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The insurance provider, one of the nation's largest, will only operate in "a handful of states" for 2017.
Citing concerns about potential voting irregularities during the most consequential presidential primary in years, the New York City comptroller said that his office would audit the city’s Board of Elections in part to determine if tens of thousands of Democratic voters were improperly removed from voter rolls.
As major oil-producing states face budget shortfalls, a new report calls on states to rethink how they’re collecting and spending severance tax revenues.
For more than two decades, the Missouri Department of Transportation has divvied up millions of federal dollars each year to cities and urban areas. This year it might keep the money for itself.
Lawmakers have already exceeded the voter-approved 90-day limit on legislative sessions, but the governor wants them to stay in Juneau to keep working to address the state's multibillion-dollar budget gap.
Dozens of categories of business transactions are not subject to the state sales tax in Louisiana, thanks to a special kind of tax break granted with increasing frequency in recent years by lawmakers. The tax breaks cost the state anywhere from $320 million to $920 million per year.
The state would be the first to file suit against Washington over the intake of refugees from Syria and elsewhere.
Until the last six months, the Democrat-controlled Legislature largely had kept its hands off the project, but a new proposed measure would set additional reporting requirements for the $64-billion bullet train project.
Snyder's actions followed developments last week, when the governor encouraged Flint residents to start using more filtered tap water instead of bottled water and was told by a state official that Flint residents wanted him to start drinking the tap water first.
Growers of fresh fruit and vegetables will be subject to food safety regulations for the first time under the federal Food Safety Modernization Act. States will start to decide this year if they will enforce the law or leave it to the federal government.
After a deluge of up to 16 inches in some places, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a disaster declaration for nine surrounding counties.
The governor talks about what it's like to juggle chemotherapy with the business of running a state.
The American Independent Party is the state's third-largest political party. But a new investigation suggests many voters may have registered with the ultraconservative group by mistake.
Indianapolis' longtime mayor worked hard at crafting a big idea for his city, and it paid off handsomely.
Assisted living facilities have become more popular in recent years, but abundant closures and lax state regulations have led to more calls for new regulations.
A backlash against monied interests in politics that has buoyed the White House bids of Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is reverberating far beyond this year’s presidential race. The huge sums swamping campaigns have prompted voters to appeal to city halls and state capitols, hoping to curb the influence of wealthy donors in their communities.
Like some other states, Connecticut is facing a budget shortfall. And in part because of its shrinking finance sector and dependence on personal income taxes for revenue, state lawmakers, a majority of whom are Democrats, are finding themselves in a fiscal pickle.
The state health agency warned hospitals about the outbreak in January, but didn't inform the public until March.
Ten months into the state's ongoing budget stalemate, Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger said she plans to delay monthly paychecks for lawmakers and statewide officials. There isn't enough money to pay the state's bills, and other services should come first, she said.
The justices will weigh in on whether the president had proper authority to grant temporary work permits to about 4 million immigrants in the country illegally.
Hundreds of cheering families, legislators and patients watched Gov. Wolf sign a medical marijuana bill into law Sunday afternoon, many hopeful at last for relief from pain, seizures and other medical conditions.
Washington is the latest state considering the move, intended to discourage the use of carbon fuel like coal and oil by making them more expensive.
David Gowan has angered lawmakers from the right and left since assuming the post in January 2015, putting his own stamp on a legislative body that has garnered its share of attention for its far-right leanings on issues like immigration and abortion.
The large gubernatorial class of 2010 has until recently been scandal-free.
As efforts to evaluate housing programs illustrate, it's difficult to make precise comparisons. But it's worth the effort.
There's a lot that governments should be doing now to prepare for the next downturn.
Some failure along the way is inevitable. It's essential to plan for it.
The District of Columbia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and St. Paul begin working on developing new models for funding public infrastructure through the City Accelerator.
A first-in-the-nation bill would regulate loans made to small businesses by alternative lenders mostly found online.
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