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The state, which has worse credit than any other and has had chronic budget deficits, passed a fiscal plan this week that relies on new revenue sources to help pay down its massive debt.
Size of the disaster relief bill that Congress sent to President Trump this week. The passage of the package ends what was the longest delay between a disaster and congressional aid.
Facebook post from the Slidell, La., Police Department
West Virginia's experience offers lessons in what states can do to provide retirement systems that benefit educators and taxpayers alike.
Competition for talent is going to intensify. Government needs new approaches to how it compensates its workforce.
Suspending delinquent borrowers' occupational licenses just makes it harder for them to repay their loans. Thankfully, states are moving to abandon the practice.
The North Carolina House on Wednesday failed to block Cooper's veto of Senate Bill 359, which would bring new penalties for medical professionals who allow abortion survivors to die.
Oregon's seven Electoral College votes could one day be awarded to a candidate who did not win the most votes in Oregon.
The Alabama Department of Public Health would administer the treatment. The offender would pay for the treatment unless a court determined the offender was indigent.
The legislation mandates fines for nursing homes that don't meet minimum staffing requirements already set out in Illinois law.
The union's executive director, John Vellardita, said the Legislature failed to allocate sufficient funds to the Clark County School District that could cover promised teacher raises without cutting resources in the classroom.
Companies like Harvest Health & Recreation are using loopholes in the state's law to snap up cannabis properties. Harvest alone has a war chest of $500 million set aside for acquiring smaller cannabis companies.
Police departments in Massachusetts in recent years have installed an undisclosed number of cameras across the state that automatically photograph the license plate of each passing vehicle and compile data.
Amount that New York spends on education per pupil, which is the most of any state. Idaho, Oklahoma and Utah spend the least -- less than $8,000 per pupil.
Carbon Hill, Ala., Mayor Mark Chambers' response to the following Facebook comment: "By giving the minority more rights than the majority, I hate to think of the country my grandkids will live in." The comments followed a post shared by Chambers that read, "We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals, transvestites lecture us on human biology, baby killers lecture us on human rights and socialists lecture us on economics."
Democrats in Virginia -- nearly 20 of whom joined Northam Tuesday -- have tried unsuccessfully for years to pass tighter gun laws. All 140 lawmakers face a challenge in this November's elections.
The legal efforts began after former interim Secretary of State David Whitley issued an advisory on Jan. 25 that said DPS had identified nearly 100,000 on the state's voter rolls who had applied for a driver's license as noncitizens.
In a hard reality check for Los Angeles County's multibillion-dollar hope of ending homelessness, officials reported Tuesday that the number of people living on the streets, in vehicles and in shelters increased by about 12% over last year.
Black and Hispanic students currently represent 70 percent of the school system, but make up just 10 percent of the enrollment in the specialized schools.
Several cities have launched investigations into the online conduct of their police officers after a database revealed thousands of racist and otherwise offensive social media posts by current or former members of law enforcement.
Cat declawing involves surgically removing the tendons, nerves and bones at the tip of a tabby's toes.
Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers has issued an apology for a Facebook post that referenced “killing out” gay and transgender people, socialists and “baby killers.”
The average cost of a funeral at a time when 40 percent of Americans can’t even afford an unexpected expense of just $400.
Flint, Mich., Mayor Karen Weaver, after the investigation into the Flint water crisis expanded and seized state-owned cell phones and devices for 65 current and former officials, including ex-Gov. Rick Snyder.
Congress passed a long-delayed bill to help places recover from past (and future) natural disasters. President Trump is expected to sign it.
The shelves at your local food bank are likely stocked. Give credit to President Donald Trump’s trade war with China.
Prisoners count. But where?
Facebook had argued the court should stay the matter because of other cases, but it now needs to produce documents for the D.C. judge.
The study compared 18,678 patients who were treated for cancer either before states expanded the number of people who could receive Medicaid benefits under the ACA, or in states that chose not to expand Medicaid, to 11,708 patients who were treated in states that did expand Medicaid.
In addition the warrant obtained by the Associated Press rounds up information from 22 state Health and Human Services employees, 11 Department of Environmental Quality employees and at least 33 employees in the governor's office, CNN reported.
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