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Starting this month, the country's new policy will likely send more recyclable materials to the landfill. But many environmentalists also see it as a golden opportunity.
The rise of sexually transmitted diseases is challenging public health departments.
The debate over who should use which bathrooms led to record turnout in at least two elections last year. Transgender advocates expect more competition this year.
One of them, Paul Posner, who recently died, spent decades advocating for a stronger relationship between federal, state and local governments.
Their citizens' sense of well-being may tell a lot about whether a community is thriving.
Service members are often targeted for financial scams and have a harder time defending themselves. Deanna Nelson is doing it for them.
California has the most people of any state, and yet it doesn't have the country's largest legislature. A ballot measure proposes to change that -- but it's complicated.
In a new book, one of his supporters compares the New York City mayor with other liberal mayors, and says no.
The legislature must decide whether residents will keep being charged, possibly for decades, for the failed project.
Photos and musings from our photographer David Kidd.
Nily Rozic, a Democratic state assembly member in New York.
Some cities and states have to get creative to market themselves.
Ballot that a three-judge panel on Wednesday ruled must be counted in the recount of votes for the Virginia House. The inclusion of that ballot means the race is now tied and will soon be decided by what is essentially a coin toss. Control of the Virginia House is at stake.
New Mexico state Sen. John Arthur Smith, a Democrat, who is concerned about the part of the GOP tax bill that will cost Western states nearly $1.3 billion in oil, gas and coal royalties. The volatility of the oil market has caused major budget problems in New Mexico and several other states.
In what some say is a first in the world, D.C.'s latest venture gives taxi drivers new business and simultaneously cuts its own costs.
When hackers target hospitals, the consequences can be dire. Yet hospitals have little help preventing or responding to such attacks.
Scandals surrounding abuse and corruption are spurring cities across the country to adopt civilian oversight boards. But some argue they have the opposite effect that advocates are looking for.
For one, many states have to figure out how to manage their marijuana revenue.
Dealing a setback to Gov. Jay Inslee's climate agenda, a judge has invalidated major portions of a state rule requiring greenhouse-gas cuts by refineries, fuel distributors and dozens of other major industrial emitters.
Former Bangor mayor Sean Faircloth filed papers Tuesday to run for governor.
The looming demise of Obamacare’s individual mandate is spurring talks in a handful of blue states about enacting their own coverage requirements, as state officials and health care advocates fear repeal will roil their insurance markets.
Citing Congress’ failure to restore federal funding of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Alabama plans to drop 7,000 kids from coverage on New Year’s Day, the first step to shutting down coverage for everyone, state officials said Monday.
As Congress speeds toward a vote on its massive tax overhaul, the lack of funding to cover the costs of the package means Western states are poised to lose nearly $1.3 billion in oil, gas and coal royalties.
After a speeding Amtrak train derailed during its first trip on a new rail line -- on the heels of two deadly passenger rail crashes blamed on high speed since 2015 -- safety experts on Tuesday asked why the train did not have the latest automated control system.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Tuesday that President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner “deserves the scrutiny” he’s received from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in the ongoing Russia probe.
A 16-agency coalition in the New York City area offers lessons for other regions.
The old saying "every vote counts" may never have been more true than in Virginia Tuesday. A recount in a Newport News district appears to have flipped the outcome and moved the House of Delegates to a 50-50 split between Republicans and Democrats, ending 17 years of GOP control.
Most politicians believe moderation doesn’t help Democrats much in the Deep South. Louisiana’s governor, who's trying to fix the state's finances, isn’t one of them.
Election results from November suggest they will have a big year. But with near record low representation in the states, Democrats need more than that to shift the balance of power.
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