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Faced with teacher strikes, many districts are making commitments they can't afford. It may be time to establish state-level GAOs to rein them in.
They have a lot going for them, but they need the kind of infrastructure investment that partnering with financial institutions can provide.
According to the most comprehensive report of its kind, states spend more than $9 billion a year incarcerating people who violate community supervision terms that even corrections officials admit are difficult to comply with.
James Gelfand, senior vice president of health policy for the ERISA Industry Committee, on air ambulance rides, which can cost in the tens of thousands and aren't usually covered by insurance. Congress is floating plans to protect patients from surprise medical bills -- but none of them address air ambulance costs.
On Monday, New York joined the 12 other states that let undocumented immigrants get driver's licenses.
In 2017, GAO found that the median price charged nationally by air ambulance providers was around $36,400 for helicopter rides and even higher for other aircraft.
State Police and Randolph County Sheriff's deputies on Friday announced they detained 48-year-old Rebecca Lynn O'Donnell in the ex-lawmaker's death.
So far, Cal Cunningham becomes the highest-profile Democrat to enter the Senate race.
Cake makers Melissa and Aaron Klein told lesbian couple Laurel and Rachel Bowman-Cryer in January 2013 that they didn't do same-sex wedding cakes.
Cuomo has repeatedly expressed support for the bill -- but raised last-minute concerns Monday about whether the information about undocumented immigrants gathered by the state DMV could be obtained by federal officials and used for immigration enforcement.
Every other state has sued, filed administrative charges or promised to sue the companies blamed for the national crisis, which played a role in the deaths of more than 390,000 Americans from 2000 through 2017.
Arizona law prohibits use of the funds out of state, but the bill makes an exception until July 1, 2020, for any student currently using an Empowerment Scholarship Account voucher at an out-of-state private school within 2 miles of the state border.
The birth rate is at an all-time low. That’s going to have a major impact on public services.
Absentee property owners from abroad take much of the blame for rising housing prices in America. But they’re really a net win for cities.
First-time buyers aren’t just acquiring property. They’re taking on a jurisdiction’s financial liabilities.
Performance data hasn’t worked out the way it was intended.
Cities must resist this vocal minority using pseudoscience. Their budgets are at stake.
They're beginning to reshape local government in a big way.
Making neighborhoods denser is an idea with growing appeal. The question is whether it works.
The administration is focusing on a level of government that past presidents have often neglected.
Google’s sister company wants to build the city of the future on Toronto’s waterfront, raising concerns over privacy and the role of government.
Counselors say budget cuts have left them unable to respond to students’ mental health needs.
Cautiously and slowly, governments are taking more risks and modernizing the way they purchase goods and services.
Supporters of the initiatives will have to wait at least two years before they go before voters.
The policy was intended to discourage government dependence. It didn’t seem to work.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson spearheaded the streamlining.
Photos and musings from our photographer.
Washington state is going further than any other to cover aging Americans' medical bills.
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