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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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Former Maryland Gov. and Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and former Indianapolis Mayor Steven Goldsmith talk about how tech can change the public sector.
At least 95 have closed their doors since 2010, and roughly a quarter of the ones left are at risk of shuttering.
Plus, where renting is gaining in popularity the fastest.
The president's 2020 proposal would slash domestic spending by nearly 10 percent and increase defense spending by 5 percent.
States in the U.S. Climate Alliance, a group committed to upholding the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat climate change. President Trump pulled America out of the agreement, making it one of the world's only countries not participating. Nevada is the latest to join.
New Mexico state Sen. Cliff Pirtle, describing a Colorado town of 750 residents near the state line. He is supporting a bill that would make New Mexico the first in the nation with state-run pot shops.
Many states don’t allow hemp CBD to be sold to the public at all, whether as an oil, pills or mixed into smoothies.
In a statement Sunday night, Councilwoman McElhaney said her son's death represents the "beginning of a new chapter in this reoccurring circle of violence."
Mr. Hughes, a reserved Eastern Shore native whose 1978 Democratic primary victory was one of the great upsets in Maryland political history, led an administration that was widely credited with restoring integrity to state government after an era of rampant political corruption.
The idea for state-run pot shops comes from a trio of GOP state senators who broke with local Republican Party orthodoxy to embrace legal marijuana with a decidedly big-government approach that would have the state directly oversee most sales.
Nevada will join the U.S. Climate Alliance, a group of states and territories committed to the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat climate change, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced.
Former state lawmaker Margy Conditt is "thrilled" a federal appeals court supported a law she jointly sponsored that defunds Planned Parenthood in Ohio.
The governor is weighing "overhauling" the commission, including making a management change, as the state prepares for the upcoming wildfire season.
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