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States are starting to address the jurisdictional issues that leave so many of these cases unsolved.
Las Vegas is taking a new, more tolerant approach to helping the homeless.
Pundits keep predicting the religious group's decline as a political force. But they may actually be gaining influence.
The biggest school reform movement in the past decade is taking some hits.
Washington state, which gave Boeing $1 billion over the past four years, has a well-established system to evaluate tax deals. Many governments don't.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, on the ruling that paves the way for Sandy Hook families to subpoena internal documents on how the gun companies have marketed the AR-15, the weapon in many mass shootings.
The representation by a multi-state compact to guarantee that the winner of the national popular vote becomes president. It would only take effect once 270 electoral votes are represented. Twelve states and the District of Columbia have joined the compact so far.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed legislation that delays the state’s new photo voter identification requirement until the 2020 elections.
The ruling paves the way for the families to subpoena internal documents on how the gun companies have marketed the AR-15.
The tense public meeting featured heated back-and-forths between board and community members. As board members announced their "yes" votes, people in the audience shouted "shame."
Officials from the Economic Development Corporation, the agency charged with delivering upon the mayor’s plan, called New York Works, say it is “impractical for the city to track specific jobs created,” in documents reviewed by The New York Times.
Following the lead of Arkansas and Florida, white male conservative lawmakers are spearheading legalization drives in Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee.
The message prompted swift rebuke from the Kansas Republican Party, which directed criticism at Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat who has struggled to find compromise with GOP leaders in the Legislature since taking office in January.
The National Popular Vote Act makes Colorado part of a multi-state compact -- but it only takes effect if and when enough states join to control 270 electoral votes.
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Local governments that have not begun the process of assessing their ADA compliance should start now.
Numbers of construction permits by city, jurisdictions permitting the most new units.
Cut to the EPA's budget in President Trump's 2020 proposal. His budget also proposes major cuts for Medicaid, food stamps, cash welfare, public housing, transportation, clean energy and economic development.
Catherine Flowers, a resident of Lowndes County, Ala., where septic system problems led to an outbreak of a once-eradicted disease. Elsewhere, leaky septic tanks have caused algae blooms and threatened aquatic animals.
At least 10 Kentucky school districts were forced to close several times since Feb. 28 after so many teachers used their sick days that officials could not find enough substitutes to cover classes.
Under current law, people who have been convicted of one of 61 Class D felonies can have their criminal records cleared once they complete their sentences, wait five years and pay a $500 fee.
Lawmakers in Arkansas and Utah sent their governors legislation Wednesday banning most abortions 18 weeks into a woman’s pregnancy, moving the states closer to enacting bans that could be among the strictest in the country.
When asked the governor's position on the bill, spokeswoman Amelia Chasse said the governor "will consider any legislation that reaches his desk."
The collection of more than 1,000 pages of contracts, emails, manuals and other materials shows some California law enforcement departments have granted ICE unfettered access to the personal data of drivers and that federal officials are using it to track and locate immigrants.
Former Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order in 2017 that lifted the drought emergency in most of the state, leaving some breathing a sigh of relief. But he cautioned Californians to keep saving water as some parts of the state were still suffering from extreme drought.
The meeting brought together two candidates representing sharply contrasting approaches and ideologies.
How will it achieve both goals when half of the property tax revenue goes to schools?
Why are they breaking norms and eyeing city hall instead of Capitol Hill?
In one of his first moves as governor, Gavin Newsom is taking some cities to court for failing to address the affordable housing crisis.
Mayor Mike Duggan has pledged to spend $130 million to help revive neglected neighborhoods in the city.
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