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Unless Congress provides funding before the end of the year, many of the nation’s 9,800 community health clinics will face service cuts or closure — potentially crippling a vital part of the health system that provides care in poor and underserved communities across every state.
Gov. Wolf on Sunday called on State Sen. Daylin Leach to resign in the wake of a report by the Inquirer and Daily News that eight women and three men have claimed that the Montgomery County legislator had inappropriately touched female campaign staffers or subjected them to highly sexualized conversations.
Billionaires, baseball players, politicians and everyday people filled San Francisco City Hall on Sunday to celebrate the life of Mayor Ed Lee, a man remembered for his dignity, humility and passion for the city.
The federal government is acting too slowly to protect transit facilities from suicide bombers, according to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
The city hopes to involve minority firms in a big way -- but there are major hurdles it must first overcome.
Bonuses that will soon be offered to teachers in Wichita, Kan., for recruiting friends or acquaintances to apply for hard-to-fill positions. The extra cash will only go to teachers, though, if their referrals get the job and last one year.
Virginia Del. Michael Webert, who plans to introduce a bill for the third time in as many years that would decriminalize swearing in public.
Washington state Rep. Matt Manweller has resigned from his leadership position in the state House and been stripped from his role as the top Republican member on a labor committee, a top GOP lawmaker said Thursday.
The City of Philadelphia has paid $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit by a woman who claimed a veteran police commander sexually assaulted her when she was an officer in a department in which she said sexual harassment was pervasive
The days of wincing while driving through a Miami intersection on a yellow light will soon be over after city commissioners agreed Thursday to end their red light camera program early next year.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Thursday sued the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for failing to discharge student loans for students who attended Corinthian Colleges.
The state is barring insurance companies from charging more for drivers based on their occupation or level of education, under rules announced Wednesday by the state Department of Financial Services.
The widow of state Rep. Dan Johnson, who committed suicide Wednesday night, said she will seek to replace him in the legislature.
As a new mother, D.C. Council member Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1) often pauses during long workdays to go into her office, shut the door and pump milk for her 3-month-old daughter.
Attorneys general from "across the country" will sue the Federal Communications Commission in an attempt to reverse today's repeal of net neutrality rules.
Although it seemed like it at times, Obamacare wasn't the only health policy up for debate this year.
New studies shed light on the job security of certain government jobs in an increasingly digital age.
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Its new ordinance exemplifies a shift in how cities across the country are trying to target panhandlers.
Ed Gillespie, in his first interview since losing the Virginia governor’s race last month. The Republican was a guest on “The Axe Files” podcast with Democratic strategist David Axelrod.
Money tourists spent in Wyoming while visiting the state this summer to see the total solar eclipse. That translates to $3.7 million in state and local government tax revenue.
As North Carolina lawmakers debate whether to change how judges are picked, all the Democrats on a key committee protested Wednesday by walking out of a meeting they said was unfair and not very transparent.
Lawmakers from Texas and Florida are exceedingly anxious that hurricane recovery aid will be sidelined in next week’s government funding scramble amid internal disputes over who should get how much cash.
The blaze that swept through the hills of Los Angeles' Bel-Air section last week, destroying six homes and damaging a dozen others, was sparked by a cooking fire at a homeless encampment in a nearby ravine, city officials said Tuesday.
'Fair chance' employment policies aren't just good for the formerly incarcerated. They're good for everybody.
Global warming made Hurricane Harvey's 51 inches of rain three times more likely to occur when comparing today's climate to that of the 1880s, scientists say.
A Kentucky lawmaker who on Tuesday denied accusations that he molested a 17-year-old girl in 2012 died Wednesday night of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Bullitt County coroner.
Amid uncertainty about federal tax reform, states are exercising caution with their fiscal 2018 budgets.
Governments have been slow to adopt management practices that are proven to dramatically improve performance. There's no excuse.
The Des Moines school district has embraced the continuous improvement approach. It's making a lot of progress toward eliminating wasteful practices and transforming performance.
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