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Medicaid, children's health insurance and chronic disease programs would be first to feel the weight of the president's proposals.
Gov. Jerry Brown held up California as a leader in the fight against climate change, renewing a pledge Wednesday with representatives of the Netherlands to continue cutting carbon emissions and investing in clean technology.
On Tuesday, Gov. Eric Greitens led Missourians who'd attended his afternoon rally to lobby opponents of a bill he says will create jobs.
Gov. Phil Scott rejected a marijuana legalization bill that passed the Vermont Legislature this month, but said he was willing to work with lawmakers on a compromise.
At least eight law enforcement officers and seven inmates were injured Wednesday morning in a riot at Pelican Bay State Prison that ended when guards fired live ammunition into the crowd, state corrections officials said.
The Republican overhaul of the federal health law passed by the House this month would result in slightly lower premiums and slightly fewer uninsured Americans than an earlier proposal.
The first of a now annual report details what cities are doing well and where they could improve.
Several states are turning to private contractors to verify people’s eligibility for the program.
After an initial period of post-election anxiety, pot businesses are increasingly confident that states where they are setting up shop have their backs, despite Justice Department warnings meant to rattle marijuana enthusiasts.
Education funding has yet to bounce back from the recession in many states. But nowhere is the situation more dire than in Oklahoma.
They have unrecognized strengths for adapting to a disrupting economy.
There's a lot that state policymakers could be doing to find real solutions to education's pressing problems.
Payout from the corporation Target to 47 states and the District of Columbia to settle a lawsuit over the 2013 breach that put millions of customers' personal information into the hands of hackers.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, in defense of his decision to urge the city council to remove four Confederate monuments from the city. Hours after his speech on Friday, the last of the four was taken down.
Though an elected lawmaker in Oregon, Brian Clem has spent much of the last two years living out of a dorm room at a defunct university in this Mississippi River town trying to make millions.
New York Medicaid regulators aim to use the threat of imposing increased scrutiny of prescription drugs — such as eyeing their relative effectiveness and their profit margins — to coax additional discounts from drugmakers.
Two weeks after a federal judge blew a major hole in Missouri's new campaign finance law, another decision has been handed down that further chips away at limits on contributions even though Missouri voters approved limits last November.
Maine's high court said Tuesday that the state's first-in-the-nation ranked-choice voting system is unconstitutional, throwing the voter-approved law into jeopardy ahead of the key 2018 campaign when it was supposed to be implemented.
President Trump proposed a dramatic expansion of the law at the center of the administration's fight against sanctuary cities -- changes that could enable the federal government to punish cities like San Francisco for shielding immigrants.
The annual price tag for California's proposed universal, single-payer health care system would come to a staggering $400 billion and possibly trigger substantial tax increases, according to a state review released Monday.
Portion of states' general fund revenues in 2015, the most recent year available, that came from federal money. The state most dependent on federal funding was Louisiana, while the least dependent was North Dakota.
Mississippi state Rep. Karl Oliver, in a now-deleted Facebook post. The New Orleans City Council approved the removal of four Confederate statues -- a decision that has been met with nationwide controversy.
As protesters filled the Mesa City Council chambers with signs stating "NO PRIVATE JAIL," and chanted "do the right thing," the Mesa City Council disregarded their pleas and voted to become the first city in Arizona with a private jail.
The ongoing family feud among California Democrats just got worse.
In an apparent retreat on the war against cities and counties that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement, the Trump administration has settled on a narrow definition of what it means to be a "sanctuary city," and limited the potential financial consequences for state and local governments.
Mississippi Lawmaker Calls for Lynching Leaders Who Let Confederate Statues Come Down in New Orleans
It took a while, but most Republicans caught up in the uproar over Mississippi state Rep. Karl Oliver's comments about the removal of four Confederate statues in New Orleans have crawfished away from the Republican.
In striking down North Carolina's congressional district map, the Supreme Court sent Texas a firm warning Monday about how the state's case may fare if it reaches that stage.
The Supreme Court rebuked North Carolina's Republican leaders Monday for shifting tens of thousands of black voters into two congressional districts that had steadily elected black Democrats, striking down the move as racial gerrymandering.
The controversial passage of a new voter-approved law in Los Angeles illustrates the complexities of civilian review boards. Experts say there are better ways for civilians to keep cops accountable.
As deportation fears drive some immigrants to give up their government benefits, a new report offers the most comprehensive state-level look at what aid they're legally entitled to.
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