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he United States and Britain are bound by a common language and a shared history, and their law enforcement agencies have been close partners for generations.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Thursday that he will sign an executive order blocking anyone on federal government terrorism watch lists from obtaining a gun permit.
After two brutal winters and allegedly being overcharged for road salt, Cleveland is ready for snow.
As cities explore ways to use citizen complaints to enhance public services, research shows there are drawbacks to such data.
Just like in Washington last year, Pennsylvania state lawmakers are still struggling to produce a state budget and avoid a partial government shutdown.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
The small, rural town of Gifford, S.C., survives with help from just 12 enthusiastic public employees -- most of whom aren't even paid.
Republicans have the governorship and the state House in Iowa, but Democrats have Mike Gronstal, who adheres to the old-fashioned sense that voters elect politicians to work on policy before retreating to their respective partisan corners.
Over the past two decades, corporations have doubled their profits but contributed increasingly less to state revenues. Where is all the money going?
These are the biggest policies and problems that states will confront this year.
Bees are vital to the food we eat, and they’re vanishing. Michigan State University is coordinating efforts to save them.
Roughly 1 in 20 pregnant women use illicit drugs. States are cracking down on the problem with starkly different approaches.
Republicans could strengthen their power in many states this year, but Democrats only have realistic chances in two.
A 17-year-old was shot by Wichita police. Police say he was armed and running toward the police officer who fired. His mother says her son was "unarmed and shot in the back while running." The shooting was captured on camera.
Called Cards Against Urbanity, the game is a twist on the popular and politically incorrect Cards Against Humanity.
Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have given millions to overhaul public education. But their cash has proven to be anything but free money or a remedy to systemic problems.
After voters eased penalties for several common crimes, opponents claim the reforms have led to a crime wave.
The Ohio governor and long-shot presidential candidate would ban gun sales to those on the no-fly list, but he said he worries about banning sales from the larger Terrorism Screening Database because that it would alert people that they are being watched as terrorism suspects.
The growing intensity of natural disasters is a threat to state and local governments’ fiscal stability. How can they protect their finances and the environment?
Massachusetts has begun using data analytics to predict where they might occur.
Everyone talks about taxing the rich to give to the poor, but doing so would only have a small impact. There are ways to have a larger one.
Many states and cities get hung up on low prices and fail to consider a company's performance when deciding whether to contract with them.
Most important, their prospects for survival can teach us about the resiliency of urban areas everywhere.
In some cities, the personality of its residents may play a part in economic success (or failure).
Republican-controlled chamber scheduled a Jan. 12 hearing on whether Kathleen Kane, who is facing criminal charges and whose law license has been suspended, can continue to function as the state's top law-enforcement official.
When lower-income Americans move, it's seen as a result of displacement instead of opportunity. This negative perception needs to change.
Gun rights groups will likely stage their demonstration on Guadalupe Street, adjacent to campus.
In the ideological war over urban planning, anti-transit conservatives are gaining funding and allies.
State insurance exchanges are healthy financially even without the federal funding that ran out this year, a top Obama administration official told a House subcommittee Tuesday.
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a new bid by Texas officials to block Syrian refugees, describing the source of the state's fear of letting in nine more people from the war-torn country as "largely speculative hearsay."
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