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The declaration enables local governments to utilize cybersecurity experts from the Louisiana National Guard, Louisiana State Police, the Office of Technology Services and others to resolve and prevent cyberattacks, according to the news release.
Ninety percent of Americans don’t have long-term care insurance — even though half of all people 65 and over will need such care at some point.
The Department of Justice says the Utah attorney general’s office is stonewalling its subpoenas as it repeatedly promises but fails to turn over documents as part of an investigation into whether state officials lied to obtain federal grants.
Statewide, 326 water agencies serving nearly 1 million of California's almost 40 million residents are out of compliance with state standards on contamination levels or treatment techniques.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced late Wednesday evening that he is resigning from office effective Aug. 2.
A large-scale rollout not only would significantly improve air quality but also holds the promise of good new jobs for the disadvantaged.
Too often, it's uncharted territory. But the time to prepare is before a community is overwhelmed.
Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, who introduced a new law that makes New York the first state to outlaw cat declawing.
Fine in Hawaii for crossing an intersection after the countdown for pedestrians has begun. The new law follows a rise in pedestrian deaths in the state.
The settlement says state agencies and universities can't ban transgender people from using the bathroom of the gender with which they identify. It applies only to public restrooms and similar facilities in state government buildings.
City Council members in Charlotte on Monday night will consider a resolution to "strongly condemn," among other things, President Donald Trump's recent call for four congresswomen to leave the United States.
House Bill 836 ensures children are able to have short-term guardians if they have a parent detained or deported by ICE.
The first-term Democratic governor did not give details, but a Lujan Grisham spokesman cited communication and leadership issues and said education initiatives were not being implemented as quickly and thoroughly as the governor wanted.
The legislation, which Gov. Kate Brown signed last month, lets students have an excused absence if they miss school because of their mental or behavioral health.
The state is training an additional 20 prison inmates to potentially respond to wildfires.
The measure, which passed in June in both houses at the State Capitol, was signed into law Monday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Its provisions took effect immediately on Monday.
The amount Equifax has agreed to pay to settle federal and state investigations into a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other sensitive information for nearly 150 million people. The settlement would be the largest ever paid by a company over a data breach.
A bill that would help the billion-dollar industry get access to bank accounts won support from some key U.S. senators.
Former Florida Democratic state House candidate Elizabeth McCarthy confessing to a state investigator that she lied about being a medical doctor and about removing 77 bullets from 32 victims of the 2016 Pulse shooting in Orlando.
The influx comes at a time when the foster care system is scrambling to adjust to major federal changes.
The agency wants to require people who receive TANF benefits to pass a review of their income and assets to determine whether they are eligible for free food from SNAP, officials said.
The proposed settlement, announced Monday, would be the largest ever paid by a company over a data breach.
Native girls and women are more likely than average to be the victim of a violent crime.
Close to 2,000 demonstrators have gathered near an access road in Hawaii to protest the construction of a telescope on sacred ground.
The documents, released by the Florida Department of Health, say Catherine Elizabeth McCarthy admitted to a state investigator that she lied about being a doctor, including when she said she was one of the doctors who treated victims of the June 2016 massacre.
Prosecutors and crime lab scientists were scrambling to find a solution after a change in the state's definition of marijuana imperiled criminal cases.
The savings from lower incarceration costs will allow the state to further invest in initiatives aimed at keeping people from returning, or going, to prison, and supporting crime victims, officials said.
Hawaii recently passed a law allowing police to ticket pedestrians for starting to cross a street when the countdown starts. Other states let the walkers decide if they can make it.
A letter from Wyoming Valley West School District in Pennsylvania that went out to dozens of families this month. The letter continued: "If you are taken to Dependency court, the result may be your child being removed from your home and placed in foster care."
Following years of turmoil and gridlock in many states, newly elected governors are getting a lot done.
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