such as race and religion remain sacrosanct but other groups are not, with explicit redaction of protection based on politics or marital status. (The Guardian)
The state will spend $75 million moving more people with mental illness from jails to treatment facilities. “You’re not coming out better after three years at our jail,” said one sheriff.
State Public Defender André de Gruy. Mississippi lawmakers have approved nearly $700,000 for a pilot program to address a shortage of public defenders serving low-income defendants in rural areas. The money will help pay for more attorneys, which should help offer defense to indigent clients beginning the day they are charged, an area where Mississippi does not meet national standards. (Marshall Project)
The “optimism gap” between Republicans and Democrats about future stock market performance. The share of Republicans who expect stocks to climb over the next six months tops Democrats by 47 percentage points, easily a record in Gallup polling going back a quarter of a century. “If I know how people voted, I could tell you how they feel about the stock market,” said wealth manager David Sadkin.
Chicago’s mayor has an ambitious plan to make the city an active partner in getting more housing built. It’s the way things used to work — and still do in some other countries.
Whether it’s recovering from hurricanes or addressing a housing crisis, data forms the foundation of success, writes Tampa's mayor.
The alleged shooter’s ability to pose as a police officer in Saturday’s killing of a state legislator has sparked fears about copycats.
The Trump administration concedes it ended too many Department of Education contracts but critics say it hasn’t restored enough congressionally approved programs.
A bill would direct a majority of funds in the state’s tax rebate program to an account that would generate interest for efforts to combat wildfires.
Too often they fall victim to political expediencies. If it’s not the answer that will garner votes at election time, it’s not going to happen.
A majority of departments rely on volunteer help but the number of people willing to devote time has dropped substantially over the past decade.
The amount of responsibility two drug companies shared for Baltimore’s opioid problems, according to a jury verdict ...
Brevard County, Fla., Sheriff Wayne Ivey. At a news conference last week, he said that peaceful protests are part of American democracy but warned that anyone who was violent or interfered with law enforcement would be met with force. Ivey shared a podium with Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, the officials standing behind a sign that read, “Florida: The anti-riot state.” (Orlando Sentinel)
The state’s school funding formula is normally sacrosanct but Gov. Mike Dunleavy made the move due to declining revenue forecasts. The Legislature won’t attempt to override him until next year.
Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery conspiracy and other corruption charges.
Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was shot and killed on Saturday. She had previously spoken with Governing about the challenges of leading in difficult times.
It could slow growth in crucial sectors and cost states jobs across industries, according to a new report.
Millions are likely to lose health insurance, and there is no credible data that imposing such rules would save money. They would hurt rural communities and red states as much as blue ones.
Since 2020, more than 100 hospitals in a majority of states have shut down their labor and delivery units.
The net cost to state and local governments in 2023 from the surge in immigration that began in 2021 ...
Missouri GOP state Sen. Kurtis Gregory. He’s sponsoring a bill to fund stadiums in Kansas City in a bid to keep the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and MLB’s Kansas City Royals from moving several miles away into neighboring Kansas. (Stateline)
A proposal under the state budget would end the need for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities to qualify annually. Instead, they would be considered permanently eligible unless their circumstances or conditions change.
The proposal would shake up the finances of hundreds of institutions that use race as a factor in admissions, scholarships or other ways.
States are taking a look at tax credits, cost-sharing, regulation reductions and more as they look to support families and their economies.
A statue in Times Square depicting an ordinary Black woman has held up a mirror to people's attitudes about race and celebration.
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