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In the days before Hillary Clinton launched an unprecedented big-money fundraising vehicle with state parties last summer, she vowed “to rebuild our party from the ground up,” proclaiming “when our state parties are strong, we win. That’s what will happen."
When patients in South Dakota seek help for serious but manageable disabilities such as severe diabetes, blindness or mental illness, the answer is often the same.
Government's work should not end with making happy customers. That's where it should begin.
When the House and Senate gavels came down for the final time on Friday, the Legislature had sustained a dozen of the governor's vetoes, killed one bill by sending it back to committee and overridden the rest.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday struck down Longmont's fracking ban.
Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday he is allowing the guns-on-campus bill to become law without his signature.
A Supreme Court justice on Monday blasted California's slow-moving death penalty process, but that was not enough to save convicted murderer Richard Delmer Boyer.
Shouting chants of "No pay, no work" and "enough is enough," hundreds of Detroit teachers rallied outside the Fisher Building today calling for a forensic audit of Detroit Public Schools and a guarantee they would be paid for their work.
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.
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