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This week's weather may justify a "cooler & warmer" slogan for Rhode Island, but our readers continue to answer our query: "Think you can do better?"
Gov. John Kasich presented a case in support of his Ohio record--but played it safe by dodging presidential politics and not proposing major policy initiatives--as he delivered his sixth State of the State address Wednesday evening.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed suit Wednesday against Secretary of State Jon Husted, arguing that he is illegally removing eligible voters from voter registration rolls.
When the oil and gas industry tanked and plans for gambling crapped out, this conservative town of ranchers and roughnecks found salvation in an unlikely place.
Gov. Christie said he felt as if he were in Alice in Wonderland.
The leaders of Georgia’s purchasing office on saving money, realizing the importance of data analysts and being underappreciated.
There are smart steps that states and communities can take to encourage automated driving. There are also some potholes to avoid.
A project in Philadelphia used a streamlined approach to procurement to get quick results.
In an effort to help people become less car-dependent, cities like Denver are getting directly involved in the creation of transportation apps.
The governor vetoed his first two bills of the year Tuesday. One was a controversial measure to allow the use of religious texts in Idaho schools, and the other a funding bill meant to accompany a failed bill to apply for a Medicaid expansion waiver.
State Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley was elected to a 10-year term Tuesday, overcoming a challenge from Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg and keeping the job Gov. Scott Walker appointed her to in the fall.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett easily won re-election Tuesday after a bitter and personal race, overcoming a challenge from Ald. Bob Donovan.
Florida health administrators have agreed to settle a long-simmering lawsuit that claims the state's Medicaid insurance program for needy children is so poorly funded and managed that impoverished youngsters are consigned to a second-rate healthcare system where long waits for access and substandard care are the norm.
A north Alabama lawmaker Tuesday filed articles of impeachment against Gov. Robert Bentley over what he called "incompetency" and an inability to lead.
If pre-election scenarios about two proposed tax increases were accurate, the city will need to eliminate more than 13 percent of its workforce, including the positions of seven police officers.
Amid a flurry of strongly worded tweets, PayPal on Tuesday became the first and only prominent tech company to commit to moving operations out of North Carolina, whose governor last week signed into law a bill that bars local governments from passing antidiscrimination protections for LGBT people.
San Francisco became the first U.S. city to require six weeks of paid leave for new parents Tuesday, nearly doubling the amount of money new parents will bring in while caring for their newborns.
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission has come up empty in its bid to undo a recent, devastating state Supreme Court ruling that curtailed powers it thought it had.
New Jersey's political impasse over how to rescue Atlantic City is risking the state's reputation as a reliable financial backstop for distressed municipalities and threatens to plunge the resort town into a bankruptcy that would affect cities across the state.
A new federal rule could make it more expensive for governments to issue debt in a financial crisis.
A federal judge on Monday approved a $20.8 billion settlement negotiated between BP and a group of plaintiffs including the federal government, Texas and four other Gulf Coast states and hundreds of local governments stemming from the energy giant's 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
Puerto Rico proposed a new plan on Monday to restructure its debt, offering some creditors better terms than an earlier plan but falling well short of winning broad support.
Republican state Rep. Dan Carter of Bethel announced that he is running for U.S. Senate on Monday, five weeks before the party is scheduled to pick a nominee.
Virginia high school is going to look different for the freshmen who enroll in 2018.
For years, the federal government, states and some cities have enthusiastically made vast troves of data open to the public.
When Ohio tallied what many already knew was an alarming surge in overdose deaths from an opioid known as fentanyl, the state asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed 19 bills Friday that West Virginia lawmakers passed at the end of the 60-day legislative session, including several measures that would have lifted various gun restrictions.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Monday vetoed a bill that would have required schools to notify parents of any "sexually explicit" content in a class and offer an alternative. The bill was triggered by concern over Toni Morrison's Pulizter-winning novel "Beloved."
The justices unanimously rejected a challenge to the way Texas -- and every other state -- draws its legislative lines. They did, however, leave one question unsettled.
The 55-year-old crack addict counted his change outside a Harlem liquor store. He had just over a dollar, leaving him 35 cents short of the cheapest mini-bottle.
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