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A voter-approved gun-control law due to take effect Saturday, banning the possession of magazines that can hold more than 10 cartridges, was blocked Thursday by a federal judge, who said it would violate Californians' right to defend themselves.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the MTA on Thursday and pledged the state would "commit an additional $1 billion" to the agency's capital plan as part of an effort to expedite improvements to New York City's embattled transit system.
President Trump's commission investigating alleged voter fraud in the 2016 elections has asked states for a list of the names, party affiliations, addresses and voting histories of all voters, if state laws allow it to be public.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and officials from nine other states on Thursday urged the Trump administration to end an Obama-era program that’s allowed hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to live and work in the country without fear of being deported.
Baltimore is already rationing its use.
It's the first city to set water rates based on income.
Times that one man has rammed his car into a Ten Commandments monument outside of a state capitol. He did it in Oklahoma in 2014, and again in Arkansas this week.
Kevin McGuire, the social services commissioner for Westchester County, N.Y., which is piloting a debt forgiveness program that incentives parents who owe child support to get a good job and keep up with their payments. One study showed that 70 percent of late child support payments were owed by parents who made no more than $10,000 a year.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
New federal funding will help, but states need to focus it on treatment backed by evidence.
It needs to move beyond 'admin stuff' to champion radically improved workforce management.
That’s how long it took to build one of America’s most ambitious public works projects, and that’s how long its bicentennial will be celebrated.
California's cap-and-trade law, which requires companies to buy permits to emit climate-changing greenhouse gases into the air, survived a legal challenge Wednesday when the state Supreme Court turned down an appeal by business groups.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality sued the City of Flint today over the City Council's foot-dragging in approving Detroit's Great Lakes Water Authority as its long-term drinking water source.
The 6-foot-tall stone monument engraved with the Ten Commandments _ a capstone of sorts to years of debate in Arkansas over the separation of church and state _ was erected with little pomp on the lush grounds of the state Capitol.
The former Texas trooper who stopped Sandra Bland on a Waller County roadside in 2015 had the criminal charge against him dismissed Wednesday, stirring painful emotions from Bland's family members who had hoped the case would go to trial.
Charlotte's Citizens Review Board has determined that there was "substantial evidence of error" in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police's decision that the fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in September was justified.
Washington, D.C., this week will become the first jurisdiction in the U.S. to offer a driver’s license reading “X,” instead of “M” or “F.”
A Ramsey County judge has ordered the state of Minnesota to continue funding the state House and Senate through Oct. 1, ensuring that the Legislature can keep operating amid its legal battle with Gov. Mark Dayton.
Paul Massey, the millionaire real estate businessman who had sought to win the New York City mayoralty in the mold of Michael Bloomberg, unexpectedly dropped out of the Republican primary race Wednesday after flailing for months in the polls.
Cities that faced bankruptcy not long ago have made remarkable recoveries -- all on their own.
Many cities and towns are struggling to keep up with the latest technological advances. But in a few places, their bigger peers are willing to help.
The default strategy for many government officials isn’t working. Better policies could accomplish a lot.
You can’t run public agencies like private companies, but you can borrow ideas from them.
Birth rates are at a historic low. If they don't rebound, the effects will be felt outside the family.
Unpaid bills the state of Illinois owes. In 2015, when Gov. Bruce Rauner took office, it was around $5 billion. Since then, the GOP governor and the Democratic legislature have been in a deadlock over the budget.
Al Johnson's warning to drug treatment centers. Johnson is the head of a Florida task force investigating online scammers who are using Google's "suggest an edit" function to change the phone number listed for drug treatment centers. When people call the new number, they often get marketers who offer "free" airline tickets, housing and spots in treatment centers in Florida.
Unlike most places, Portland, Ore., offers easy living and shopping -- and it’s paying off for the city.
Sometimes a person and a city just aren’t right for each other.
“Zero waste” and “circular economy” are often used interchangeably.
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