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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chorus questioning the value and fairness of these massive lists of gang members, saying they are often inaccurate, outdated and racially skewed.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.
Gov. Cuomo said Wednesday the state will not let federal immigration agents onto state property without a judicial warrant or order.
More than half a dozen governors — most of them Democrats from the Northeast — announced plans Wednesday to launch an “unprecedented” multistate consortium that will study gun violence as a public health issue.
A New Jersey Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday found the use of taxpayer dollars to restore historic churches unconstitutional — and preservationists in North Jersey say the decision could strike a blow in communities where historic churches exist.
HUD Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday unveiled a major overhaul of the rental-housing system, proposing to increase the share of rent that low-income households must pay before receiving assistance and allow public housing authorities to impose work requirements.
A wave of red-clad teachers will crash upon the Arizona state Capitol on Thursday for an unprecedented job action that will close schools for a majority of the state's public school students, part of an educator uprising that's also bubbled up in Colorado.
The Democratic Party has made its 40th gain in a state legislative race since the inauguration of President Trump, picking up a Long Island-based seat in the New York State Assembly.
People in the U.S. who can't vote because they were convicted of a felony. More than 1 million of them reside in Florida.
Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice, on a new requirement for all policy decisions to be made only after considering their impact on equity -- racial and otherwise.
Jail time teachers in Colorado could get for striking if a recently introduced bill becomes law. The legislation comes at a time when teachers are leaving classrooms across the country to protest low pay and inadequate education funding.
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."
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