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After a Baton Rouge Police officer shot and killed Alton Sterling in July, hundreds took to the city's streets in protest. Now, City Hall will pay out a few hundred dollars apiece to more than 90 protesters, including Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, who sued the city after their arrests.
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as his pick for United Nations ambassador, according to media reports early Wednesday.
Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday vetoed a bill that would have put statewide restrictions on when police departments can release the names of officers involved in shootings or other uses of force that cause injury.
Incomes are rising nationwide -- but at a slower rate in rural America.
Los Angeles is spending billions to revamp its airport. The move is spurring other cities to make similar investments.
And it's getting one, in part thanks to the nation's largest public-private partnership.
The decline of the mining industry started long before the Obama administration and will likely continue even with Trump in the White House. That's why local leaders are starting to diversify their economies and prepare their people for an uncertain future.
Relationships with academia are important in Baltimore's and Atlanta's City Accelerator programs.
Their resignations, once rare, have seemingly become a frequent occurrence.
With the state's law in limbo and so many players at the table -- employers, unions, insurers, attorneys and lawmakers -- it will be hard to reach an agreement.
Paul LePage’s abrupt decision left lawmakers and public health workers with unanswered questions as they struggle to battle a drug epidemic.
In the latest chapter of his feud with the state’s attorney general, Edwards is taking on the oil and gas industry -- but with some controversial allies.
Nashville will continue to allow police officers in Davidson County to give civil citations for the possession of small amounts of marijuana despite a new opinion from Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery that contends the local ordinance preempts state law.
Two Indiana Appeals Court judges took issue with key arguments made by the Pence administration Monday, as it tries to keep an email sent to Gov. Mike Pence secret.
A federal judge under fire for reportedly telling newly sworn-in U.S. citizens last week that Donald Trump is "your president, and if you don't like that, you need to go to another country," was suspended Monday from overseeing further citizenship ceremonies.
A panel of federal judges on Monday ruled that Wisconsin's 2011 legislative redistricting plan, created by Republican leaders virtually in secret, is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a defiant challenge Monday to President-elect Donald Trump from the stage of the historic Cooper Union in Manhattan, saying New York City would not comply with federal policies that threaten its residents' rights.
When Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach met with President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday, he was carrying a copy of a plan for the Department of Homeland Security.
The city’s new open data website breaks down how sustainability is defined -- and how it’s being achieved.
The idea that needle exchanges encourage illegal drug use is fading just as rapidly as the programs are expanding.
Whoever wins this month faces the tough job of uniting and rebuilding a community that’s still hurting from deadly police shootings and floods.
Budget cutbacks are forcing many of them to find more sustainable funding models. See how your state's parks are funded.
San Francisco has built some of the most beautiful and colorful stairs.
Financial statements can make the best case for public works investors.
The state is on track to enacting first-in-the-nation rules about how banks respond to cyberattacks. Some say they're misguided.
For one, realize that you have the "curse of knowledge."
They often fall under the radar, but compacts are becoming a top tool for managing interstate issues.
There’s a dispute about whether the movement toward city living is real. But this either/or battle is a distraction.
On Portland’s newest bridge, there’s just one rule: no cars allowed. Other cities may follow the progressive city’s lead.
The president-elect and his Republican Congress will surely change health care -- but first, they have to decide how.
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