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In rural swaths of West Virginia, getting mental health services is fraught with challenges. But the need is great.
If elected, a Boulder City Council candidate pledges to put every decision to a vote by his constituents.
Promises of sun, fun and beer have come from across the country.
The move from Attorney General Jeff Sessions comes just months after he reinstated the controversial program, which had been ended under the Obama administration.
The 1-minute video and an accompanying digital ad campaign are the clearest signs yet that the GOP governor will seek re-election. An official announcement is expected soon.
Most polls show Ralph Northam slightly ahead in what appears to be a relatively close race.
Thanks to a unique funding process, hospitals in some states are acquiring nursing homes to help cover other costs.
The Arizona Department of Corrections paid nearly $27,000 to import from overseas an illegal drug for executions by lethal injection, but federal officials stopped the shipment at the airport.
After months of often-heated debate, a civilian oversight panel has signed off on a controversial yearlong test of the technology.
The city of Lexington, Ky., carried out a surprise removal of two controversial Confederate statues from the lawn of the former Fayette County courthouse early Tuesday evening.
Governments in recent years have shifted more and more of the burden of health-care premiums on to employees themselves.
Women in state capitols are saying #MeToo.
The new system, which includes light rail and a tunnel below the city's downtown, would be the most expensive project in Nashville history.
A new report says one-third of states will face severe fiscal stress during the next economic downturn.
Phoenixville, Pa., mayoral candidate Dave Gautreau, apologizing for his proposal during a recent forum that the borough's police department acquire drug-sniffing bunnies as a less-costly alternative to a K-9 team. Gautreau said he'd gotten the idea from the town of Lancaster, but the story about Lancaster's rabbit squad turned out to have been an April Fool's Day post on Facebook.
Amount of time some victims of Hurricane Irma have had to wait in line for food-stamp benefits from the state Department of Children and Families. Tens of thousands of people across the state -- including 50,000 at one site alone -- have camped out for hours, often in hot temperatures, in the past week, overwhelming state workers.
The start of legal marijuana sales in Colorado may have reversed a rising trend of prescription opioid overdose deaths in the state, a new study set to be published next month concludes.
Sweeping changes recommended for Kentucky's public pension systems would cost taxpayers and public employees more money while making public employment far less attractive to future generations, according to a report released Monday.
The program for now is a one-off effort meant to demonstrate how Georgia could get past its current system, which is almost entirely electronic and has no paper trail.
The Maine Legislature is again wrestling with how to implement, delay or repeal a law passed by voters last November that made Maine the first in the nation to approve a statewide ranked choice voting system for the Legislature, the governor's office and members of Congress.
Dozens of cities and counties around the country require anyone who wants to open a public utility account — lights, gas, water, phone — to provide a Social Security number, government-issued ID or some form of proof they are in the country legally.
In advance of Thursday's appearance by alt-right leader Richard Spencer on the University of Florida campus, Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency for Alachua County.
Public health officials and environmental cleanup experts are starting to think about the next chapter of the disaster: the huge amount of debris and ash that will be left behind.
Number of buildings destroyed by wildfires in California in the past week. One blaze alone, the Tubbs fire, has incinerated more than 5,100 structures, making it the single most destructive fire in state history.
Utah Board of Education member Lisa Cummins, objecting to the board's endorsement last week of the Hamilton Education Program, which will provide 2,300 high school juniors in mostly rural and low-income parts of the state $10 tickets to a special matinee showing of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" when it tours in Salt Lack City next year. Cummins objected to the musical's "vulgarity" and what she said was an inaccurate portrayal of the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton.
The massive data breach could also lead to a state regulatory crackdown on credit reporting agencies, which aren’t currently subject to some of the requirements imposed on other businesses that manage sensitive consumer data, and possibly to tighter controls on that larger universe of businesses as well.
State election officials, worried about the integrity of their voting systems, are pressing to make them more secure ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
An analysis by The Associated Press found that over the past decade, FEMA headquarters has denied appeals for at least $1.2 billion sought by local governments and nonprofit groups to protect or rebuild communities hit by hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes or other major disasters.
For the first time in state history, California will legally recognize a third gender option for residents who do not identify as male or female next year.
The state Legislature introduced a pair of bills in the House and Senate earlier this year that would limit local communities’ abilities to set rules and regulations for short-term rentals. It’s just the latest measure that preempts local ordinances, in favor of statewide rules that communities must live by.
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