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Gov. Scott Walker signed two bills Thursday that cut by several million dollars a year the amount of public money that goes to Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued Kansas officials on Thursday over what it calls illegal demands for additional proof of citizenship for people trying to register to vote when they renewed or applied for drivers' licenses.
After nearly five hours of often emotional testimony from porn stars and others in the adult film industry, state regulators voted Thursday against a controversial set of workplace safety regulations that would have required performers to use condoms.
All morning at the Autism Academy of South Carolina, 6-year-old Brooke Sharpe has been doing what her therapist tells her to do: build a Mr. Potato Head; put together a four-piece puzzle of farm animals; roll a tennis ball.
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To get people to teach in expensive or rural areas, some school districts are offering to help pay their rent or mortgage.
The Baltimore health system put Robert Peace back together after a car crash shattered his pelvis. Then it nearly killed him, he says.
Two states announced Tuesday that they would experiment with an unusual method of financing human service programs that allows governments to pay nothing unless the programs are successful.
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday framed the state's precarious financial situation as a choice for lawmakers this year: work with him on a long-term mix of budget cuts, tax hikes and his pro-business, union-weakening agenda -- or steep cuts will have to be made.
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton on Wednesday delivered a hard-hitting critique of Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, accusing him of pushing an agenda that would return the state to "the robber barons of the 19th century."
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she endorsed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for president because he was best suited to restore Republican principles of limited government and cutting debt.
California Gov. Jerry Brown may have found a way to get some of his Republican counterparts to sign on to the clean energy revolution -- drop all mention of climate change.
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States often adopt the same tax policies as the feds, but should they?
Gov. Christie, making his first public appearance since dropping out of the GOP presidential race last week, returned to the Statehouse on Tuesday and proposed a $34.8 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
If a California-based company has its way, the following scenario could become common across Texas: A police officer pulls over a driver, not for speeding or some other traffic violation, but for outstanding court fines.
The state's child protection agency will now license immigrant family detention centers, all but guaranteeing that the two Texas facilities housing thousands of mothers and children will remain open.
Facing criminal charges, a suspended law license and potential impeachment, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane on Tuesday said she would not run for re-election.
Flint residents paid the highest water rates in America even as their water was tainted with lead, according to a national study released Tuesday by the public interest group Food and Water Watch.
At precisely 8:30 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, the doors to the needle exchange on Skid Row open and the daily procession of injection drug users begins.
The deal between the governor and lawmakers makes the state's driver's licenses compliant with federal law and more secure but also lets unauthorized immigrants drive legally.
Procurement is at the heart of almost everything a government does. But states vary widely when it comes to how well they manage the things they buy.
As their potential for value creation gains recognition, airport public-private partnerships are picking up momentum.
California is hatching plans to pilot a next-gen open data portal to house all of its public agency data under one roof.
With exterior walls still carrying the bullet scars of a Nov. 27 shooting that killed three, the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic reopened for business on Monday.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Rep. Max Gruenberg, a longtime member of the Alaska House, died Sunday at his residence here.
Speculation that California Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris could be on President Obama's short list of possible nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court has reached a fever pitch -- but don't fit her for a robe just yet.
The future of the United States Supreme Court, and the hundreds of millions of people affected by its decisions, has just changed.
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