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In California and the southeast U.S., forest cleanup and fuel mitigation projects, intended to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire, are being postponed.
The regulations, which the Trump administration announced in October 2017, widened the pool of employers that are allowed to claim exemption from providing contraceptive coverage to include nonprofit groups, for-profit companies, other nongovernmental employers, and schools and universities.
Local transit agencies are being hit harder than state highway departments. But the shutdown is only part of the problem for transportation funding.
So-called donor states, meaning their taxpayers pay more in federal taxes than their state receives back in federal funding.
John Seidenstein, after a small group of precinct chairs in Texas tried last week to oust the Tarrant County Republican Party's vice chairman, Shahid Shafi, because he is Muslim.
State Rep. Stephanie Clayton said House and Senate leaders in Kansas scrapped an education plan that had widespread support, leading her to switch parties, a move two other female state lawmakers followed.
Shahid Shafi will retain his role as vice-chairman of the Tarrant County Republican Party despite a push from a small faction of precinct chairs to remove him from his post because he's Muslim.
After Gov. Mike Dunleavy's election, chief of staff Tuckerman Babcock asked at-will state employees to submit their resignations.
Former state Rep. Nick Sauer has been charged with 12 felonies for allegedly posting private sexual photos of two people online without their permission, according to the Lake County State's Attorney's Office.
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposal Thursday at his state budget presentation, which also included more than $2 billion in new funding for housing and homelessness initiatives.
Miami International Airport plans to cut off access to one of its terminals over the weekend in order to send TSA workers to busier checkpoints, a spokesman said Thursday night.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected on Friday to suspend Broward Sheriff Scott Israel and replace him with a former Coral Springs police sergeant with a background in active shooter training.
Unemployment, poverty rates for black and white populations residing in metro areas.
Measures of segregation for different demographic groups, including whites, blacks, Hispanics and Asians.
Educators in the nation's second-largest school district are set to strike on Monday. The dispute could impact education policy across the country.
To address sexual harassment, it needs to be reported. State employees have been hesitant to do that.
Job openings in the U.S. in October, which was about 1 million more than the number of unemployed workers. The Midwest, Northeast, South and West all had more jobs available than jobless.
Tweet from Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, who apparently is not a fan of rapper Lil Wayne who performed at the college football national championship game.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Bill de Blasio initiated ambitious plans this week to cover drastically more residents, including undocumented immigrants who are not currently eligible for subsidized insurance.
Stefan Ritter, who has been the commission's executive director since 2015, called allegations first reported Monday by the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Channel 2 Action News "untrue," adding that he had not seen the complaints against him.
Mike Miller, 76, is scheduled to discuss his cancer diagnosis with members of the Senate at 10 a.m. Thursday when the chamber next meets.
Connecticut tops the list of states whose taxpayers receive the least bang for their buck from the feds.
The settlement included $280,000 in lost wages and damages, $50,000 to cover law school debt and $20,000 for medical assistance and career counseling, according to the Times.
Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday that he would back legislation to require private employers in New York City to offer at least two weeks of paid vacation annually to their workers, a law he said would be the first of its kind in the nation.
Trump's threat alarmed California officeholders. Politicians from both parties criticized the tweet, though Republicans stopped short of condemning the author and expressed sympathy with his complaints about the state's Democratic governance.
Transportation officials in Oklahoma this week announced plans to delay bids on 45 highway projects worth about $137 million.
The volume of openings first topped the number of jobless people in Midwestern states in early 2017. But in recent months that phenomenon has spread to other regions, particularly the South.
Even as calls for “Medicare for All” grow louder among Democrats in Washington, D.C., at least 10 states are exploring whether to allow residents to pay premiums to “buy in” to Medicaid, the federal-state health care program for the poor.
With signs pointing to a weakening economy, we need to get ready now, and we need to do it right.
As new leaders from the private sector take over state agencies, they are going to find that their new jobs require a unique dual competence.
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