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Carmel, Ind., Mayor Jim Brainard, in testimony last week before a U.S. House subcommittee on environment and climate change.
Michael E. Busch, the longest-serving House of Delegates speaker in Maryland history and a champion of the state's schools and the Chesapeake Bay, died Sunday.
The 350-mile, $2.5bn Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline through southern Pennsylvania has sparked growing outrage.
Rather than lobby the U.S. Congress, partisan organizations, business interests, and religious groups with national agendas plant these bills in statehouses across the country.
The controversial ban went into effect late last month in an effort to contain an outbreak of measles that began in October. Nearly 170 cases have been confirmed in the county.
The governor chose the smallest country in Central America as the backdrop for his debut on the world's stage to observe its socio-economic conditions, which send tens of thousands of Salvadorans fleeing for the U.S. each year.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Sunday that will raise the legal age for purchasing cigarettes, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 statewide.
During the 2010 census, more than 30% of Midwood households failed to respond to mailings, requiring costly and fallible follow-up interviews.
“This wall is unnecessary, and an abuse of power that will take away resources that could be used to help Americans across our nation,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Twitter.
The state has made a number of key reforms to streamline its recruiting and hiring. One big change? Using plain English.
The number of people in Louisiana who have been booted from Medicaid after an upgraded state computer check determined they earn too much to receive the government-run health insurance.
New Jersey Superior Court Judge John Russo Jr. speaking to an alleged rape victim during a May 2016 hearing. The comments have come under scrutiny by the state Supreme Court.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh issued an opinion declaring that the exclusion of a Buddhist adviser was religious discrimination and proposed two alternatives for the Texas prison system: Don’t allow any chaplains into the execution chambers, or allow chaplains of all religions.
As of now, 36 states and the District of Columbia have expanded Medicaid, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Louisiana’s health department sent notices to 40,000 Medicaid recipients in February, warning them they would lose the insurance coverage unless they could demonstrate by March 29 that they met the program’s income requirements.
House Bill 55 allows New Mexico to join a compact of states that would allocate their electors in a presidential campaign to the candidate who wins the most votes nationally.
Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation to replace Georgia's electronic voting machines with a touchscreen-and-paper ballot election system, after a polarizing debate over how to balance the integrity of the vote with ensuring accurate election results.
At least 25 states now have laws protecting patients from surprise out-of-network bills, usually for emergency care they received at hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers.
At least nine states have laws allowing for religious exemptions in the foster and adoption process, and several others are considering similar measures.
Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that makes it easier for people to move there by letting them automatically transfer their occupational licenses from other states.
Baltimore hopes to spearhead two class action lawsuits that accuse banks of rate fixing.
The amount Americans borrowed in the past year to pay for health-care costs not covered by their insurance plans, according to a Gallup survey.
Republican Jim Brainard of Carmel, Ind., has become a national voice on environmental issues.
Richard Moore, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, after the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report detailing gruesome conditions inside Alabama prisons. The report highlights incidents of torture, sexual assault and rampant contraband.
The results show the conservative-backed Appeals Court Judge Brian Hagedorn with a lead of 50.24 percent to 49.76 percent over the liberal-backed Wisconsin Chief Appeals Court Judge Lisa Neubauer, with 99 percent of precincts reporting.
The General Assembly approved a unique distribution system that could force patients to wait months or years before they're legally able to obtain medical marijuana oil here.
The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday the state's "dangerous and unsanitary" prison conditions are so common and widespread that they violate the Constitution.
Thomas Frazer, director of the University of Florida's School of Natural Resources and Environment and former acting director of the UF Water Institute, will take the job in the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Over-reliance on fines and fees is a big part of the problem, but there are a lot of steps that cities can take.
Public-sector management practices and workplace tools rooted in the distant past can't address today's complex challenges.
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