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Increase in Democratic primary turnout from the 2014 midterms to this year. Republican turnout, by comparison, is up 22 percent.
The public sector's workforce issues aren't going to be solved as long as the dynamics of labor markets are ignored.
The Ohio Department of Medicaid on Tuesday released a heavily redacted report analyzing the costly practices of pharmacy middlemen in the $24 billion tax-funded Medicaid program.
Early adopters have a lesson for the next generation of PFS projects: It's important to plan from the start for what comes next.
Brock Boone, an attorney with the ACLU of Alabama, described the move by John Merrill as a "violation of the First Amendment" that amounts to a decision to "discriminate against" his own constituents.
The association, which has about 30,000 members, scheduled a news conference Wednesday with Abrams at a school in East Atlanta to announce the endorsement.
A Republican activist who donated more than $20,000 to Ron DeSantis and lined up a speech for him at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club called President Obama a “F---- MUSLIM N----” on Twitter recently, in addition to other inflammatory remarks.
Companies are always going to "shop states" for the best deals. Low taxes and business-friendly policies are a better way to grow jobs.
Democrats believe they have their best chance in years to flip crucial state attorney general seats by trumpeting the same message that drew furious protesters to town halls and to the polls last year: Republicans are trying to take away your health care.
But the voter-approved measure still faces several major hurdles.
Raise given to Kentucky's chief information officer by Gov. Matt Bevin. His $375,000 salary makes him the highest-paid CIO in the country.
Jim Nelson, interim superintendent of Ector, Texas, which approved a plan on Tuesday to hire virtual teachers to fill some of its 240 vacant positions.
But according to two analyses, a majority of states have nearly enough savings to weather a downturn.
Driving remains the predominant form of commuting. But for the first time, the next most common is working from home.
In an unusual trend, prominent politicians, including three sitting Republican governors, are refusing to endorse their own party's picks for governor.
Thousands of thicker, heavier beer bottles are popping up on store shelves across Oregon as part of the first statewide refillable bottle system in the country, and supporters are hoping it might catch on in other states, too.
L.A. County voters approved a $1.2 billion bond measure to build permanent housing for the homeless two years ago.
Gov. Charlie Baker said the NTSB report "becomes for all intents and purposes the guidepost for all the issues around fines and penalties and everything."
Marcellus Jackson was hired in July for a $70,000-a-year job as a special assistant in the state Department of Education's Office of Civic and Social Engagement.
The Nebraska Republican Party released videos that show Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Krist at Billy’s Restaurant, a popular Lincoln hangout for legislators and lobbyists.
The companies failed to provide workers with a proper safety line and did not remove them from the area despite the bridge developing cracks of "significant width, depth and length at critical locations," according to a series of citations issued Tuesday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Louisiana's State Board of Medical Examiners voted 8-1 to remove a cap established in 2016 that limited physicians to 100 medical marijuana patients.
In the order signed by Chief Judge Daniel Hovland, of the U.S. District Court of North Dakota, Iowa is allowed to enjoin injunction proceedings filed by 12 states and agencies in a 13th.
Communities can’t address the big issues without collaboration.
Republicans, by comparison, saw 22 percent more people vote this season than in the 2014 midterms.
Graphic displays of information are useful only if they’re seen.
With the noxious odor of red tide hanging in the air and a fresh wave of dead fish washing up on nearby Gulf beaches, a large crowd of people incensed about the devastating algae bloom that has plagued the region for months directed their anger at Gov. Rick Scott during a campaign event in Venice Monday.
A federal judge ruled Monday that Georgia can continue using electronic voting machines in November's election despite concerns they could be hacked.
There's a lot to learn from the Windy City.
The president's trillion-dollar proposal could have been a signature achievement.