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With no fanfare, Gov. Rick Scott late Thursday said he has signed a record $82 billion budget for the next fiscal year, keeping intact $256.1 million in line-item vetoes that he foreshadowed earlier this week.
With Democratic members of Congress calling for his resignation, Gov. Rick Snyder lashed out Thursday at federal regulators for their response to the Flint water crisis, saying that despite the Environmental Protection Agency's insistence that the agency bore no direct responsibility there was evidence it could have moved far more quickly to protect the public.
Judge Merrick Garland may well be the most moderate Supreme Court nominee anyone could expect from a Democratic president, but he's also a justice who could create the first liberal majority on the high court in more than 40 years.
Following an emotional debate, the Senate blocked a bill that would prevent states from requiring labeling of genetically modified food Wednesday.
Ride-sharing and car-sharing are complicating life for transportation planners, not to mention automakers.
Education policymakers now have some better navigation tools to help them get from here to there.
A Democratic congressman from Virginia lashed out at Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder for the role of emergency managers in the Flint water crisis that has forced the city of nearly 100,000 into using bottle water for months under an ongoing state of emergency.
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It’s been about 40 years since the majority of moms stayed home, and married dads in the 21st century spend twice as much time caring for their children as they did back then.
Whenever Jamison Rich got thirsty after gym or recess, he took a drink from the nearest water fountain at his elementary school.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is calling on North Korea to release a Cincinnati-area native who was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor on Wednesday.
After trying, and failing, to execute convicted killer Romell Broom six years ago, Ohio can try again, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor in connection with an illegal vote the convicted felon filed in the November 2014 election.
The day after Donald Trump cruised to an easy victory in Florida's presidential primary, Gov. Rick Scott endorsed him for president Wednesday.
Four municipalities will focus on innovative ways to finance infrastructure.
There's a long-standing rivalry between the people who do performance measurement and the people who evaluate programs.
A public university president's parting payout of nearly $270,000 is raising a lot of questions in Massachusetts.
Voting rights advocates and the state of Nevada settled a lawsuit today over the state's implementation of a federal law aimed at registering low-income voters.
Washington, D.C.'s commuter rail will suspend service for more than a day for a systemwide safety inspection after a fire Monday in a train tunnel disrupted the morning commute.
Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and Democrat Roy Cooper turned back their primary opponents Tuesday, setting up what’s expected to be one of the closest and hardest fought gubernatorial races in the nation.
Chalk up a win for Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan in his war with Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.
The Ferguson City Council unanimously approved a proposal with the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday to overhaul the city's police department, an agreement the city effectively rejected six weeks ago, provoking a federal lawsuit.
The Obama administration said Tuesday it will not allow offshore drilling in the southeast Atlantic Ocean _ a significant reversal from its original plan and a major victory to coastal communities and environmental activists who fought the proposal.
Donald Trump romped to victory Tuesday in Florida, chasing Marco Rubio from the race, but Ohio Gov. John Kasich won his home state, raising hopes for those seeking to stop Trump and settle the presidential contest on the floor of the Republican convention.
The City Accelerator's Cohort III is using the power of data visualization and mapping to help cities tell their stories and create understanding around their challenges.
Instead of divesting from oil companies, the nation's largest pension fund is trying to make all companies more environmentally friendly from within.
The governor of Texas thinks that fraud in the electoral system that put him and others in office is “rampant.”
In mid-October, as the massive scope of the Flint drinking water scandal and public health crisis was beginning to sink in, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality engineer Adam Rosenthal wrote an e mail to two of his then supervisors in the department's drinking water section.
In Kentucky, state lawmakers will consider in coming days whether to make tuition at community colleges free.
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