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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.
Starting next year, many Americans won't have to make the difficult choice between talking to family members in prison and paying their bills.
Regulating them will be a challenge for governments at all levels, but we're going to have to figure out how to do it.
A new federal initiative could go a long way toward improving the health of poor and segregated communities, but they need to have a voice in it.
With no income tax and high sales taxes, the state is asking poor people to pay far more than their fair share.
The more you look at the California high-speed rail project's finances, the shakier they seem.
From governors to treasurers, several states are voting on their leadership starting this weekend.
Rick Scott proposed $1 million in funding Monday to create a paid summer residency program in science, technology, engineering and math. The program, announced at Florida Power & Light's Juno Beach office, would expand on a one piloted by seven Palm Beach County teachers this past summer.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and lawmakers will convene in Juneau for a testy special session. The governor promises coffee. The legislature promises committee hearings.
The mayor’s decision not to run for reelection has set the stage for what will likely be the most expensive city campaign since Johnson defeated former Mayor Heather Fargo in 2008.
Texas will sentence fewer people to die in 2015 than in any other year since the state’s death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
Many states struggle to know how much property they have and how best to use it. Some, though, are fixing the problem -- and it's saving them money.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Video technology is giving Minnesota inmates a glimpse of the outside world -- and often a window into their former homes -- from behind bars.
The office of Attorney General Ken Paxton says he is recusing himself from some of his professional responsibilities as he fights an indictment on securities fraud charges.
On Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated that Uber might present another occasion for the the state to step in and organize something New York City — and its mayor — couldn't.
A federal judge Monday barred Indiana from enforcing a new law that prohibits voters from taking photos of their election ballots and sharing the images on social media.
As President Barack Obama sat in a small community center gym on Charleston's East End on Wednesday, Cary Dixon told him what opioid addiction has meant to her family.
Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, joined by law enforcement brass and prosecutors from across the country, called Wednesday for major changes how the criminal justice system handles low-level offenders, a message he and others plan to take to the White House.
When states ran out of execution drugs, it appears they started paying tens of thousands of dollars to Chris Harris, a salesman in India with no pharmaceutical background.
In efforts to "fix" the schools, a baseline of key information helps policymakers see the big picture.
Years after voters made medical marijuana legal, Montana and some other states struggle to regulate it.
Several states may soon follow California and Oregon's lead, but almost all of them are Democratic-led.
Michael Nutter has angered the Democratic political establishment by endorsing independent at-large candidate Andrew Stober.
The state, which has not expanded Medicaid under the health law, struggled with huge Medicaid cost overruns from 2010 through 2013. That sent lawmakers looking for a better way to manage it, even though a signature part of the program has won national awards for quality and cost.
Many states are passing laws designed to stop minors from being sexually exploited by distinguishing between voluntary prostitutes and women who are forced into selling sex.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors sent a strong message Tuesday about the sanctuary city policies that came under attack after the July killing of Kathryn Steinle, allegedly by an immigrant with no legal standing: The existing policies are just fine.
Dismissing what they described as nativist political grandstanding, Senate Democrats blocked legislation Tuesday that would cut off federal funds to San Francisco and other cities that refuse to turn over people who are in the U.S. illegally to federal immigration authorities.
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