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A Cincinnati appeals court Friday ruled that the process used by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to flag inactive voters for possible purging from the registration rolls violates the National Voting Rights Act.
'Overlapping' is often ignored, resulting in misleading assumptions about government liabilities.
The White House just released a report on the future of artificial intelligence. Some governments are already using A.I., but it could have a far wider impact.
If the District of Columbia’s transit system was a public-private partnership, some say it wouldn't be falling apart right now.
Whether it's prisons in Idaho or pensions in Michigan, several states are moving their outsourced services back in-house.
There are many questions that need to be answered before reducing Americans' beloved car space.
As the first governor on the job in almost half a century, either one of them will present new opportunities for the White House.
The stadiums that cities invest in often end up losing money. There’s another, more profitable option: music festivals.
The federal government told states to take a backseat. While some will likely listen, others may push their plans full speed ahead anyway.
Portland commissioners will designate 600 city bathrooms as "all-user" on Friday. They will replace "male" and "female" signs on single-occupancy restrooms with signs that show a toilet.
The Missouri Supreme Court issued this week a set of minimum standards for municipal courts, a long-awaited response to charges that municipal courts in the St. Louis area are unconstitutional debtors' prisons that routinely violate the rights of the poor.
A key member of the Michigan Attorney General's team that has been tasked with investigating the Flint water crisis has resigned from his role after he was arrested Saturday night in Wayne County on suspicion of drunken driving, according to a news release from the Attorney General's Office.
Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Scott will sell his share of DuBois Construction if he is elected governor, he said on Saturday.
Can states save money on increasingly expensive prescriptions for Medicaid patients by setting prices based not on drugmakers’ wishes, but on how well the medicines control, contain or cure disease?
Many people take for granted the addition of fluoride into public drinking water systems that aims to prevent tooth decay.
The Obama administration Monday is calling on cities and counties to rethink their zoning laws, saying that antiquated rules on construction, housing and land use are contributing to high rents and income inequality, and dragging down the U.S. economy as a whole.
It doesn't help win elections, but confronting the big public challenges requires a sustained effort over many years.
Legislation it passed a decade ago has produced significant gains without wrecking the state's economy. A new law holds promise for accelerating those gains.
As a new survey shows, they're not on the same page with many of their constituents. There needs to be more direct contact.
We have the technology to build systems for immersive, realistic training. It could go a long way toward improving outcomes.
A constitutional tweak became embroiled in talk of impeachment, misuse of funds and an alleged affair by Gov. Robert Bentley.
Pennsylvania has joined a majority of states in filing a lawsuit against three drug manufacturers, claiming they have illegally profited off the opioid addiction and overdose crisis sweeping America.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Phil Scott stuck to his message of making the economy the state's first priority at Thursday's forum on women's issues, while Democratic candidate Sue Minter said her experiences as a working mother gave her insight into what the state's women need.
The two nominees for New Hampshire governor differed over raising the minimum wage and making Medicaid expansion permanent, but found areas of agreement during their first showdown Wednesday afternoon.
Since 2007, the city of Indianapolis has raised income taxes twice in order to hire new police officers.
Tulsa prosecutors charged the cop who fatally shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher with first-degree manslaughter, saying the officer "reacted unreasonably by escalating the situation" and "becoming emotionally involved to the point that she overreacted."
Presiding over a city in the national glare for a yearlong failure to control sharp spikes in gang shootings and gun deaths, Mayor Rahm Emanuel delivered a speech Thursday night aimed at convincing Chicagoans he's getting a grip on the problem.
People should stop talking so much about racism and policing, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Donald Trump's running mate, said Thursday.
A tiny river town in Adams County has no mayor, no clerk and, apparently, no financial records. The state auditor's office has ruled the Village of Rome "unauditable" and is warning that legal action may follow.
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