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Senate Bill 184, sponsored by Democratic state Sen. John Milkovich, prohibits abortion as soon as a heartbeat is detected -- similar to so-called fetal heartbeat bills in Mississippi, Ohio, Georgia, Kentucky and, most recently, Missouri.
The law, signed Thursday, tasks the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing with creating a plan for safely importing Canadian drugs and presenting a proposal to U.S. Health and Human Services by September 2020.
In the wake of revelations that ex-Ohio State University athletic doctor Richard Strauss sexually abused at least 177 male students between 1979 and 1998, Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday called on Ohio lawmakers to abolish the state's statute of limitations for sexual assault.
Since 2015, the number has steadily risen, with more than 100 placements in out-of-state care facilities in both 2017 and 2018.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he plans to hire an Indiana company to manage five state youth prisons, even though lawmakers voted against the $15.8 million contract on Friday.
A long-simmering intraparty fight among Democrats in New Jersey has turned into an open civil war.
The investigations come after The New York Times found that thousands of drivers are facing debt they can not repay.
It involves tweaking the tone and the look of letters home to parents.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have set an audacious goal: reducing their greenhouse gas emissions to zero.
A growing number of states and cities are letting residents identify as neither male nor female, setting up a cascade of tough policy questions.
But a handful of cities are starting to provide counsel in civil court.
Washington just became the first U.S. state to sanction "human composting," the latest eco-friendly alternative to traditional burial and cremation.
Funerals have become a luxury that many Americans can’t afford. Cities and counties are paying the price.
West Sacramento, Calif.'s Christopher Cabaldon has revived his town and become a player on the national stage.
Half the city’s land mass is occupied by government entities and other tax-exempt institutions. Some city councilors say nonprofits are not paying their fair share.
A new study examines whether cities respond to complaints as quickly in poor neighborhoods as they do in rich ones.
Donna Arduin has made a career out of consulting with governors on budget cuts.
Lawmakers say they want to clear up confusion over plant-based meat substitutes.
Aging out of the system brings tough challenges that states are trying to help young adults overcome.
California will be the first state where utilities charge more for power used during peak hours.
Average amount of the 1998 tobacco settlement, worth $246 billion, that states spent on health care. Nearly as much -- 23 percent -- went to cover budget deficits. Settlements from opioid companies, sued for their role in the opioid crisis, are starting to roll in.
Karen O’Keefe, state policies director for the Marijuana Policy Project. Fewer employers are requesting preemployment tests for marijuana.
In Tuesday's GOP primary, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin won a bare majority of the vote.
New studies shed light on how low-income children can beat the odds that are against them in school and beyond.
Tens of thousands of asylum-seekers from Central America are spreading out around the United States, straining the resources of local and state governments working to move and shelter them.
In state after state, proposals encountered significant turbulence, and the clock is running out on the legislative season.
Missouri retained its lonely title as the only state without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program — for the seventh year in a row — after the legislative session ended Friday.
The program is based on providing free meals to any child whose family lives at up to three times the poverty level, which is $75,000 for a family of four.
As a start, Border Patrol plans to send three flights per week of 120 to 135 people each to San Diego
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