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Oakland school teachers, nurses, counselors and their supporters rose early Thursday to protest in the first day of a strike for higher pay, smaller class sizes and more support for students.
West Virginia's students will be returning to school today after a two-day statewide teachers strike ended when the West Virginia House decided not to reconsider the state Senate's omnibus education bill.
The state elections board's vote came after four days of testimony about what the board's staff called "a coordinated, unlawful, and substantially resourced absentee ballot scheme" in Bladen and Robeson counties.
The lesson from New York City's experience with Amazon: There are smarter ways to attract businesses than just dangling tax breaks.
Detroit's Motor City Match program is a model other cities should emulate.
Protesting teachers likely won't be the only public employees who see pay raises and workplace improvements this year.
Already-faltering negotiations between the Trump administration and California aimed at resolving a dispute over fuel-economy standards have broken down completely, according to a top Democratic lawmaker.
Unlike states, localities are more constrained in their ability to raise revenues. It's creating big budget deficits for some school districts.
States with "trigger" laws that would immediately ban abortion in the event that the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Arkansas is the latest to pass one. The others are Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Jill Duerr Berrick, a professor at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley, on the controversial but growing idea of making foster parenting a profession.
Although some lawmakers have bristled at the idea of private companies storing Texans’ personal information in far-flung locations, proponents of the reforms say data security will be at the forefront of any decision they make.
Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation expanding the program into law Tuesday, saying the changes to the decade-old program will allow it to help more workers and strengthen the state's overall economy.
In the 33 states where the drug is legal for medical or recreational use, at least 10 fires or explosions have occurred in the past five years at facilities that extract hash oil used in edible products.
Local news outlets report that student leaders at Virginia Union University asked Northam in a letter dated Monday not to attend Thursday's scheduled commemoration of students who protested segregation in Richmond almost 60 years ago.
A hurricane of lies about city-owned Department of Transportation vehicles supposedly damaged by Superstorm Sandy has resulted in a $5.3 million settlement with the feds.
Strategies that work in liberal cities like Seattle won’t necessarily work in rural areas of Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and South Carolina.
While he cautioned that he was sworn in for his second term as governor just a month ago, Hogan didn’t deny that he is being courted for a GOP primary run by critics of the president.
Every jurisdiction should be comparing itself with its peers to identify problematic practices, increase productivity and reduce costs.
Our lawns guzzle too much of it. There's a lot we can do to reduce outdoor water use without losing the landscapes we enjoy.
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Maintaining or improving municipal bond ratings can be challenging, but there are steps finance leaders can take to be sure they are fully prepared for the review process.
In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court said Wednesday that the 8th Amendment's ban on "excessive fines" applies to states and local agencies, not just the federal government.
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The president's plan to build a border wall could cost the most for California, Hawaii and Maryland -- three of the 16 states suing to block the declaration.
Yes, experts say, but an extra dollar or two an hour won't free low-income people from poverty altogether.
Faulty septic systems are making pollution and health problems worse in much of the country. What we don’t know is how much worse.
Everyone agrees that America’s foster care system needs reform. But some worry the new law may do more harm than good.
Some states are still purging voter rolls and requiring IDs. But most are now looking to expand access to the ballot box.
Turner died on Tuesday at age 70, two months into his first congressional term. We are rerunning our 2019 profile of him as mayor.
Republicans hold a small fraction of seats in two Democratic states, but they enjoy outsized power.
Democrats rarely win elections in the South. If anyone can do it, it's Jim Hood.
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