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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.
City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell and former judge Desiree Charbonnet earned spots in a runoff for New Orleans mayor, guaranteeing the city will elect its first woman mayor in the Nov. 18 runoff.
One week after a storm of wildfires ignited in California’s Wine Country, firefighters on Sunday were finally eyeing an end to the deadly siege as winds settled down and the unrelenting infernos weakened enough for some people in endangered areas to return home.
A state that was struggling with slow construction, soaring prices and rents now must find accommodation for thousands of evacuees from scorched zones.
Voters in three states approved similar ballot measures last year, but critics say it's unnecessary and could gum up the criminal justice system.
Connecticut House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, referring to the two lawmakers in the state -- one a Democrat and one a Republican -- who are getting married.
If passed, the state would become the 33rd to expand Medicaid and signal support for Obamacare at a time when President Trump is taking major steps to reverse it.
California will extend workplace protections to 2.7 million more people who now will be able to take 12 weeks of parental leave without fear of losing their job.
The U.S. Justice Department is taking fresh aim at a New Orleans Police Department policy limiting inquiries into residents' immigration status, the latest salvo in a running war on so-called "sanctuary cities" by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Robert Pruett was executed in Huntsville Thursday night, completing the death sentence he received more than 15 years ago in the 1999 murder of prison guard Daniel Nagle.
While Congress has failed to restore funding to the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Trump administration has made $230 million in excess funds from previous years available to five states and four U.S. territories that were in danger of running out of money the soonest.
A state senator from University City caught criticism on Thursday for the second time since August after she posted another controversial social media message regarding President Donald Trump.
When Jeremy Boutor moved to a master-planned community in Houston’s booming energy corridor, he saw it as idyllic.
The Trump administration Thursday advanced a wide-ranging executive order aimed at expanding lower-cost insurance options, allowing employers to give workers money to buy their own coverage and slowing consolidation in the insurance and hospital industries.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Wednesday became the latest to sue the Trump administration over its move to roll back the Affordable Care Act's birth control coverage mandate.
The federal government will cease crucial federal payments to health insurers that provide coverage to low-income Americans, the White House announced late Thursday in a move that threatens to send health insurance premiums skyrocketing for millions of Americans and destabilize markets across the country.
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