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One conversation with Dr. Michael Crow might ease your fears.
Kids who would lose free school meals under the Trump administration's new rules about who is eligible for food stamps. This finding was left out of the administration's formal proposal.
Seth Stoughton, an assistant law professor at the University of South Carolina and a former police officer, after reports of the Tempe, Ariz., Police Department's new "positive ticketing" campaign. After public outrage, the department said it would not pull drivers over to give them coupons for following traffic laws.
Proposed adjustments to the federal food stamp program could mean thousands of needy children will no longer receive free breakfast and lunch at school.
Of the 24 states that considered data privacy legislation this year, only Illinois, Maine and Nevada enacted new laws.
The law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on his final day to take action and passed on a strict party- line vote in the Legislature, requires all presidential candidates to submit five years of income tax filings.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday that makes it illegal to make, sell, transport or possess 3D-printed guns in the state, or any other firearms that won't set off a metal detector.
The cause of the illnesses was not immediately determined, and is part of the ongoing investigation into the matter by the Department of Correction and Connecticut State Police, he said.
Hawaii's governor on Tuesday rescinded an emergency proclamation put in place to deal with native Hawaiian protesters who are blocking a road to prevent the construction of a giant telescope at a mountain summit they consider sacred.
When a Kansas agency used a jobs fund to give a rural school district $90,000 to start a Future Farmers of America chapter and agricultural education program, officials called it a "unique economic development" opportunity.
The department started a new initiative Monday called the "Positive Ticketing Campaign." Channel 12 (KPNX) initially reported officers would be pulling people over to issue Circle K drink coupons to people following traffic laws.
Every year, people build a city solely for the event, then take it down a week later.
A long-awaited transportation bill advanced in Congress this week. The National Governors Association isn't waiting on its passage to make road funding and safety its top priorities.
The last year that the federal government executed a person for committing a crime. Earlier this month, the Trump administration ordered the death penalty for five people convicted of killing children and elderly.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, the second African-American elected to statewide office there, on why he did not join the boycott of an event to commemorate Jamestown. The state's black lawmakers refused to go in order to protest President Trump's attendance.
Another emerging piece to the cost puzzle is long-term insurance, which may be cheaper or more comprehensive than other types of available coverage.
Even in solid blue states, Republicans joined conservative Democrats to block some progressive measures.
The legislation will treat possession of less than one ounce as a violation subject to a $50 fine and possession of between one to two ounces, currently a misdemeanor, will become a violation punishable by up to a $200 fine.
Los Angeles city computers were breached last week in a data theft potentially involving the personal information of about 20,000 applicants to the police department, including hundreds who are now sworn officers.
DPS spokeswoman Stephanie Stallings confirmed Saturday that officials are investigating a ransomware attack discovered Friday morning within the agency's computer system.
The caucus said in a press release Monday that President Donald Trump's attendance is "antithetical to the principles for which the caucus stands and the democracy that many counterintuitively are clinging to as an excuse to attend this week."
The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, removes the statute of limitations on criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
In Washington state, formerly incarcerated people who’ve turned their lives around have a chance to wipe their records clean, thanks to a new law that went into effect Sunday.
Excused absences that high school students in Oregon are allowed in a three-month period. Under a new law, mental or behavioral health problems now fall in this category. Utah has a similar law.
Ruling from the South Carolina Supreme Court that abolishes common law marriages. Most states have outlawed the practice.
From building public art to creating "sacred spaces," the annual event is inspiring leaders across America.
Liberal and conservative states are both stirring things up. Very different things.
They face a growing list of challenges as they diversify.
Booming e-commerce is congesting streets.
Sometimes attempts to collaborate create unforeseen problems.
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