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Federal investigators have subpoenaed Detroit's Auditor General's office requesting records related to the use of federal funds in the city's massive demolition program, the Free Press has learned.
Provoked by legislators, online retailers have filed a lawsuit against the state that could have taxing consequences nationwide.
Less competition typically means higher prices for consumers. But that isn’t necessarily true in the case of health insurance exchanges.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence threw his support behind U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz Friday afternoon, just days before Indiana's critical Tuesday primary.
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday struck down Houston's air quality ordinances, ruling the city overstepped its authority to police polluters and handing industry advocates a major victory.
The first officially reported death Friday in the United States from Zika-related complications, a 70-year-old man in Puerto Rico, intensified a partisan battle on Capitol Hill over $1.9 billion in emergency funds blocked for two months by Republicans.
Texas can continue enforcing its voter ID law while a lower court considers its constitutionality, the U.S. Supreme Court said Friday, a win for Republican state officials that nonetheless came with a time limit.
Administration officials moved Thursday to improve low Medicaid enrollment for emerging prisoners, urging states to start signups before release and expanding eligibility to thousands of former inmates in halfway houses near the end of their sentences.
A top Los Angeles County sheriff's official has resigned amid mounting criticism over emails he sent mocking Muslims, blacks, Latinos, women and others from his work account during his previous job with the Burbank Police Department, the Sheriff's Department announced Sunday.
A tax office's makeover illustrates one way to make progress toward restoring public trust.
What to do when an initiative's funding ends and the original champion moves on.
Many state capitols were designed to inspire with soaring architecture. The view from the top offers a unique perspective.
The City Council on Tuesday made it illegal for anyone to use a public bathroom that doesn't align with the gender they were born with.
Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law Thursday a bill saying judges may award attorney fees to people whose assets were unjustly seized by law enforcement.
Gov. Jay Nixon kept his end of the bargain.
Thousands of Iowa felons will have an easier time applying to win back their voting rights after changes to the application form were announced Wednesday.
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx stepped up his pressure on Metro to improve its safety performance Thursday by replacing three members of the transit agency’s board with experienced transportation-safety professionals.
The director of licensing and regulatory oversight at the Oregon Department of Human Services is stepping down amid criticism over how the agency manages foster care providers.
St. Paul, Minn., wants its urban areas to welcome everyone -- whether they're 8 or 80 years old.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
As the movement slows, policymakers have the opportunity to explore whether school choice has improved education overall.
A sweeping Medicaid change has the potential for states to address the dangerous shortage of doctors outside urban and suburban areas.
He’s not the governor. He’s not a lawmaker. But thanks to the way he runs his state’s pension plans, David Bronner may be the most powerful man in Alabama.
The city has made real progress in its battle against homicide, but a recent rise in crime puts it all into question.
After a population explosion and building binge led to haphazard and random growth, Miami became the nation's first big urban area to adopt a citywide code based on looks.
The most important election news and political dynamics at the state and local levels.
PTSD is common among those who respond to disasters and other emergencies. It's hard to deal with, but there are ways to help them.
Bad press has blurred the fact that not all public pension plans are underfunded and overly generous.
Two Montgomery County residents won the Democratic and Republican primaries for Pennsylvania attorney general Tuesday and will face each other in the fall for the right to succeed Kathleen Kane, the embattled incumbent who opted not to seek re-election.
