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Under the Arkansas program, beneficiaries subject to the requirement who don't meet it for three months in one year lose their benefits.
Rick Scott said companies should waive customers' bills for October and eliminate penalties for switching carriers.
State treasurers from Illinois, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania are also backing the measure, originally filed by Trillium Asset Management in June, which calls for a vote at the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company's next general meeting.
Advocates say Prop. 12 represents the world's strongest protections for animals raised for human consumption.
As a member of the City Accelerator program, the city of Los Angeles has made great strides in reaching out to its diverse local business community and helping those firms do more business with the city.
An effort to strike Amendments 7, 9 and 11 failed Wednesday when the Florida Supreme Court unanimously OK'd the three initiatives for November's ballot.
Three weeks before Election Day, staffers who have worked for J.B. Pritzker's campaign have filed a federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in their months on the job, accusations the Democratic governor candidate quickly called "just not true."
Government officials in an east Georgia county told about 40 African-American senior citizens to get off a bus taking them to vote Monday, leading to complaints of voter suppression.
The governor wants to downsize the number of cabinet-level agencies by more than half -- without laying people off.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, on the abrupt stepping down of his lieutenant governor, Byron Mallot. The Walker administration has not specified what the "inappropriate" comments were.
People who the volunteer organization CrowdSource Rescue are searching for in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Michael. As of Tuesday, the official death toll was 27 but is expected to rise.
Kemp faces allegations of using his position to suppress minority voters and gain unfair advantage in the governor's race, highlighting the office's increasing partisanship and potential for conflicts of interest.
Supporters say the bill is a preemptive move in case Michigan voters legalize marijuana for recreational use next month.
Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered an investigation into the hiring of a former aide accused of sexually assaulting a campaign volunteer last year, saying Monday that he was "sick to my stomach" when he learned of the victim's story.
The state measures don’t apply to companies that are self-funded, meaning they pay their employee claims directly rather than buying state-regulated insurance policies for that purpose. They also don’t apply to government-funded programs such as Medicaid or the military’s Tricare program.
Voting advocates and civil rights groups have homed in on Gwinnett County and what they deem to be its "excessive rejection of mail ballots because of voters' innocent errors and discrepancies."
Alaskan Gov. Bill Walker did not specify what comments were made but said they were not suitable for his office.
The rules make it easier for defrauded students to get their federal loans forgiven and they also prohibit colleges from forcing students to resolve complaints through arbitration, rather than going to court.
At least 62 cases have been confirmed in 22 states this year, and at least 65 additional illnesses in those states are being investigated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That number could grow as officials continue to comb through areas that were most severely hit.
Dennis Hof, the flamboyant pimp and Republican nominee who was expected to win a seat in the Nevada state Assembly next month, has died at his signature brothel, according to Nye County officials.
Federal policy, and other factors, are disrupting efforts to improve transit and forcing urban planners to make tough choices.
The city could be accused of policing too much and too little.
A bridge collapse in Italy shows the complexity that arises when private companies manage public assets.
Ironically, it can happen because managers skip steps in an effort to go faster.
The new federal program could lure fresh investment to distressed areas. But the clock is ticking.
Anyone can learn to lead. Not everyone has the courage to do it.
Politicians say they want citizens to be involved. But it can make things harder to achieve.
Some say John Kasich is "the first governor who has been able to move the private sector to really participate in health-care reform."
After decades of false starts, turbines are starting to turn in several coastal states.
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