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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.
Immigrants use Washington state to sneak into Canada for asylum. Here's how, and why.
The legal judgments underscore the importance of local governments maintaining a healthy reserve fund balance to absorb unforeseen expenses.
For some patients, finding a doctor willing to prescribe life-ending drugs can be difficult
A high school in Portland, Maine, is believed to be the first secondary school in the United States to offer its Muslim student athletes performance hijabs, the Associated Press reports.
California’s attorney general argued Thursday that President Trump has no legal authority to revoke or modify national monuments created by previous administrations.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday announced he was calling the Legislature back for a special session to address must-pass “sunset” legislation and 19 other measures. Here’s what Texans can expect ahead of July 18.
The American Civil Liberties Union and another civil rights group filed suit Thursday seeking to stop implementation of Missouri's new photo ID voting law in advance of a July 11 St. Louis special election, claiming the law is an attempt to disenfranchise voters.
More and more, local governments are coming to understand that they can't count on Washington.
It's essential for organizational success. And despite the public sector's unique challenges, it can be done.
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina, voicing skepticism about spending more money on fighting opioid addiction in the state. On Tuesday, Gov. McMaster signed a bill regulating opioid prescriptions in South Carolina.
The number of fatal police shootings that have taken place in Maine so far this year. That's twice as many people as were killed by Maine police in all of 2015 and 2016 combined.
Ohio and Missouri now have dozens of counties without an insurer. Other states are trying to prevent a similar situation, but their actions can only go so far.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
With a bottom-up approach, Detroit is making surprising progress toward turning around its neighborhoods.
Despite the advancing calendar, North Carolina voters could return to the polls this year to elect new state lawmakers after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling that the current districts are illegal.
Pennsylvania's two chief fiscal watchdogs warned legislators on Wednesday that the state might have to borrow as much as $3 billion to run the government in 2017-18 if structural budget problems are not addressed.
Just past the Alabama border, there’s an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 85 where new technologies are being tested for what could be a green highway of the future.
Doctors prescribing powerful pain pills, such as hydrocodone and oxycodone, in South Carolina will now have to check a state database before prescribing the highly-addictive medication.
A bill aimed at preventing the disruption of campus speakers won final legislative approval Tuesday.
Twice as many people have been fatally shot by Maine police so far this year as in all of 2016 and 2015 combined.
Dallas is joining some other Texas cities, including Austin and San Antonio, in taking on the state's so-called "sanctuary city" law.
While it seems far-fetched, the danger is real for small governments.
Residents of a California farm community have come up with a model solution for an all-too-common transportation problem.
The option is catching on among public-sector employers as a way to attract and retain employees.
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