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As the practice spreads to more states, Census data suggest it could benefit both parties.
Kanika Tomalin's roots help her understand economic issues better than your average public official.
Mayor Sylvester Turner on Friday said he would withdraw a proposed property tax rate hike after Gov. Greg Abbott handed him a check for $50 million to help fund the city's recovery from Hurricane Harvey.
Citing deep cuts to higher education, sharp reductions in aid to needy communities, and unsound deferrals of pension payments, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Thursday made good on his pledge to veto the budget that cleared the legislature earlier this month.
Two senators leading bipartisan talks on health insurance are hoping to have a proposal ready by the end of next week that would stabilize Obamacare's individual insurance markets for the next two years.
It seemed to be the most anti-O.J. Simpson of moments.
The organization dedicated to electing Republican attorneys general is expanding in preparation for a huge slate of 2018 elections for the influential state positions.
President Donald Trump on Sunday morning assailed "politically motivated ingrates" for criticizing the speed and scope of the federal recovery effort in the wake of Hurricane Maria, while praising first responders, the military, Puerto Rico's governor and federal workers.
Declaring that he might not "be able to support" the Republican Party "if the party can't be fixed," Ohio Gov. John Kasich dropped the broadest hint yet he might run as an independent candidate in the future.
More than 50 people were killed and at least 200 others injured after a gunman opened fire Sunday night at a country music festival opposite the Mandalay Bay hotel and resort on the Las Vegas Strip, authorities said.
Surrounded by a crowd of Democratic mayors and legislators Friday morning, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a wide-ranging package of 15 bills designed to bring some relief to the statewide housing crisis.
People who have had their driver's license revoked in just five states because they have court debt. Only four states require officials to determine whether defendants can afford to pay fines before suspending their licenses.
U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson's ruling in a case in which an anonymous police officer tried to sue Black Lives Matter for injuries stemming from a protest over a deadly police shooting in Baton Rouge, La.
A new wave of companies could disrupt the way city bike-share programs are run.
Cities shouldn't just work for their neediest citizens. They also should work with them.
Some states are already preparing to freeze enrollment or cut off children's health insurance as they face the near possibility of running out of money for the program.
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes on Thursday filed separate lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies, including OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, accusing them of fueling the state's ongoing opioid epidemic.
Ohioans lost the right Friday to appeal disputed tax decisions directly to the state’s high court, a scarcely debated policy change that critics say will have sweeping consequences for businesses, individuals and governments.
Maryland is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, demanding it address air pollution that blows in from upwind states.
Regional representatives from the Department of Health and Human Services will not be participating in open enrollment events in the states as they have in years past,
A somber Gov. Bruce Rauner on Thursday signed into law a controversial measure to expand taxpayer-subsidized abortions, drawing unusually sharp criticism from fellow Republicans who accused him of breaking his promise to veto the bill.
Immigration officials on Thursday announced hundreds of arrests in an operation targeting communities where police and elected officials have refused to fully cooperate on enforcing federal immigration laws.
Black Lives Matter is a social movement, like the tea party or the civil rights movement, and therefore can't be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
If the past is any indicator, public schools are about to have a big teachable moment about the First Amendment, sparked by a burst of tension between President Donald Trump and professional athletes.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case originally brought by Gov. Bruce Rauner that challenges whether government employee unions should be able to collect fees from nonmembers, a critical question for organized labor nationwide that the court deadlocked over last year.
Jane Swift, former governor of Massachusetts, believes having public-sector experience is the quickest way to get ahead in the private sector -- especially for women.
A Bureau of Land Management official in Puerto Rico, aiding the recovery effort from Hurricane Maria.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello on Thursday thanked the Trump administration for helping the island cope with the devastation of Hurricane Maria after the president agreed to waive a federal law restricting foreign ships from transporting cargo to the U.S. territory.
Portion of Arizona state lawmakers who are women, which is the highest female representation of any legislature in the country. Nationally, only a quarter of state legislative seats are held by women.
Particularly when it comes to spending, there's nothing like a natural disaster to demonstrate the interdependence of the public and private sectors.
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