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Missouri is among the 20 worst states for drug overdose deaths, but it was the only state left without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program.
The thousands of educators convened at the state Capitol on Monday for the third day of the #RedForEd walkout had a message for lawmakers: They're digging in.
A special Missouri House panel shot back at Gov. Eric Greitens on Monday, saying it still believes a woman he had an affair with is a credible witness.
In a ruling that could change the workplace status of people across the state, the California Supreme Court made it harder Monday for employers to classify their workers as independent contractors.
A tweet by Scott Dworkin, the co-founder of the Democratic Coalition, regarding conservatives upset by comedian Michelle Wolf's performance at the White House Correspondent's Dinner.
In Arizona, the gap between teachers' wages and the wages of their college-educated private-sector counterparts. This is the largest pay gap in any state.
Negative partisanship has reached new depths, with candidates increasingly willing to insult one another directly.
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The New Hampshire House approved a bill to repeal the state’s death penalty Thursday, 223-116, sending the measure to the governor despite his vow to veto it.
Pennsylvania, a state of 12.7 million, continues to have a chronically low annual reporting rate of hate crimes to the FBI.
The Connecticut House of Representatives gave final passage Wednesday night to legislation that opens financial aid in the state to “dreamers,” the undocumented immigrants brought here as children, only to find themselves priced out of higher education as they come of age.
Ohio's four major Democratic gubernatorial candidates all want more restrictions on guns, but disagree sharply over how far to go.
State officials announced Thursday that $2.4 billion from increases in the gas tax and vehicle fees will be spent on dozens of transit projects, including work to prepare Southern California for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Critics in Chicago are joining a nationwide chorus questioning the value and fairness of these massive lists of gang members, saying they are often inaccurate, outdated and racially skewed.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaking to a crowd of call center workers in Moline, Ill. Rauner has reason to make such a statement: nearly everyone is in agreement that Illinois government is broken, though opinions differ as to why. In our May cover story, reporter Dan Vock tries to answer that question.
The expectation for government HR managers to do more with less isn’t a temporary adjustment. It is the new normal.
The state has given Travis County nearly $2 million to reform its indigent defense system. But a handful of Austin-area lawyers are still taking on far more cases than experts believe anyone could handle.
Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would give everyone, regardless of age, easier access to the lifesaving, overdose-reversing drug naloxone.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed three new gun regulations into law Tuesday, including a ban on so-called “bump stocks.”
A 2015 regulation requiring teachers to pass a three-credit college course on “family engagement” could undo some of the state's progress and force teachers out of classrooms next year.
A portion of corporate America has been rethinking its relationship with the National Rifle Assn., taking a closer look at investments, co-branding deals and other ties to the gun industry in the months following a Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead.
Governments can structure arrangements with private contractors that consider impacts on low-income individuals and people of color.
Despite an urban real estate boom, the home-values gap for traditionally African-American neighborhoods is actually getting worse.
Chief data officers are not only working to solve their own cities' problems. They're working together to share their approaches among their peers.
We need to value problem solving over partisanship. There are lessons to be learned from international negotiations.
Previous federal programs to incentivize investment in low-income areas haven't worked. Some are betting this will.
States where teachers are protesting have among the largest pay discrepancies when compared with similarly educated private-sector workers.
With just under three weeks left until the primary, the Republican candidates for governor slipped into their Wednesday night debate criticisms not only of one another but also of the Democratic governor they all hope to challenge in November.
A new study released as a prelude to Sen. Patty Murray's legislative effort to contain the opioid epidemic estimates the financial impacts of overdose deaths alone have cost Washington state $34 billion over the four years ending in 2016.
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