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Gov. Paul LePage announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied him on a second try in his long-standing battle to ban soft drink and candy purchases with federal food stamp benefits.
The state Supreme Court has overturned a Superior Court judge's controversial ruling that would have upended the state's educational-funding scheme and mandated a vast overhaul of teacher evaluations, educational standards and special-education services.
South Dakota lawmakers underwent training Wednesday aimed at helping them understand and prevent sexual harassment in the Statehouse.
Women in Nebraska prisons will get easier access to feminine hygiene products under a policy change announced Wednesday by the state Department of Correctional Services.
North Carolina lawmakers will not have to draw new congressional election districts by next week, and voters across the state could go to the polls in the coming year to elect its 13 members of Congress from districts that three judges have found to be unconstitutional.
State officials on Thursday blasted the Trump administration over reports of an imminent immigration enforcement sweep of Northern California and said new state laws will make such action more difficult.
A government shutdown appeared likely after Congress deadlocked over a proposed four-week stopgap spending bill to keep federal offices open past Friday's deadline.
Some Chattanooga rental hosts and local officials say an agreement allowing Airbnb to collect state and local sales taxes on short-term rentals in Tennessee is a good thing, but it doesn't go far enough.
Connie Pillich, the sole Democratic woman running for Ohio governor, has picked Marion Mayor Scott Schertzer as her running mate.
Amazon on Thursday narrowed the field in its search for a second headquarters city, plucking 20 finalists from among the 238 proposals the retail giant received in October.
Public assistance offices that are permanently closing because of state budget cuts in Montana.
Lee Banville, an associate professor at the University of Montana School of Journalism and political analyst, referring to an email sent from Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton to 130,000 people that criticizes the media as, among other things, "language cops instead of investigative reporters."
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Giving public employees the power to make prudent interpretations would render government more effective and better regarded.
After a week of foreshadowing, Dennis Kucinich made it official today: He's joining the field of four Democrats already seeking the Ohio governorship.
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.
