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If cities don't find a way soon, they risk homelessness, crime and drug abuse spreading beyond a single neighborhood.
Congress should use new money to prod states and cities into addressing the growing expenses of public employees.
Once used only to manage infrastructure, GIS now deals with all kinds of data.
Doing good pays dividends for both corporations and governments. Just ask Philadelphia.
Housing, jobs and health care depend on it. Pittsburgh has become a national leader in setting clear, intuitive transportation goals.
Behavioral economics is a powerful tool to encourage people to make certain decisions, but governments need to use it with caution.
Most of the students using Arizona’s vouchers are already in top-performing schools.
Incoming Gov. Mike Dunleavy is the sixth person to win the office in as many elections. The constant turnover has made it difficult for the state to solve its biggest problems.
Advocates say higher incomes help low-wage employees, but one new report suggests the reality is more complicated.
“Putting somebody out there on the street who has very little training is not fair to the community and it’s not fair to the officer, but it happens all the time.”
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18 of the policies and proposals that will dominate state legislatures this year.
California is the first state to require physicians to inform patients about their history of sexual misconduct, overprescribing medications, criminal convictions or substance abuse. Will others follow?
Maryland’s Mike Miller has been in charge for more than 30 years.
In practically every state, one party now holds all the legislative power. And once they get it, they’re keeping it.
The decennial count is plagued by uncertainties and fears of undercounting immigrants, minorities and low-income people.
Critics argue that the revenue raised isn't worth weakening the incentives to buy more environmentally friendly vehicles.
Gov. Rick Snyder signed bills Friday to water down voter-initiated increases to the state minimum wage and employer-paid sick time, pleasing the business community but dashing hopes among many Michiganders that he would veto the lame-duck bills.
Pete Buttigieg is ending his tenure as the city's mayor, announcing today that he will not seek a third term in office but not yet revealing his future political plans -- including a possible run for president.
Starting in 2019, Texas A&M University will be the first university in the nation to train all of its health science students to administer the drug naloxone, which reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.
Tweet from University of Michigan Law School professor Nicholas Bagley, an expert in health law, in regards to the ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional because Congress repealed the tax penalty for not having insurance.
States that allow both religious and personal exemptions and have seen a rise in them since 2009. Twenty-nine other states allow either religious or personal exemptions. Three allow neither.
Where data is stored is important because it helps determine who can access it. Digital law and privacy experts say storing data outside the United States increases the chances that other countries will access the data, either through their intelligence channels or by coercing companies into handing it over.
The March for Public Education, organized by United Teachers Los Angeles, was meant to be a show of force to Supt. Austin Beutner, who has said Los Angeles Unified School District does not have the funds to meet the union's demands and ensure the district's financial solvency in future years.
The legislation, also known as “Nosey’s Law,” is named after a 36-year-old African elephant with arthritis that was forced to travel across the country, including New Jersey, for traveling circus acts while also suffering abuse, the governor’s office said in a press release.
Scott Walker, who has faced national scrutiny and calls from Democrats and some Republicans to reject the legislative package entirely, said during the bill signing he was approving the three bills in full, without line-item vetoes.
Governor Charlie Baker last month accepted $2,500 from the firm of a registered lobbyist and longtime ally of Vice President Mike Pence toward his inaugural celebration in January, violating a self-imposed cap intended to limit lobbyists to a fraction of that amount.
About four hours after the initial post, the company said they “identified three participants in this abhorrent event and their employment has been terminated.”
The enfeebled state party — still reeling after a devastating midterm election where Republicans lost three congressional seats and whiffed gubernatorial and Senate races by double digits — is tangled in a power struggle messy enough to capture the attention of the White House.
Judge Reed C. O’Connor struck down the law, siding with a group of 18 Republican state attorneys general and two GOP governors who brought the case. O’Connor said the tax bill passed by Congress last December effectively rendered the entire health law unconstitutional.
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