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Mississippi is about to find out. Decades of neglect have closed hundreds of bridges, putting the state at the forefront of America's infrastructure fight.
When a neighborhood isn't rich -- and isn't poor -- government tends to forget about it.
The American Dream Miami retail theme park won final zoning approval Thursday from Miami-Dade County, clearing a significant hurdle toward building a $4 billion mega-mall on undeveloped land off the Florida Turnpike with enough space for an indoor ski slope and a submarine lake.
“Dear the most highly respected judge and court, I’m writing this because I love my mom. My mom is very important to me. I have no idea what to do without her. Even though my mom’s afraid, she’s not giving up.”
Two state lawmakers got into a fist fight in a downtown Baton Rouge bar just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, both admitted hours later in their respective chambers, apologizing to other members, their constituents and each other.
Amid Hawaii's First Major Volcanic Eruption in Decades, Experts Look to Mount St. Helens for Lessons
The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's big island erupted Thursday, sending a plume of ash 30,000 feet into the sky after fissures had spewed molten rock into residential neighborhoods for the previous two weeks, destroying dozens of structures and forcing thousands to evacuate.
San Francisco's mayor wants to create a special medical team -- the first of its kind in the nation -- to spread out onto the city's streets and give homeless people a drug that one expert calls "blindingly effective" at abruptly stopping heroin cravings.
California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia has been removed from all of her committee posts after facing accusations of sexual harassment, with the investigation into her conduct coming to a close Thursday.
The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote Friday on a new, five-year farm bill that will cost almost $900 billion. It sits on a familiar divide, with most Republicans voting for it and virtually all Democrats voting against it, and prospects in the Senate murky.
Cody Wisniewski made good on his threat Tuesday night to sue Boulder and its council, mounting a legal challenge to the city's ban on assault weapons fewer than 24 hours after it was voted into law.
Sign held by a teacher protesting at the North Carolina state Capitol on Wednesday. Thousands were in attendance, leading dozens of districts to close schools for the day.
Cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis in California last year, which is a 45 percent increase since 2013 and the highest number since at least 1990.
Harvey, Ill., is facing insolvency thanks to its pension crisis. Some say it won't be the only one.
The Trump administration, though, doesn't appear willing to bring the state to the table when crafting new standards. That puts automakers in a tough spot.
"I have fantastic male colleagues who stood by me and defended me," says Colorado Rep. Faith Winter.
The public sector's workforce challenges won't be solved by the management practices of the past. Employee buy-in is essential.
Integrating community-based nonprofits' population health work with the health care system would strengthen both.
Far too many pedestrians are dying on our most heavily traveled streets. They don't have to.
New tools are being put to use to prepare workers for new trades and match them to a changing labor market.
The federal government's new plan is short on details, but it makes one thing clear: It will ease regulations that burden rural providers -- many of whom are struggling to survive.
Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott Wednesday signed legislation making his state the first to legalize importing prescription drugs from Canada, an idea President Donald Trump's top health officials oppose that's also drawn fierce opposition from the pharmaceutical industry.
Diagnoses of sexually transmitted diseases hit a record high in California last year — with sometimes deadly consequences, according to preliminary state data released this week.
Gov. John Kasich long has welcomed immigrants to live and work in Ohio.
Six states this week sued Purdue Pharma alleging deceptive marketing of its drugs, as litigation continues to mount against the Stamford company tied to its role in the national opioid crisis.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has given the thumbs up to two more state Every Student Succeeds Act plans: Alaska and Iowa.
A federal judge granted a request from states looking to defend ObamaCare in a lawsuit filed in Texas.
President Trump recommended an obstruction of justice investigation into Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf for impeding a federal roundup and criticized Mexico for doing "nothing" to help on its border with the United States as he expressed his sentiments about illegal immigration to a like-minded group of Californians on Wednesday.
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