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Decline in the number of kids enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program from 2017 to 2018. The size of the drop is unusual. Experts cite several potential reasons for it: the improving economy, the Trump administration's actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act, changes in data systems, immigrants’ fears of signing up for government benefits, and uncertainty over program eligibility.
Miami Lakes, Fla., Mayor Manny Cid, who pushed for his city to let residents video call in to town council hearings. Many cities live stream public meetings, but Miami Lakes might be the first with real-time remote public testimony.
One black lawmaker refused to retreat when her white, male colleagues moved to cut off debate on a bill that would let Arkansas residents use lethal force as the first line of self-defense if they felt threatened.
California recently made waves with the passage of comprehensive consumer data protection rules — rules the private sector has sharply criticized for adding to an already hard-to-navigate national patchwork.
The bill has been a priority for gun control advocates, who argue the measure merely closes a loophole in state law and will help keep weapons out of the hands of people barred from owning firearms.
As part of the deal, the women agreed not to pursue legal action against the Legislature and other named defendants. The labor agency also agreed not to pursue its case against the Legislature.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio may be thinking of running for president, but many of those closest to him aren’t on board.
President Donald Trump on Saturday continued to swipe at California Gov. Gavin Newsom, comparing taxpayers' expense on newly built shelters for asylum-seekers to the state's scaled-back high-speed rail project.
The tourism and travel industry contributed more than $15 billion to Kentucky’s economy in 2017, according to a report from Kentucky’s Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet.
The Republican tax overhaul signed by President Donald Trump more than a year ago provides plenty of perks for the rich. But not all well-off folks are treated alike under the law.
For the fifth year, a group of mayors at the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas, played 'shark' as they judged a handful of civic-minded startups that sought to solve hard city problems.
States where education, when inflation is taken into account, is funded less than it was before the Great Recession. In the states where teachers have recently gone on strike, the deficit ranges from 6 to 15 percent below pre-recession levels -- even when factoring in recent budget boosts.
Lewiston, Maine, Mayor Shane Bouchard, announcing his resignation after a woman he allegedly had an affair with released text messages in which he made racist and sexist jokes.
Embattled Lewiston Mayor Shane Bouchard resigned on Friday but not before blaming the media for his troubles.
The Utah House passed legislation on a 41-32 vote, repealing the 1973 misdemeanor crime of fornication, or sex between people who are not married, Fox 13 reported.
The bill doesn't change the class of convictions, such as a Class B felony, but proponents argued judges needed more leeway in sentencing offenders.
Less than two months after taking office, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker embarked on a new and potentially bruising political campaign Thursday by seeking to win public approval of a graduated-rate income tax that he contended would raise $3.4 billion.
Several states have passed legislation in recent years to stop what supporters of the measure often refer to as "passing the trash."
In some cases, Abbott appointed judges who have lost multiple elections to Democrats.
Former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel is challenging his suspension in a petition filed Thursday in Broward County Circuit Court, alleging that Gov. Ron DeSantis exceeded his legal authority when he ousted him from office.
The number of kids enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) — two government health plans for the poor — fell by nearly 600,000 in the first 11 months of 2018.
For the first time since the Great Recession, most states have restored their education cuts. But the places where protests have erupted still have a long way to go.
How much Schenectady County, N.Y., saved on prescription drugs last year, partially because it allows employees to import them from Canada, Great Britain and Australia, which charge significantly less. The FDA recently warned counties to stop, but many likely won't.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in an op-ed announcing he will not run for president.
The bill, House Bill 2384 and Senate Bill 1295, will prohibit anyone from using or distributing the tobacco products on a school bus, on school property, and at on-site and off-site school-sponsored activities.
In Washington state, child welfare workers are shifting to a digital approach. Beginning in April, people who’ve browsed websites on foster care will see recurring online ads espousing the joys of foster parenting — haunting the prospective parent from site to site like a new car or pair of boots.
The outbreak has also raised questions about how officials dealing with public health concerns can undermine detainees’ legal rights.
Republican members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives are drawing scrutiny for wearing pearl necklaces while gun control activists shared their own experiences with gun violence at a recent hearing.
Nearly 17,000 registered Wisconsin voters — potentially more — were kept from the polls in November by the state’s strict voter ID law, according to a new survey of nonvoters by two University of Wisconsin political scientists.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is investigating allegations of voter suppression in Georgia under Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who has since become governor.
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