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A continuing education program for teachers has the power to reduce attrition rates, but it's having trouble catching on.
Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed legislation that would have expanded Medicaid to cover 150,000 low-income Kansans, setting up another showdown between the Republican governor and a state legislature that shifted toward the political center in the last election.
The state Supreme Court's message Wednesday to murderers condemned to die was simple: It doesn't have to be pain-free or quick and you don't get a second shot at life if the first attempt doesn't do the job.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday signed into law a measure that would impose fines and prison time on doctors who perform abortions that are based solely on whether the mother wants to have a boy or girl.
The judge in the securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has ruled that the trial should be moved out of Collin County and delayed.
Since taking office more than a decade ago, Toni Carter has made her mark on Ramsey County.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
St. Louis is looking at a public-private partnership. If the issues are properly addressed, it's an idea well worth considering.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, the cowboy hat-wearing Republican who often draws attention for posting controversial messages on social media.
Seattle is suing President Donald Trump over his executive order cracking down on so-called "sanctuary cities" for how they handle people living in the United States illegally.
North Carolina lawmakers could repeal House Bill 2 on Thursday under a deal struck late Wednesday night by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders.
Former Chief Justice Robert Young, Jr. announced Wednesday he is retiring from the Michigan Supreme Court and will step down by the end of April to return to his former law firm, Dickinson Wright in Detroit.
Two one-time aides to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were sentenced to prison Wednesday for their roles in a conspiracy to close down access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in a brazen and bizarre scheme that used the bridge as a means of political payback against a small-town mayor who refused to endorse Christie for re-election in 2013.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie didn't get tapped for the dream jobs of vice president, attorney general or chief of staff, but he has at last joined the Trump administration to work on a nightmare issue close to his heart.
President Donald Trump was barred Wednesday from enforcing his revised travel ban on six mostly Muslim nations while he defends it in a court battle that will stretch for months, perhaps years.
Minnesota has scored early successes in its initiative to use evidence rather than anecdotes to make policy.
Some members of Congress are having rough experiences at town hall meetings. For local officials, it's all in a day's work.
The president's spending proposals would derail the networks that are key to our economic growth.
A harmonious relationship benefits both sides. Community leaders need to take a more active role in pursuing and nurturing that.
In the days since Republicans killed their health-care plan, support for one of Obamacare's central policies has grown in states where the GOP has stunted it for years.
More states are moving to require photo identification at the polls. But it's a solution for a problem that doesn't exist.
Seven states are moving forward with major changes to give people the help they need in court.
Miami Beach's new minimum wage law, which aims to raise the mandatory citywide wage to $13.31 by 2021, was struck down in Miami-Dade circuit court Tuesday, setting the stage for an escalation in the legal showdown between Tallahassee and City Hall.
Vermont pushed back against President Donald Trump’s immigration orders with a new law Tuesday that limits police involvement with the federal government and gives the governor the power to sign off on agreements for officers to do federal immigration duties.
It was the calm Gov. Chris Christie who showed up Monday to a Laborers' International Union of North America hall to sign a supplemental bill releasing $400 million for immediate funding to the Department of Transportation for work on New Jersey's roads, bridges and transit.
Three year's after Flint's water supply became contaminated with lead in a crisis that made international headlines, a federal judge today approved a settlement in which the state will pay $87 million for the City of Flint to identify and replace at least 18,000 unsafe water lines by 2020.
Donald Trump's plan to bring an abrupt halt to America's crusade against climate change will test California and other states like never before as they seek to wrest control of the nation's energy future from a hostile White House.
Personal incomes rose overall last year -- but not as much as the year before and not at all in certain parts of the country.
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Texas' method for evaluating mental disability in death-row inmates was a violation of the Constitution's prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishment."
How the City of Philadelphia is using the City Accelerator to apply proven techniques and operate more efficiently and effectively.
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