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The only gun store in San Francisco is shuttering for good, saying it can no longer operate in the city's political climate of increased gun control regulations and vocal opposition to its business.
Chronically ill people enrolled in individual health plans sold on the Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges pay on average twice as much out-of-pocket for prescription drugs each year than people covered through their workplace, according to a study published Monday in the Health Affairs journal.
The District would become the most generous place in the country for a worker to take time off after giving birth or to care for a dying parent under a measure supported by a majority of the D.C. Council.
The federal government on Monday announced the details of a record $20 billion civil settlement with the British oil company BP over the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
The rally, which mostly bewildered passersby, was organized by the creator of the Instagram account Renoir Sucks at Painting, who wants the the museum to take its Renoirs off the walls and replace them with something better.
Some states have created ombudsman offices to handle the deluge of complaints between residents and homeowner associations.
The California governor has signed legislation to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs.
The state ended the fiscal year in June with an estimated $43 million in fire fee money left over.
The issue has reached courts and legislatures in many states, but there's no national consensus on the legality of taking a photo of a completed ballot and posting it on social media.
Following an outcry from dozens of state lawmakers, Texas’ top health agency announced Thursday it will make less drastic cuts than originally planned to a therapy program for children with disabilities.
Problems have plagued the roll out of Obamacare. Three million more people than expected have signed up for Medicaid in California. Other states have also witnessed surges far beyond initial projections, including Kentucky, Michigan, Oregon and Washington State.
Cincinnati, Atlanta; Buffalo, New York; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Indianapolis; Louisville, Kentucky; Pittsburgh and York, Pennsylvania; Springfield, Massachusetts; Toledo, Ohio; and Washington, D.C. have all made serious efforts to desegregate.
When Jamie Fox joined the Christie administration last fall as transportation commissioner, he sought to accomplish something that had eluded policymakers in Trenton for years: securing a long-term plan to fund New Jersey's road, bridge, and rail projects.
For University of Texas at El Paso professor David Smith-Soto, the fight against allowing guns in his classroom began with a quiet act of civil disobedience this summer.
A slow-moving storm produced historic floods Sunday after dumping more than a foot of rain in parts of Columbia.
The New Mexico secretary of state, who oversees campaign finance reporting and once bemoaned a "culture of corruption" in the state, has been accused of using her election fund as a personal piggy bank at jewelry stores, ATMs and casinos.
The Senate passed legislation on Thursday intended to protect small and midsize businesses from increases in health insurance premiums, clearing the bill for President Obama’s expected signature.
The New York education commissioner whose tenure was a flashpoint in the state's education wars is about to lead the nation through its own rocky education reforms.
The ways we calculate pay scales for labor on government projects dramatically inflate the costs.
Bringing new technology and analytics to bear is critical for transformational outcomes.
Mayors and governors looking for action from Washington shouldn't buy into the myth that second-term presidents are powerless.
Interim DeKalb County CEO Lee May calls the special investigative report he ordered “salacious” and angrily denies wrongdoing.
Since its inception 50 years ago, Medicaid has become one of the nation's biggest government programs. But most states don't treat it as such.
After Alabama put into effect a tougher voter ID law, the state shuttered 31 driver's license offices due to a budget crisis. The closures will cut off access to one of the few types of IDs accepted.
While most California school districts offer sexual education courses, participation is currently voluntary. Under the new mandate students can only avoid the classes with parental consent. It will also update instruction relating to HIV and require educators talk about a range of gender identities.
Civic innovation and investment will undoubtedly bring challenges and criticisms, but leaders are wise to stay the course.
The fund will join OhioCheckbook.com, a state website designed to promote financial transparency.
The New Jersey governor opposes federal legislation that would require New Jersey to recognize carry permits from other states, but said he would consider a bill to change New Jersey’s “illogical” law to recognize permits from other states if the Democrats who control the Legislature send him one.
Jeffery Beasley, inspector general of Florida's Department of Corrections, said Thursday that he is stepping down to assume another role at the embattled agency.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, already facing a host of criminal charges for allegedly leaking confidential information and later lying about it to a grand jury, was charged Thursday with a new felony count of perjury.
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