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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.
The City of Washington, DC a finalist in the third round of the City Accelerator, is focused on finding viable and sustainable ways of funding public infrastructure.
The City of San Francisco, CA, a finalist in the third round of the City Accelerator, is focused on finding viable and sustainable ways of funding public infrastructure.
The City of Providence, PI, a finalist in the third round of the City Accelerator, is focused on finding viable and sustainable ways of funding public infrastructure.
The City of Pittsburgh, PA, a finalist in the third round of the City Accelerator, is focused on finding viable and sustainable ways of funding public infrastructure.
What has happened to the city's water is just the latest example of the human costs of cutting, cutting, cutting.
Pension investments are increasingly complex, but disclosure standards have not kept pace.
The City of St. Paul, MN, a finalist in the third round of the City Accelerator, is focused on finding viable and sustainable ways of funding public infrastructure.
St. Paul took an unusual path to improving a vital public service, one that holds promise for other city operations.
The federal government wants to ban smoking in public housing nationwide. It could save millions of dollars, but that doesn't allay some cities' concerns.
In the City Accelerator's new Cohort III, cities will disrupt old ways of planning, prioritizing and budgeting for infrastructure projects.
State policies that require more price transparency could give consumers a powerful tool.
Fears over eating produce from gardens in Flint fed by suspect water. The plight of children who drank city water but now live elsewhere. A lack of information about how to survive when lead-tainted water still flows from taps.
The armed standoff at an Oregon wildlife refuge appeared to be headed to a violent climax.
As Gov. John Kasich moves on to the South Carolina primary, he will soon sign a Planned Parenthood defunding bill that could help boost his conservative bona fides.
The Kansas Supreme Court on Thursday gave the state until June 30 to enact an "equitable" school funding formula or, it said, the state's public schools won't open for the 2016-17 school year.
After more than a decade of getting high on illicit opioid painkillers and heroin every day, Christopher Dezotelle decided to quit. He saw too many people overdose and die. “I couldn’t do that to my mom or my children,” he said.
Barely two months out of office, former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear on Thursday launched a campaign to try to stop his successor, Gov. Matt Bevin, from dismantling the health care initiatives he enacted.
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