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House Republicans voted to rescind a federal rule making it easier for states to offer basic retirement savings plans to millions of workers. As International Business Times reported last week, the chief sponsors of the bill have been heavily supported by campaign cash from the finance industry, which has lobbied against the plans.
Reorganizing a government's agencies and services -- whether consolidating them or breaking them up -- isn't easy. There are some important things to keep in mind.
Changes are likely on the way, and they could damage budgets.
The state revamped its procurement system so that it's not missing out on smaller, innovative firms anymore. The new process is already catching fire in other states.
It isn’t easy to achieve, but simplicity should be a vital goal when serving the public.
Governors are slowly realizing that they need someone to take on the things they don’t have time for.
People with mental illness are far more likely to commit suicide in the months after a hospital stay.
Moving a long-running political battle into the courtroom, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's school board sued Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Illinois State Board of Education on Tuesday, accusing the state of employing "separate and unequal systems of funding for public education in Illinois."
Federal emergency officials approved California Gov. Jerry Brown's requests to pay for winter storm damages and to support California's unfolding response to the emergency at the crumbling Oroville Dam, the White House announced Tuesday
Republicans determined to cut Medicaid may first have to pour more money into it, to keep the peace between Republican governors who expanded health care for low-income people under Obamacare and those who resisted.
Humana Inc., one of the nation's largest health insurers, will stop selling Obamacare health plans next year, the company announced Tuesday. The move threatens to rattle jittery insurance markets and further complicate Republicans' push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
While Michigan faces no potential dam collapse disasters like the worsening situation in Oroville, Calif., the Great Lakes State has thousands of dams that are aging, under-maintained and pose localized risks.
State Rep. Bill Lant was accused of "unprofessional and racist behavior" by a House colleague after he cut off testimony by the president of the Missouri state conference of the NAACP during a hearing Monday night. The president of the NAACP conference also asked Tuesday for Lant, R-Pineville, to be removed as chairman of the House Special Committee on Litigation Reform.
The neglect of our military infrastructure impacts not only our security but also the needs of our service families and the communities that support them.
The story starts with a trip to Scandinavia.
Legislators in several states are looking to crack down on illegal immigration in one of the few ways they can: by requiring businesses to more thoroughly verify that applicants are authorized to work in the U.S.
The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Monday to offer city employees up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, rather than the four weeks they are offered now.
The GOP-controlled S.C. House of Representatives approved a 935-word resolution Tuesday urging new Gov. Henry McMaster to expand Medicaid, a basic tenet of Obamacare.
New Hampshire state officials and operatives on both sides of the aisle are fighting back after White House Senior Policy Adviser Stephen Miller renewed false claims over the weekend that there was widespread voter fraud in the state.
President Donald Trump's order barring people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from the U.S. for 90 days suffered another blow after a Virginia judge ruled it likely violates the rights of state residents.
Potentially catastrophic problems with both the primary and emergency spillways at the Oroville Dam appear to have been caused by flaws that either had shown up in inspections or were flagged to state and federal officials going back more than a decade, an expert in infrastructure failures said Monday.
Retirement funds are being urged to sell off their investments in traditional energy producers. That's bad for retirees, and it wouldn't help the environment.
In an effort to save money, some governments are unpaving roads.
The laws about public records differ from one government to the next and are further complicated by some technologies, like police body cameras.
Governors can affect their states’ employment picture, but not in the way -- or with the speed -- that most people think.
It's a counter to the "not in my backyard" mentality that has led to housing shortages in some cities.
In many places, they're trying to like never before.
Portland, Ore., is one of the nation's first cities to fully consider how environmental policies impact minority communities.
The places that treat the poorest and sickest often fail to meet safety standards. Some say the penalties need to be adjusted.
If signed, the executive action would put green-card holders in danger of deportation and could burden state and local agencies.
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