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A tunnel-boring machine recently dug a two-and-a-half-mile-hole beneath the surface of the nation's capital. It only took 366 days.
Arizona’s Department of Child Safety says it has dropped a 3-month-old policy that let investigators secretly record interviews with parents or caregivers suspected of crimes using a controversial and questionable technology meant to detect lying.
Before nursing home patient Carmencita Misa became bedridden, she was a veritable “dancing queen,” says her daughter, Charlotte Altieri.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into a law a bill ending the state's 32-year-old dual holiday in January honoring both the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert E. Lee and making the day a holiday celebrating King only.
Congressional Republicans have "declared war on New York," an angry Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Tuesday, referring to a proposed amendment to a federal health care bill that would shift New York's Medicaid costs from its counties to state government.
Describing himself as "merely a thankful beggar," Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams sought hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from deep-pocketed donors seeking his help with their legal woes, federal authorities said Tuesday as they unveiled a 23-count indictment charging the two-term Democrat in a sprawling corruption case.
It's intensifying at every level of government, hurting not only dedicated public employees but also the people and communities they serve.
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The Circular Economy, Part 1/4: GreenBiz's "State of the Green Business 2017" recently addressed the effect expanding cities and changing seasons have on our environment's water supply. And with water outranking food shortages and cyberattacks as global crises, according to the World Economic Forum, it's time to talk about it: What does it mean for a community to effectively "recycle" the flow of clean water? How do new types of circular infrastructure now repurpose water beyond the potable?
D.C. and more than a dozen states are shunning paperless refunds to avoid being conned out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Neil Howe co-wrote a book in the 1990s. Little did he know how influential it would be.
Sex offenders in California who have completed their prison sentences must comply with strict monitoring conditions while on probation, including undergoing lie-detector tests about their conduct and receiving treatment from therapists who can reveal their secrets to a probation officer, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
The Illinois Supreme Court will not immediately decide whether state employees can continue to be paid without a state budget in place.
The 71-year-old mayor of a southern Oregon town was arrested Sunday, accused of setting up a meeting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl who turned out to be a police officer.
State Sen. Daniel Biss of Evanston formally entered the Democratic race for governor Monday, decrying a broken political system that favors "billionaires and machine politicians" and declaring, "this is a campaign for the rest of us."
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has hired a former prosecutor under ex-U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to pursue public corruption cases.
President Trump's administration is aiming to shame sanctuary cities with a new report listing localities that are not cooperating with requests to detain illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes.
Studies show that the people just joining the workforce may present a different set of challenges and opportunities than their predecessors.
That's the mantra of Dr. Leana Wen, the health commissioner of Baltimore and our guest for the latest episode of "The 23%: Conversations With Women in Government."
In an effort to bring Airbnb under some of the same regulations its competitors in the hotel industry face, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has reached an agreement with the popular home-sharing platform to collect county resort taxes.
Murder is ugly, and murderers are not sympathetic characters.
It's not something you see every day: a Republican governor in a Republican-dominated state vetoing a Republican-backed gun bill.
The corrections officers who locked a schizophrenic inmate into a rigged shower -- one that at least five inmates said was cranked up to scalding temperatures -- committed no crime, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle announced Friday.
The Hawaii judge who brought a national halt to President Donald Trump's new travel ban last week has rejected the government's request to limit his ruling.
Cities, towns and counties depend on the federal agency in numerous ways. Drastic budget cuts would create a lot of pain for them.
Gov. Rick Snyder, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and two other Republican governors have added their voices to the chorus of opposition to House Speaker Paul Ryan's proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act, saying it fails to give them the flexibility or resources they need to adequately deal with the insurance needs of lower-income Americans.
President Donald Trump privately told House conservatives he was "1,000 percent" behind the GOP's Obamacare repeal as they incorporate new Medicaid changes ahead of next week's vote.
There's much that governments can do to lessen the impact of the natural disasters that are becoming increasingly common.
Whether they're Democrats or Republicans, a new survey shows that poverty and wealth inequality are what concern them most.
Governments looking for ways to improve efficiency now have access to a rich trove of good ideas and best practices.
Buried in President Donald Trump's budget proposal released Thursday was an opening salvo against so-called sanctuary cities, local jurisdictions he promised to punish for refusing to cooperate with deportation officers.
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