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Well-run governments must have clear lines of leadership. Just ask Pueblo, Colo.
California Sen. Richard Pan, a pediatrician who introduced a bill to require the state health department to sign off on medical exemptions and to let the department revoke exemptions that are inconsistent with CDC guidelines. Outbreaks of measles -- a once-eradicated disease -- have been reported in more than a dozen states this year.
States that have loopholes that make it legal to rape your spouse. Minnesota and Ohio are considering bills that would close them.
The part of the 2017 law that high-tax states are battling in court is likely helping them lower their debt -- at least in the short-term.
Protecting providers from competition is the enemy of efficiency and integrated mobility. It's an issue that New York City's congestion pricing will address.
Students in Indiana's Elkhart School District are served breakfast and lunch at school, but may go hungry on nights and weekends. So, the school joined forces with an innovative nonprofit to ensures kids in need have enough to eat.
A California court decision could harm not just businesses but also workers and consumers. And the misguided idea shows signs of spreading to other states.
The action removes a barrier for doctors, manicurists, home inspectors and just about anyone else who needs a license to do their job.
The Justice companies owe more than $4 million to the federal government, according to a new Ohio Valley ReSource analysis of federal data.
The lawsuit says the law stigmatizes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and is discriminatory.
The National Rifle Association and its supporters wasted no time Tuesday suing Pittsburgh, the City Council and Mayor Bill Peduto following the mayor's signing of three bills restricting the use of military style weapons from within city limits.
The bill, which was considered in public hearing Tuesday and left pending in the committee, was created to protect "the right of an unborn child."
At a tense hearing, the education secretary was pushed on whether her department has the authority to allow school districts to use federal funds to arm teachers.
Cities argue that the fees and fines are true obligations owed to them by residents and that pressing their advantage to get these funds is necessary and forthright.
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“They’re trying to think from a new perspective. My hope is that we’ll see more of this boldness.”
Due to the high cost of naloxone, only a fraction of the nation’s police departments equip their officers with it.
The city keeps getting slapped for the poor condition of its public housing. Nothing has changed so far.
Elite actors are threatening to boycott Georgia over a heartbeat abortion bill, endangering the state's a-list status among major TV and movie productions.
The Republican governor of Indiana has quietly become one of the most effective and popular state leaders in the country.
The airline industry has changed, forcing cities to rethink the role their airports play. Pittsburgh has.
These clinics have radically changed how addicts are treated and reduced opioid overdoses in other countries. But the U.S. cities trying to open one are facing intense pushback.
What's likely the most comprehensive research of its kind doesn't bode well for tax incentives.
In the face of widespread opposition and the guilty plea of a top supporter, proponents of a single metro government have put their plans on hold.
Ross Garber is the man to call when state leaders are in political peril.
Councilmembers in Chicago and Philadelphia, which give them unusual amounts of authority, are facing criminal charges.
One state tried to remove local governments' power to dictate things like paint colors.
Potential fine for parents in New York City who don't vaccinate their children against measles -- a once-eradicated disease. Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency for parts of the city on Tuesday over the outbreak, which has largely impacted the Orthodox Jewish community.
Jeremy Bearer-Friend, a tax law expert at New York University. Many European governments offer free tax preparation systems. The U.S. House passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the IRS from setting one up.
Gov. Kay Ivey had requested the increase before last week's Department of Justice report alleging unconstitutional conditions in men's prisons in Alabama. But the money will be applied to one of the key causes cited by the DOJ.
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