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Fights over payments and charges for rooftop solar are getting a lot of attention, but the underlying issue is deeper and broader.
Involving members of the community in policymaking is tricky, but it's worth the effort. Those who do it well share some approaches.
A state appeals court has struck down a plastic bag ban in Laredo in a high-profile fight over local control that could ultimately impact similar laws in other Texas cities.
By the time Chris Christie became governor of New Jersey, the state’s auditors and lawyers had been battling for several years to collect long-overdue taxes owed by the casinos founded by his friend Donald J. Trump.
In their first debate of the election season, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and GOP challenger Bill Bryant Wednesday offered vastly different views of Washington state and its progress during the past four years.
Gov. John Bel Edwards doesn't expect to call the Louisiana Legislature into another special session to address the costs associated with flooding that has hit south Louisiana, he said this week.
Aetna's announcement this week that it was pulling out of most of the states where it was serving the Obamacare individual exchanges was a head-scratcher; after all, just three months earlier, Chief Executive Mark Bertolini was calling its participation in the market "a good investment," despite near-term losses.
Patricia Michelsen-King was observing the proceedings in a Chesterfield, Virginia, courtroom a few years ago when a man shouted in Spanish from the back of the courtroom, “I didn’t rape anybody!”
Governor Christie signed into law on Tuesday a measure that prohibits state investments in any company that boycotts Israel.
The most important election news and political dynamics at the state and local levels.
High-speed connectivity is no longer negotiable.
While slightly more young Americans got jobs this summer, they're not working nearly as often as they used to.
A lot of obstacles need to be overcome to bring the power of data and analytics to government, but it's doable.
The latest state-by-state predictions show Hillary Clinton well-positioned to win in November.
Officials don't know why the disease is disproportionately impacting gay men in big cities. They're getting the CDC involved to find out.
Going online for public information isn't as easy as it should be.
Republican candidate for governor Ted Gatsas said ending the opioid epidemic is a balance between getting help to those who need it while cracking down harder on those responsible for deadly drugs becoming more available and affordable in New Hampshire.
A year after the prosecution of former Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Wes Kerrick ended in a mistrial, the case continues to cast a shadow over North Carolina’s gubernatorial race.
In a potential legal breakthrough for medical marijuana, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department cannot prosecute anyone who grows, supplies or uses the drug for medical purposes under state law because Congress has barred federal intervention.
In less than a day after igniting, a Southern California wildfire, burning uncontrollably, has engulfed 18,000 acres.
Police do not have to give a Miranda warning to suspected drunk drivers before they take a breathalyzer test, the state’s highest court ruled Monday in a decision that left intact a 27-year-old legal precedent.
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission's nearly two-year battle to cancel the city teachers' union contract and impose new work rules to save money was soundly defeated again Monday.
Calling the moment historic and defining, Oklahoma City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of an agreement that will nearly double the city's water supply.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who was convicted Monday of perjury and other crimes, will resign Wednesday, her once-promising career in state politics felled by a fixation on seeking revenge against enemies that led her to break the law.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced Tuesday that she will resign next month to take over as head of security for the National Football League.
A large insurer on Illinois' Obamacare exchange has decided not to credit former Land of Lincoln members for money they've already paid toward their deductibles despite a request from the state to consider doing so.
A marijuana-legalization activist has dropped his bid to be the Libertarian Party's candidate for Pennsylvania attorney general.
Washington's Republican candidate for governor, Bill Bryant, has finally taken a public stand on the Donald Trump question: He doesn't support the GOP nominee for president.
The air inside the Jefferson Davis Parish jail was hot and musty.
Aetna Inc. announced Monday that it's scaling back its participation in Obamacare by more than two-thirds as it seeks to cut its financial losses.
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