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The latest chapter of the national dispute over the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the U.S. took place Wednesday, with Connecticut's Democratic governor welcoming a married couple from Homs, Syria, and their 5-year-old son, who were turned away this week by the Republican governor of Indiana.
A solution to a decades-old parking problem in one city shows how others can harness the power of market economics.
Companies like Uber drive money out of local communities and erase the benefits that employees fought hard for. Co-ops could fix that.
States have increased their spending in every major area but two, according to a new NASBO report.
As a new report makes clear, few of our urban areas are adapting to the changes that are revolutionizing the way we get around.
The election has been less about issues and more about personalities -- but not always the candidates'.
After less than two years on the job, Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim announced Tuesday that she will resign as the agency’s executive director to take a top job in New York City.
An interview with Vicki Estrada, a California-based urban designer whose firm often works with local governments.
With the current trend of end-to-end encryption meant to protect user privacy, many police agencies are having a difficult time decoding potentially dangerous threats. William Bratton is trying to fix that.
Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled a slate of overhauled policies for the state's beleaguered child welfare department yesterday, eliminating the two-tiered track that divided cases by perceived risk, mandating background checks for the first time and requiring monthly reviews of all cases.
Days before the Chicago City Council's internal watchdog departed his post Monday, the FBI came to his office and picked up his computers and the bulk of his files, Legislative Inspector General Faisal Khan said.
School superintendents in the Merrimack Valley reacted mostly favorably to the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education vote Tuesday to develop a "next-generation MCAS" that would combine elements of both MCAS and PARCC.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case filed by New Hampshire Right to Life that would have put the high court in the middle of the debate over federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who campaigned as an unstinting champion of social conservatives but found himself crowded out by other more forceful, dynamic personalities, on Tuesday abruptly ended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich advocated Tuesday for an aggressive foreign policy that would reassert "Judeo-Christian" values against extremist values and aggressive enemies.
Some new approaches are emerging that could help booming and struggling areas alike.
Compare data for states' average emergency room wait times.
Hoping to improve safety, some cities and states are cracking down on distracted biking.
At least seven states have implemented tax cut “triggers” that give refunds, credits or a reduction in rates to taxpayers or businesses on the grounds that government shouldn’t hoard money if it has sufficient revenue to run the state. But such policies can create huge fiscal problems.
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier ideas include requiring peer review groups and comprehensive risk management plans for "transportation mega-projects exceeding $2.5 billion," as a way to monitor costs and delays.
They’re far from irrelevant, but campaign financing laws have hurt their influence.
The governors running for president possess what voters are looking for -- yet all of them are struggling in the polls.
In North Carolina, lawmakers don't want to embrace the state’s shift away from rural, small-town life. But their efforts may be futile.
Gary Blackmer talks about auditing police, changes in the field and the toughest parts of the job.
Like many cities, Mobile, Ala., didn't even know how many blighted properties it had. Instagram offered a cheap and simple way to start figuring that out.
Governor Chris Christie vows to veto the bill if it comes to him.
Rick Snyder's statement -- coming from a governor who actively sought Syrian refugees for Michigan before -- set off a round of bellicose refusals from other state executives to accept new refugees.
After a long controversy, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names last week approved changing the names various bodies of water in two states.
Advocates and states disagree over the effectiveness of ignition interlocks, which are basically car breathalyzers, versus 24/7 sobriety. Congress, though, will soon weigh in.
Gov. Bill Walker announced Monday he had accepted the resignation of the commissioner of Alaska's Department of Corrections after release of a scathing report that detailed widespread failures and dysfunction that may have led to deaths in Alaska jails.
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