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In one of the deadliest of a series of school shootings that have become violently familiar across the U.S., a gunman opened fire at a community college in southwestern Oregon on Thursday morning, killing at least 10 people and injuring at least seven more before dying in an exchange of gunfire with police.
Chicago Public Schools lowered four years of inflated high school graduation rates to account for a higher-than-advertised dropout rate, another blow to a district beset by financial and professional turmoil.
The hits began early and kept on coming Wednesday for a new plan from Republican state legislators to place an indefinite freeze on Ohio's clean-energy standards, with the governor and many others saying the proposal is a bad idea.
Volkswagen is about to learn just what it means to mess with Texas. Harris County, home to Houston, is suing the car giant for more than $100 million in what officials are calling the “first” local government suit against VW following its emissions scandal. Here’s county attorney Vince Ryan, via a press release from his office.
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency adopted a stricter smog limit Thursday that will force states to reduce emissions over the next decade, improving respiratory health for millions of people through pollution controls that will cost industry billions of dollars.
Giving up on the gridlock at the federal and state levels, progressives are turning their attention to local ballots to get their ideas passed. But policies that sell well in cities won't always work statewide.
The bill, which failed, would have banned local governments from regulating employment and housing practices.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
The state's 5,000 free overdose prevention kits will include instructions on how to use Narcan nasal spray to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose as well as steps to help victims survive until emergency medical responders arrive.
States are clamping down on “price optimization,” the practice of tying insurance rates to policyholders’ tolerance of price increases.
The meaning has evolved, but actions need to evolve as well.
The execution of convicted murderer Richard Glossip has been stayed by Gov. Mary Fallin, who said in a news release the state received a drug for his execution it is not authorized to use.
An Iowa judge upheld a state law that disqualifies felons from voting but said the state Supreme Court needs to sort out the confusion it caused last year when it ruled not all felons are automatically disenfranchised.
If zombies attack Gov. Sam Brownback plans on escaping Topeka and heading to his parents' farm in Parker for safety.
Starting Thursday, it's legal to buy marijuana in Oregon.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, the first governor to travel to Cuba since the reopening of diplomatic relations with the U.S., said Tuesday that his trip to the country is intended to put Arkansas in the "top tier" for trade.
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Obama administration’s first major regulations on hydraulic fracturing.
Municipal finances look stable on paper, but cities still struggle with slow revenue growth and rising costs, according to a new report.
Texas used to force many elected officials to live in the state's capital city. Voters repealed that rule Tuesday.
New data shows how much people have spent each year on health care, housing, transportation, education and retirement since 2004.
Few cities and counties have taken the steps they should to get these costs under control.
It will soon be illegal to discriminate over sexual orientation or gender identity in terms of housing, employment and public accommodations in the city.
A recent audit found more than 25,000 families living in public housing nationwide that made more than the income limit to qualify for rent subsidies. Of those, 1,056 live in Texas.
The new checks will be done on about 5 percent — or about 500 — of the approximately 10,000 social workers licensed in Wisconsin.
Among the 10 largest cities in the country, the city has highest deep-poverty rate.
The U.S. Department of Education awarded Ohio the largest "Charter School Program" grant -- $71 million -- even though the data submitted to get that grant may have been inaccurate.
Peter Shumlin chief of staff sent a memo to state officials instructing them to reach out to the governor’s press secretary before calling reporters, conducting interviews or writing opinion pieces for newspapers.
Many wouldn't be incarcerated at all if they could afford bail.
Most incumbents are safe bets for re-election, but races remain unpredictable in several big cities.
While some may see them as felons in jumpsuits, California residents of cities affected by threatening wildfires know inmate firefighters as the "angels in orange."
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