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There are a couple of major reasons that the frustration is likely to continue for revenue estimators and policymakers.
Gov. Eric Greitens cut $146 million from the state budget Monday in response to a lingering slowdown in state revenue.
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation into law Monday requiring schools and day cares to test for lead in drinking water sources, though several local schools have already conducted testing in recent years and might be compliant under the new rules.
Airbnb has reached a tax agreement with the Kansas Department of Revenue to begin collecting taxes on its home-sharing bookings in the state.
If “repeal and replace” of the Affordable Care Act is Republicans’ job one, defunding Planned Parenthood is a close second.
With fewer than 10 months to Election Day, and no credible challenger having emerged, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s path to re-election in New York City would seem fairly assured, buoyed by the benefits of incumbency: name recognition and fund-raising strength.
On a sunny late September day, a trio of tourists gathered on Moscow’s Red Square.
As Gov. Nikki Haley heads off to work in the Trump administration, South Carolina could see some real political change.
Marion Hammer’s phone rang as news bulletins reported that five tourists were shot to death at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
A week of powerful storms in Northern California has significantly eased the state's water shortage, with a large swath of the state emerging from drought conditions, officials said Thursday.
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno has filed paperwork to run for governor, a spokesman for the state's election law regulator said Thursday.
On his first day in office, Indiana’s new Republican governor, Eric Holcomb, signed an executive order creating a new state-level position to coordinate anti-drug efforts, a move at least two other states made last year to turn back the rising tide of opioid addiction.
Gov. John Hickenlooper likely had to rewrite the State of the State speech he delivered Thursday, or at least rethink it. He surely thought he would be addressing a Legislature controlled by Democrats working in concert with a Clinton administration in Washington. Things didn’t turn out that way.
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts maintains that the state can address its’ revenue shortfalls in the current and future state budgets, and still cut taxes.
Outgoing Anthony Foxx says the industry needs to work more cooperatively to plan for the future.
The Obamacare debate puts them in a tough spot and for many, up against their Republican counterparts in Congress.
The city of Baltimore and the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday signed a historic agreement that, if approved in federal court, will mandate a range of costly police reforms in coming years, from how officers stop residents on the street to how they are trained, supervised and disciplined.
When a malicious hacker locked out 1,800 staff and teachers from their computers at Los Angeles Valley College this week, college administrators faced an agonizing choice: pay a ransom or leave 20,000 students in the lurch.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
They are an important part of the infrastructure toolkit, but they can't replace tax-exempt debt.
The success of an intergovernmental, cross-jurisdictional effort to reduce -- and end -- homelessness among veterans shows the way.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal's State of the State address Wednesday morning focused on two statewide issues -- education and the military -- that have a tremendous impact on Columbus and the Chattahoochee Valley.
Nikki Haley reviewed her six years as South Carolina's governor during her final State of the State address Wednesday, touting bringing jobs to the Palmetto State, rebranding the state's image and spending more on schools.
Gov. Matt Mead told lawmakers Wednesday that it’s not fair to continue socking away money when the state has suffered over $300 million in cuts since March.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced 10 proposals for preventing corruption in state government during his sixth of six "State of the State" addresses held this week statewide.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe opened the 2017 General Assembly session Wednesday night with an ode to bipartisanship over the past three years of divided government and a renewed plea for cooperation in the year ahead.
California's first-in-the-nation law requiring prosecutors, rather than secret grand juries, to decide whether a police officer who kills someone should be charged with a crime has been struck down by a state appeals court.
Politicians and members of the media are increasingly bemoaning the rise of "fake news," though rarely is there agreement on how to define it. But can this new phenomenon be legislated away?
Networked alternatives for getting around are about to redefine our cities as much as the horseless carriage did a century ago.
A federal judge Tuesday ended 40 years of court supervision of the District’s care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, concluding what city leaders called the longest-standing U.S. class-action lawsuit of its kind.
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