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Republican lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker Tuesday are advancing separate new proposals to put new controls on public benefits, just weeks after federal officials said that some of Wisconsin's other recent changes in the food stamp program are out of compliance with federal rules.
Michigan motorists would typically pay about $20 more for their vehicle registration fees and spend about $1.17 more for a 15-gallon fill-up under fee and tax increases passed by the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives Tuesday, as part of a $1.2-billion road-funding plan.
Federal regulators have placed a hold on a $71 million charter-school grant awarded to Ohio in September in response to concerns about the state Department of Education's rigging of charter-school evaluations.
If Texas sheriffs do not cooperate with federal immigration authorities, they will face losing state grant money, Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday.
Law enforcement officers accused of sexual misconduct have jumped from job to job — and at times faced fresh allegations that include raping women — because of a tattered network of laws and lax screening that allowed them to stay on the beat.
From a string of public suicides in Alaska to assimilation anxiety among young Hispanics in Cleveland, states are faced with the need for more bilingual and culturally sensitive mental health care professionals
Zoo and city officials are adamant that the zoo qualifies as an "amusement park" and an "educational institution" _ status that would make the "no guns" signs legal. Though the zoo is run by a private nonprofit, it's owned by the city of Dallas.
The new speaker of the House has spent nearly half his life as a professional in Washington, though he goes to great pains to distance himself from the city.
Autonomous vehicles are coming, and soon. States and localities are taking the lead in developing the smart highways that will be needed.
Tuition prices are influenced by far more than just state funding. View and compare differences for each state.
Social conservatives hailed the rejection of a gay rights measure in Houston. But progressives were able to claim victory elsewhere.
Most incumbents won re-election, while several cities elected their first female or openly gay mayors.
Republicans took the night’s biggest prize, but Democrats also notched some victories.
The Republican businessman will succeed term-limited Democrat Steve Beshear, weakening the Democrats' power in one of the last Southern states where they still have some.
Many Texas Republicans still consider the Affordable Care Act to be political kryptonite, but at the local level policymakers are coming around.
The Pike Place Market's gum wall is cleaned "every other month" with a steamer, but this will be the first time all the gum is removed from the original wall.
As cities turn over library management to private companies, readers see the public trust erode.
States often fail to finish their annual reports in time for them to even matter. Some have found ways to speed up the process.
Gov. Christie returned to Camden on Monday to praise the efforts of the county police force, pledging to stand with law enforcement while pushing his campaign-trail accusations that President Obama -- who was in New Jersey to address criminal justice reform -- has failed to support police.
Two weeks ago, the School Reform Commission warned that without a state budget it would be forced to borrow hundreds of millions just to keep schools open through the end of December.
Illinois' largest high school district violated federal law by barring a transgender student from using the girls' locker room, authorities declared Monday.
A threat by Anonymous to unmask at least 1,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan might have come to fruition Sunday when the names of notable politicians, supposedly affiliated with the hate group, started coming to light.
The Genesee River flows through Letchworth State Park, forming a luminous ribbon at the bottom of 600-foot cliffs of shale and sandstone, and earning the park the nickname “Grand Canyon of the East.”
Gov. Doug Ducey signed a trio of bills Friday that would settle a K-12 funding dispute, if the voters agree, and clear the path for other education initiatives.
Twenty-one states have passed laws that allow parents or guardians to freeze their child’s credit record.
Juvenile justice experts have long been concerned about school leaders calling police for minor infractions that are then dealt with in the criminal justice system.
As California and the American West grasp for water amid a lingering drought, providers such as the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power have resisted releasing the names of the top residential users. But that's not the case in Nevada.
In separate federal courthouses in Lower Manhattan this month, two of the most powerful men in New York are about to go on trial, an extraordinary spectacle centering on allegations of corruption, bribery and nepotism in the state’s highest chambers of political power.
Clearly frustrated by the state's inaction to remedy what he deemed an unconstitutional civil commitment program for sex offenders, a federal judge Thursday ordered Minnesota officials to make specific, immediate changes.
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