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Police officers throughout New Jersey will be required to take continuing-education courses aimed at reducing deadly confrontations with blacks and other minority group members, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino said Wednesday.
Powerful Hurricane Matthew slowed its deadly northwest trek out of the Caribbean and across the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, giving South Florida a few extra frenzied hours to prepare for the Category 3 storm.
Starting Nov. 1, Kentuckians will have to use the federal health exchange to shop for coverage rather than kynect, the highly praised state health exchange launched under former Gov. Steve Beshear.
Americans continue to spend more on almost everything, but money habits vary widely across the states.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Weinholtz said Tuesday that he would support a small income tax increase in order to bolster Utah's public education funding — which drew a quick condemnation from Gov. Gary Herbert as an "Eastern, liberal mentality."
Both major party candidates competing to become West Virginia’s next governor agree that the state’s teachers are underpaid, that roads need to be fixed, that higher education cuts are a problem and that the state’s internet service needs improved.
Philadelphia police get nearly 300 calls a day related to domestic violence. In a year, that is a 100,000 calls.
On the eve of Tuesday's vice presidential debate, Gov. Mike Pence's efforts to keep Syrian refugees out of Indiana suffered a series of devastating blows, with his preferred successor running away from the idea and a second court deciding that his attempt to block resettlement aid was discriminatory.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a bill passed by the state Legislature to restrict abortion is unconstitutional.
As the news media were scrutinizing lane closures at the George Washington Bridge in 2013, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo decided that the Port Authority should issue a report in an effort to "put an end" to questions about September traffic jams in Fort Lee, N.J., according to testimony Tuesday in federal court here.
Delays in getting $1.1 billion to combat Zika meant some drug companies gave up working with the federal government on developing vaccines and states won't see their share of money until early 2017, a health panel said Monday.
The state, which has more English-language learners than any other, restricted bilingual education in the '90s. Voters are bringing it back.
Our latest handicapping shows four states will likely determine which candidate wins.
Public employers offer to help workers with nearly every aspect of their lives -- whether it's related to their finances or their marriage.
Dozens of protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline project caused fireworks briefly during a gubernatorial debate in downtown Bismarck Monday with a coordinated outburst expressing opposition to the multi-billion dollar project.
How do you improve a state economy that’s already nearing peak employment?
Citing Wells Fargo's "predatory and illegal" practices, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs said the bank would no longer be broker-dealer for about $30 billion of state investment funds annually, a suspension he said will cost the institution "millions" of dollars in fees -- a figure the company disputed.
The New York attorney general has ordered the Donald J. Trump Foundation, headed by the Republican presidential candidate, to immediately "cease and desist from soliciting contributions in New York."
A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit that alleged police used excessive force against Ferguson protesters and violated their civil rights.
Southern Californians learn to live with the risk of earthquakes.
It's official. President Barack Obama's immigration plan is dead.
Roy Moore said he offered advice to probate judges. Prosecutors said he hurled defiance at federal law.
When the Arkansas insurance commissioner weighed the merits of a hospital’s billing complaint against United Healthcare, her interactions with one of the nation’s largest health insurers extended far beyond her department’s hearing room.
In a surprise announcement Friday afternoon, Gov. Christie and legislative leaders said they had reached a deal to raise New Jersey's gasoline tax by 23 cents a gallon.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sue Minter wants to expand the cap-and-trade program to gasoline, a move that added 11 cents to the price of a gallon of gas in California.
Burlington County's new ban against hiring "double dippers" may be the first of its kind in New Jersey, according to county officials, who say the purpose is to cut out pension abuse.
Even before one of its trains crashed in Hoboken Terminal on Thursday morning, killing one woman and injuring more than 100 others, New Jersey Transit was an agency in distress.
Texas ended its participation in the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program on Friday because of Gov. Greg Abbott's concerns that the federal government couldn't adequately guarantee that none of the newcomers would pose a security threat.
Nearly 7 million workers for California companies will be automatically enrolled in a new state-run retirement program under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown.
As Wisconsin and Arizona are demonstrating, fiscally sustainable retirement systems aren't an impossible dream.
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