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The higher age takes effect immediately -- Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday vetoed a provision that would have phased it in for anyone who turns 18 years old before Oct. 1.
The new requirement will require students to take courses aimed at helping them to identify the signs and symptoms of mental illness.
It was a day that tested the patience and endurance of a hurricane-savvy community accustomed to much worse than a broken water pipe.
The Berkeley city council voted on Tuesday night to update it's municipal code with gender-neutral language
The amount California will spend to pay off medical school debt as part of a program aimed at increasing the number of doctors who see Medi-Cal patients in a state experiencing a shortage of healthcare providers.
New research released this week shows that even pension plans with big unfunded liabilities are likely to survive in the long term.
In a unanimous decision, the high court said the Missouri Coalition For The Environment did not have legal standing to pursue the state Legislature’s rewrite of the Missouri Clean Water Commission.
The laws expand the list of crimes that bar someone from owning a gun in New Jersey, attempt to curtail gun trafficking from other states, and aim to prevent suicides.
New campaign finance reports filed Monday show the Democratic governor raised slightly more than $300,000 between April and June. That’s far below the seven-figure hauls his predecessors.
States are considering whether to provide gender reassignment services, such as hormone treatments and surgery, under their Medicaid programs.
California will spend $340 million paying off doctors' debts using Proposition 56 tobacco tax revenue.
The tech giant says it has tracked more than 700 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries against U.S. political organizations so far this election cycle.
In what appears to be the largest protest in this U.S. territory in recent memory, protesters convened by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny and other well-known artists began gathering en masse under a scorching sun late in the afternoon.
We can't have effective policymaking without comprehensive data. By mandating standardized data collection across the state, Florida is leading the way.
When revenues can't cover essential services, public officials would do well to engage residents in a dialogue about what's important to them.
Identifying them and their needs is the first step to serving them better and reducing wasted effort.
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In just three years, more than a dozen states have passed resolutions declaring pornography a public health crisis. The research is more complicated.
Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and a local government coalition allege that a new IRS rule unlawfully puts an end to their tax reform workarounds.
When Los Angeles police officials requested $3.125 million in federal funds in 2017 to hire 25 officers, they said their focus would be on "building trust and respect" through community policing.
A New York federal judge has issued an order definitively blocking the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census in any form, despite the administration's insistence it has abandoned plans to add a question on the census.
Minneapolis Suburb Restores Pledge of Allegiance to City Council Meetings After Trump Joins Backlash
A Minneapolis suburb’s city council voted unanimously Monday night to reverse its decision to nix the Pledge of Allegiance from its meetings after it was met with outrage — including from President Trump.
Minnesota lawmakers and top government officials took a rare bipartisan victory lap Monday to usher in what they called the nation's strongest set of protections against wage theft, which has become a multimillion dollar problem around the state.
The decision to not file civil rights charges against Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in connection with Eric Garner's death on July 17, 2014 has elected officials and organizations criticizing the Department of Justice's ability to do its job and bring justice.
The man who challenged the “pay to stay” law covering adult prisoners is no longer facing a bill for the four years he spent in prison on a negligent homicide conviction, his lawyers said.
Eighty-five federal jobs will move to Colorado as part of a Bureau of Land Management headquarters relocation, the agency told lawmakers Tuesday.
A second gubernatorial candidate in Mississippi has stated he will not be alone with a woman who is not his wife, arguing that “appearances are important.”
In the midst of a nationwide opioid addiction crisis, New Jersey will soon require a warning label on all opioid prescriptions under a law Gov. Phil Murphy signed Monday.
Panelists at the Netroots Nation conference this weekend raised concerns about finding enough candidates and donors for state legislative elections.
Gov. Matt Bevin said Thursday he supports proposed legislation that would prohibit the creation of "sanctuary cities" and limit local governments' authority to enact policies prohibiting local police from cooperating with immigration officials or asking people about their immigration status.
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