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The University of California will chip in at least $300,000 to help UC Berkeley pay security costs for controversial speakers, an unprecedented step as criticism mounts over the financial toll the events are taking on the campus.
Arizona does not have to reveal who provides its execution drugs, a judge ruled Thursday in a lawsuit arguing that the information would help the public determine whether the death penalty is carried out humanely and promote confidence in the criminal justice system.
The Trump administration plans to shut down the federal health insurance exchange for 12 hours during all but one Sunday in the upcoming open enrollment season.
Tennessee Promise students are outperforming their peers at community colleges in their persistence, completion rates and other success measures, an official told the Tennessee Board of Regents today.
Hawaii has ratcheted up its planning for a possible -- but still very unlikely -- North Korean nuclear attack on the isles to 100 kiloton yield from 15 kiloton as the threat from the rogue nation seems to escalate by the week.
Senate Republicans have updated their last-ditch Obamacare repeal bill in an effort to win over skeptical party members ahead of a key deadline this week, according to a copy obtained by POLITICO on Sunday night.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday rescinded controversial Obama-era guidelines that had prodded colleges and universities to more aggressively _ critics said too aggressively _ investigate campus sexual assaults.
Minnesota was one of 21 states whose election systems were targeted by Russian-affiliated hackers before last year's elections, the federal government revealed Friday.
But even if courts block the Trump administration from defunding cities sympathetic to immigrants, Congress could still carry out the White House's wishes.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., dealt a critical blow to Republicans' last-ditch attempt to roll back the Affordable Care Act on Friday, announcing he will not vote for sweeping repeal legislation that GOP leaders plan to bring to the Senate floor for a vote next week.
U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, on Friday. His opposition to the latest bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will likely kill the bill.
Time it took Gatorade to settle a lawsuit from California accusing the company of false advertising for implying in an online game that drinking water slows runners down. The game has since been disabled, and the state is now $300,000 richer.
Debt-affordability studies are a powerful tool for prudent borrowing. Some states are making good use of them.
The city of Flint saw fewer pregnancies, and a higher number of fetal deaths, during the period women and their fetuses were exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, according to a new research study that reviewed health records from Flint and the state.
For the sliver of people still eligible to renew their benefits under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, San Francisco city officials are offering help with paperwork -- and money -- this weekend.
By the fall of 1985, the Reagan administration had had enough of the East St. Louis Housing Authority.
Left to fend for themselves a day after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico and forced them into a primitive existence, San Juaneros took to the streets Thursday to do what they say Caribbean people do best: Inventar. Figure it out.
The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) warned Republicans on Thursday that the Senate's latest ObamaCare repeal bill would place a massive burden on states.
Gov. Susana Martinez has waded into the debate on the latest Republican-backed Obamacare repeal plan -- and she's not sold on the bill's merits.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will travel to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria on Friday at the request of the governor of the storm-ravaged island where many New Yorkers have both roots and relatives.
The tax system isn't set up to help low-income people as much if they don't have children. There's a push in Congress and the states to change that.
The latest Republican bid to roll back the Affordable Care Act would likely leave millions of currently insured Americans without health coverage in the coming decades, and strip benefits and protections from millions more, a growing number of independent studies suggest.
A St. Cloud couple will not be able to refuse wedding videography services for same-sex couples after a federal judge on Wednesday dismissed their lawsuit challenging Minnesota's human rights laws.
Less than six hours after it hit his desk, Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation that will immediately allow candidates to raise unlimited amounts of cash for super PACs.
Opening a new front in its broad legal battle against policies of President Trump, California filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the administration has overstepped its powers in expediting construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Lynne DiSanto, the GOP whip in the South Dakota House, apologizing for sharing a Facebook meme that said "All lives splatter. Nobody cares about your protests. Keep your ass out of the road."
Illinois state lawmakers who have either resigned this year or said they won't seek re-election, which is about 15 percent of the General Assembly and an unusually large exodus. Many have cited the state's political gridlock and increasingly angry citizenry as reasons for moving on.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
The tools could be better, and organizational inertia is an issue. But those problems can be overcome. It's worth the effort.
Illinois residents aren't the only ones throwing up their hands at the gridlock and increasingly polarized politics that have defined state government in recent years. More and more, fed-up and frustrated Illinois legislators are heading for the exits.
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