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In one of the fastest-paced civic construction jobs in recent U.S. history, hundreds of carpenters, operating engineers and iron workers are rushing to complete repairs to the damaged Oroville Dam spillway. The crews are trying to beat a Nov. 1 deadline and the Northern California rainy season, which once again will begin to fill the massive reservoir behind the nation's highest dam.
California tied Rhode Island and Vermont for the most money lost to online identity theft per capita, 44 times the amount per person of those living in South Dakota, and finished third in average loss amount due to fraud.
Thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court decision, New Jersey residents will soon be free to buy the devices for the first time since 1985. New Jersey was one of only five states that enforced an outright ban on stun guns, which are often marketed by their manufacturers as a non-lethal self-defense tool.
Gov. Gary Herbert says it is unethical for the attorney general to represent both him and the legislature when the two are in conflict, as they are currently on whether Herbert overstepped his authority in setting rules for the 3rd Congressional District special election.
A dramatic increase this year in the number of oaks, manzanita and native plants infected by the tree-killing disease known as sudden oak death likely helped spread the massive fires that raged through the North Bay, a UC Berkeley forest ecologist said Thursday.
Alaska has long been overwhelmed by reports of children in danger. Now the state and Alaska tribes are preparing to try something that has never been done before: Turn the responsibility of protecting Alaska Native children over to Native people themselves.
The Maryland Department of Transportation has given conditional approval to Musk’s firm to dig miles of tunnel under state roads to be used for the privately funded project, Hogan spokesman Doug Mayer said.
While congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump have been seeking major cuts in federal funding of Medicaid, 26 states this year expanded or enhanced benefits and at least 17 plan to do so next year, according to a report released Thursday.
A month has passed since Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, and the island continues to operate in emergency mode, struggling to do even the basics: save lives, protect property, provide drinking water, turn on the lights. Time ticks away in a hazy state of permanent disaster, a catastrophe born from the worst storm to cross Puerto Rico in 85 years — and of a slow recovery by the federal, state and local governments.
In too many cases, regional economic development organizations are missing an opportunity to help make growth more inclusive.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
California Gov. Jerry Brown wrote in 2011 after vetoing a law that would have punished children for skiing without a helmet. Brown often writes explanations for why he vetoes a bill, which is usually because he doesn’t like bills that can be seen as posturing, that could have unforeseen complications or that replicate existing laws. “This is a governor who relishes his role as the adult in the room,” says Thad Kousser, a political scientist at the University of California, San Diego.
The number of times Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said "invest" or a variation of the word during a budget speech. He even used it three times in one sentence: “Because Chicago has been willing to invest in our young people, invest in our future, and address our long-term fiscal challenges, businesses have shown the confidence to hire in Chicago, move to Chicago, invest in Chicago and start up in Chicago.”
The changes simplify the educational requirements and relieve professionals from unnecessary documentation, officials said. The new rules also are mostly compatible with other states' rules so out-of-state clinicians can work in Vermont.
Cut, color and … condoms? More than a dozen St. Louis barber shops and beauty salons have expanded their services to include education on sexually transmitted diseases.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday revealed his seventh budget, and for the sixth time, he is raising taxes and fees, moves he said are needed to keep stabilizing the city's finances and foster economic growth.
A Juneau Superior Court judge's ruling Tuesday could pave the way for Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, an independent, to run in the state Democratic Party's primary and get the party's support for his re-election campaign next year.
A new law ensuring police agencies can find whether new officers have ever been fired from other agencies for misconduct will go into effect in 90 days.
The Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge now is accepting proposals at www.OpioidTechChallenge.com to identify technology that holds the promise of treating pain without painkillers and diagnosing, treating and preventing abuse and overdoses.
General Motors has already begun mapping a site to test the vehicles in Lower Manhattan, according to the governor’s office
Democrat Ralph Northam has led narrowly in most polls, but concerns about his campaign and the ghosts of 2016 have his party feeling anxious.
The last debate between the two major party candidates for governor in New Jersey was heavy on canned attack lines and talking points.
Thousands of residents have lost their homes in a region that has faced some of the worst effects of the state's housing affordability crisis. Now, the number of new families flooding the market is giving rise to fears of widespread displacement and even higher costs.
Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday there is a possible path to resolve a lawsuit that originated as a challenge to North Carolina's controversial House Bill 2.
In its war on blighted properties, New Orleans is demonstrating its leadership in the use of data analytics.
A growing body of research sheds a lot of light on how governments can better engage public workers and improve performance.
San Antonio officials, in an open letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Dozens of cities submitted bids to be the site of the company's next headquarters, some with gimmicky gifts and promises of billions of dollars in tax breaks. San Antonio was a rare exception in saying, 'No thanks.'
The number of proposals -- out of a total of 2,012 that were submitted -- that will move forward for review by the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, a body that meets once every 20 years to consider changes to the state constitution suggested by citizens of the state. The proposals that will be advanced represent less than 0.3 percent of the total that were filed, down from 18 percent the last time the commission met, in 1997.
Come November, voters will weigh in on a ballot measure that relaxes rules on home equity loans.
As President Donald Trump signals impatience to wind down emergency aid to Puerto Rico, the challenges wrought by Hurricane Maria to the health of Puerto Ricans and the island’s fragile health system are in many ways just beginning.
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