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In picking Maj. Susan Ballard as the island's new police chief, the Honolulu Police Commission chose someone who's been a commander within the Honolulu Police Department but -- by several accounts including her own -- was outside of the inner circle that flanked now-indicted and retired Chief Louis Kealoha.
Ending months of frustration and false starts, the House of Representatives Thursday gave its strong endorsement to a two-year, $41 billion state budget that closes a yawning deficit, rejects large scale tax increases and seeks to bolster the state's future financial stability.
President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to take on the deadly opioid epidemic, directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday to declare a limited 90-day public health emergency in response to the crisis.
The Virginia governor's race has turned into a culture war -- and President Donald Trump has jumped right in.
Vicente Rodriguez runs an after-school program in Loma Linda, Calif., but dreams of becoming an English and ethnic studies teacher in a state desperate to fill teaching jobs.
New York has 280 miles of “sidewalk sheds.”
Hurricanes can hurt property taxes long before any water damage is done.
It's important to get the money in order before the next disaster strikes. A few places already are.
Better data is helping schools find new ways to keep kids in classrooms.
States have significantly fewer people dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud and abuse than they did when the recession started.
The Mormon Church designed the city in a way that makes its streets a liability -- and an opportunity.
It wouldn’t be a panacea, but it’s an option that needs to be on the table.
They’re being used around the country to build better open spaces, but most urban planners still haven’t heard about them.
The GOP holds the majority of governorships, but the number of those vulnerable next year has doubled.
Just how much should race be taken into account in city purchasing?
Procedural justice can improve victims' perceptions of police and help law enforcement make communities safer.
Everyone should have ready access to a high-quality park, but it's especially important for low-income neighborhoods.
What Washington does is important, but we feel the impact of state and local government every day.
House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan says she has "no knowledge" of sexist behavior at the State House and calls on Rep. Teresa Tanzi to file a report with the state police about the allegations she made to The Providence Journal.
A new study of the state's opioid epidemic by Ohio State University researchers shows a staggering economic toll of $6.6 billion to $8.8 billion a year -- about the same amount the state spends annually on K-12 education.
University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley told the Rotary Club of Dalton on Tuesday that affordable education is a key tenet of his leadership.
There's good news and bad news in the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the bipartisan Senate deal to save some Obamacare provisions from President Trump and his wrecking crew.
Poised for settlement money from gas companies, New Jersey voters will decide next month whether it should be spent on the environment -- or balancing the state budget.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
The drop in Alaska's Obamacare premiums for silver plans, which are the most popular. It's one of just three states where premiums will go down next year, as the average premium will rise 34 percent.
Tampa, Fla., Mayor Bob Buckhorn, speaking to local police who are going door to door investigating three murders in a span of 10 days. Some suspect they were committed by the same person, but the police reject that notion.
Maryland insurance regulators said Wednesday that they approved last-minute rate increases requested by health insurers for individual plans sold under the Affordable Care Act.
A top House Republican said Wednesday that he expected to strike a deal soon to keep an apparently limited version of the state and local tax deduction for individual Americans, a break that party leaders had targeted for elimination in their tax overhaul plan.
A federal judge Wednesday denied a petition to immediately reinstate Affordable Care Act subsidies that President Donald Trump suspended earlier this month.
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