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The State Board of Education moved a small step closer to meeting Superintendent Diane Douglas’ goal of adopting Arizona-based learning standards when the board voted Monday to officially allow changes to Common Core-based standards.
Processed meats such as bacon and hot dogs cause cancer in humans, according to the World Health Organization — but consumers shouldn't worry about it, according to Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller.
Ohio is adding a weapon to its arsenal in fighting drug abuse by providing doctors and pharmacists with a one-click link to the state opiate tracking system.
When parents go to prison, it’s the children who pay.
Most public policy decisions are best described as transfers of wealth where somebody wins and somebody loses.
Ohio voters struck down a citizen-led measure that would have made it the first Midwestern state to legalize marijuana. But it won’t be the last time the issue makes it to the ballot.
The ongoing probe showed officers from Bal Harbour and the Glades County Sheriff's Office posed as money launderers while they jetted into a dozen cities to pick up drug cash in a sting operation to clean money for cartels and other groups with the stated goal of arresting suspects. Ultimately, they kept at least $2.4 million for themselves.
Urban planners are noticing a cultural gap between bike advocates and others who bike.
Twitter’s newly announced polling feature looks like a lot of fun for its throngs of avid users, but could it also bring value to savvy organizations looking for instant feedback from the public?
Florida wildlife officials, which closed bear hunting in Central Florida after one day, shut the whole thing down Sunday.
After many years without health insurance, Cathy Ingram recently got a subsidized policy through the state-run Kynect exchange. Her first stop was the dentist, who pulled some rotten teeth infecting her gums.
Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter will face John Bel Edwards, a Democratic state legislator, in a runoff to become Louisiana's next governor, The Associated Press projects.
Get Covered Illinois, amid a sharp reduction in federal funding, has only enough money this year to pay for about 150 counselors who help consumers buy health insurance through the federal Affordable Care Act.
When consumers turn on their laptops and tablets Monday morning, they should be able to check premiums for 2016 under President Barack Obama's health care law.
The Obama administration executed a significant about-face in its education policy Saturday, calling for a cap on the amount of time students spend taking standardized tests.
Voters in Washington state increased the penalties for trafficking animals or parts of animals that are at risk of becoming extinct.
Voters made Texas the 19th state to add legal protections for hunting and fishing, which are now also the preferred methods for controlling wildlife.
More and more, governments are turning to data to answer a crucial question: What works?
Mississippi voters, facing two competing (and confusing) ballot questions on school quality, chose to make no changes to the state constitution.
Texas is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over President Obama’s plan to combat climate change, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday. It is doing so in partnership with a bipartisan coalition that includes 23 other states.
Presidential coverage may be dominating headlines, but it's not the only election worth your attention.
A state law limiting the income towns can draw from traffic fines means many places, without other good sources of revenue, have to get rid of police.
Many of the low-elevation forests are going to disappear if trends continue. As much as 20 percent of the state's forests are at risk.
Angus Deaton's Nobel prize-winning work is inspiring, but will it solve poverty?
ew Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran resigned from her post late Thursday night just before she was due in court on Friday on fraud charges.
The New Jersey Senate voted Thursday to override Gov. Chris Christie's veto of gun legislation, a stunning political development that had eluded Democrats for nearly six years.
In Texas' latest salvo against Obamacare, Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit over a fee states must help cover to pay for the sweeping federal health reform law.
A federal judge has issued a final judgment rejecting Gov. Bobby Jindal's federal lawsuit against the Common Core education standards, clearing the way for him to take his case to an appeals court.
Taking action on a political issue that has long been stalled in Albany, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday announced executive action intended to protect transgender people from discrimination in housing, employment and other areas.
After a historic legal settlement that will allow a California inmate to undergo sex-reassignment surgery, the state's prisons will implement the nation's first guidelines that would authorize surgical procedures sought by transgender inmates who are suffering from severe mental problems.
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