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In an effort to help stop a "public health nightmare," the City of Philadelphia on Wednesday sued several regional pharmaceutical companies, claiming that their marketing methods have been so misleading, they have fueled the city's opioid crisis.
Gov. Phil Murphy began his first full day in office Wednesday by signing an executive order tightening rules on gift disclosures.
As a movie and a mayoral speech demonstrate, destructive policies of the past had a lot to do with the city's decline. What's needed is inclusive economic competitiveness.
For four years, a tucked-away monitoring system in a certain visitation room at the Anchorage jail recorded conversations between attorneys and their clients -- defendants in criminal court -- without anyone knowing.
Online shoppers get ready. Louisiana is beefing up its efforts to collect taxes on purchases made from out-of-state internet retailers.
For years, hospital executives have expressed frustration when essential drugs like heart medicines have become scarce, or when prices have skyrocketed because investors manipulated the market.
After learning about this information exchange last week, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a vocal critic of Trump's immigration policies, quickly restricted it.
The number of children packed into overcrowded homes remains high and comes at a tremendous social cost.
Gov. Matt Bevin says he will end Kentucky's expanded Medicaid program that provides health coverage for more than 400,000 low-income people if a court blocks the work requirements, premiums or other changes that he wants to impose later this year.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos approved 11 state ESSA plans on Tuesday.
Getting a government job, or even an interview, takes a notoriously long time. Denver cut the process practically in half.
In 2009, Louis Jacobson ranked the states with the worst leadership and policy challenges. Almost a decade later, what's changed?
Children who have died from the flu this season as of Jan. 6. For the first time in CDC history, the flu has spread to every state.
Facebook post from Casey Fisher, a GOP precinct chairman from Davis County, Utah. He has since deleted his Facebook.
A judge has ordered Illinois officials to add intractable pain as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana, a ruling that could greatly expand access to the drug.
Republicans inside the capital city on Tuesday debated whether Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens should resign after revelations of his extramarital affair and related allegations of possible blackmail surfaced last week.
The graphic is called the "Geographic Spread of Influenza as Assessed by State and Territorial Epidemiologists." And it's a doozy.
A group of 22 Democratic state attorneys general, including those from California and New York, filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of tough net neutrality rules for online traffic.
On Monday, a group proposing to split California into two states read its Declaration of Independence.The group, called New California, has been behind splitting the state up for several years and has proposed several different versions. The most recent map and previous maps are shown below.
The Trump administration’s watershed decision Thursday to allow states to test a work requirement for adult Medicaid enrollees sparked widespread criticism from doctors, advocates for the poor, and minority and disability rights groups.
Assembly representatives will have to take mandatory sexual harassment training under a measure passed by lawmakers Tuesday.
Wisconsin Democrats on Tuesday flipped a state Senate seat in a GOP-leaning district, prompting excitement among local party officials.
Ralph Northam and Phil Murphy, both recently sworn in, are already making history.
Time that residents in Hawaii thought the state was under nuclear attack because they received emergency alerts on their phones that read "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL." The alert was mistakenly sent by a state employee.
The text embroidered on two pillow cases that have former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's face on them. Ralph Northam discovered his predecessor's present upon entering his new bedroom in the governor's mansion.
The Washington State Department of Licensing will no longer release personal information to federal immigration authorities without a court order unless required by law, the agency announced Monday.
Illinois election officials have told state lawmakers that voter data won't be sent as scheduled to a controversial system aimed at flagging duplicate voter registrations across state lines.
From sweetening the pension of a South Jersey political ally to regulating drones, Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed more than 100 bills of varying consequence into law.
Disability advocates hailed the U.S. Department of Education's finding that Texas for years put roadblocks in the path of children who potentially qualified for special education--a clear violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
A statewide tour to promote a Trump-style overhaul of Missouri's tax system has fallen victim to the scandal enveloping Gov. Eric Greitens.
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