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Taxes on marijuana would hit to 28 percent under the bill Massachusetts House lawmakers plan to propose and take up this week. A legalization advocacy group called the tax hike "irrational" and a boost to the black market.
Iowa wants help from the federal government to bail out the state's individual health insurance market, which has emerged as a leading example of troubles with the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA).
A proposed ban on private prisons in Nevada will not move forward after Gov. Brian Sandoval’s veto.
The head of the Michigan health department was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter, the highest-ranking member of Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration to be snagged in a criminal investigation of Flint’s lead-contaminated water.
An app like the one Cincinnati has created to track heroin overdoses can help first responders and others deploy their resources more effectively.
The percentage of Georgia voters that said they were closely following the House special election between Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff in a poll by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Sixty-four percent said they were following the race "very closely," and 52 percent said they thought the race was more important than past elections.
Alison Dreith, the executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, referring to Missouri state Rep Mike Moon, who released a video of himself killing a chicken to highlight his bill to ban abortion in the state. Dreith went on to say that "we will not let [Moon] use the rights of women across Missouri as some kind of political prop. His call to ban abortion is disturbing and dangerous, no matter what he does with that chicken."
Workers can right size social services by getting a more complete view of the citizen, better understanding needs, risks and coverage gaps through the life cycle of care.
Help children, elderly, and their families get the services they need through life’s challenges. Using cognitive computing can help better serve families through challenges.
Major challenges in social programs include an aging population, youth unemployment, troubled families, and program integrity. Government agencies are searching for ways to introduce technology to strengthen their services.
Louisiana and other Southern states have the highest rates of new HIV and AIDS diagnoses, the largest percentage of people living with the disease, and the most people dying from it.
The story of Demetrus Coonrod reinforces the efforts of Baltimore to engage citizens returning from incarceration.
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday signed into law a controversial bill that changes how state law enforcement seize money and property suspected of being linked to crimes, despite pressure from Colorado sheriffs and police chiefs who say the measure will hurt investigations.
More than half of voters said the special election is more important than typical campaigns.
Low-level offenders who have been arrested and can't come up with enough money to get out of jail can get a rehearing of their bail amount, under a plan signed into law Friday by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.
Florida Governor Rick Scott signed amended "stand your ground" legislation on Friday, making it easier for defendants in the state to successfully claim they were protecting themselves when they commit violence.
Delaware's governor has signed into law a bill ensuring abortion remains legal in the state, the first such move in the United States since President Donald Trump was elected on a pledge to overturn a landmark ruling that legalized abortion nationally.
Antonio Villaraigosa, speaking pointedly about his competitor for the California governorship, Gavin Newsom. Villaraigosa slammed Newsom, who is currently leading in the polls, while campaigning Saturday at the California Latino Congreso forum on immigration in East L.A.
Child advocates say the state is taking encouraging first steps in turning around an underfunded and overburdened agency -- but it has a long way to go.
The percentage of Puerto Rican voters that cast a ballot in favor of U.S. statehood in a non-binding referendum on Sunday. But there's a catch: turnout was only at 23 percent, significantly lower than P.R.'s usual high turnout rates. Critics say only statehood supporters turned out to vote.
Minority patients face a double whammy: Not only are they more likely to miss out on effective medical treatments than white patients, but, according to a new study, they’re also more likely to receive an abundance of ineffective services.
In Texas each year, about 35,000 young women get pregnant before they turn 20. Traditionally, the two variables most commonly associated with high teen birth rates are education and poverty, but a new study, co-authored by Dr. Julie DeCesare, shows that there’s more at play.
The rivalry between Antonio Villaraigosa and Gavin Newsom intensified Saturday as the former Los Angeles mayor suggested his chief opponent in the governor's race was a finger-in-the-wind politician unworthy of leading California's resistance to President Trump.
Voters in San Antonio ousted incumbent Mayor Ivy Taylor on Saturday and elected Ron Nirenberg. In El Paso, former Republican state Rep. Dee Margo will take the helm of the state's largest border city.
Recent economic downturns, soaring health-care and prescription-drug costs, and the increased longevity of retirees have taken a toll on Ohio's pension funds.
Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Trump on Monday, alleging that he has violated anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions in payments and benefits from foreign governments since moving into the White House.
Five years after the last plebiscite on the same issue, Puerto Ricans overwhelmingly voted for US statehood for their island in a non-binding referendum on Sunday.
We revisit Atlanta’s efforts to include its low-income residents in a major capitol redevelopment project.
The number of cities since 2006 where lawsuits played an important role in eventual bankruptcy filings. Municipal bankruptcies are generally rare, but legal decisions have contributed majorly to 30 percent of them over the last decade.
Rob Miller, who was running a campaign for Utah Democratic Party chairman. Seven women accused Miller of sexual misconduct, eventually leading him to end his bid and leave the Democratic Party altogether.
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