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In local government, chief financial officers are starting to find a clearer path to the top spot.
Most have avoided upgrading the systems that run our biggest health-care program themselves. But some are looking to outsource.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Many states have rainy day fund policies, but many don't have the right kind of policies. Wyoming is looking to change that.
Several businesses and public entities have banded together to share camera feeds and sensor data in an effort to identify security threats early.
Many are feeling the pinch of budget impasses as programs are reduced or eliminated. More than half a dozen states began fiscal year 2016 without a budget.
Davis, a former Fort Worth city councilwoman, drew national attention for her 2013 filibuster at the Texas Capitol against new abortion restrictions. She's interested in running for some public office in the future.
After a two-year delay, U.S. hospitals have to start using a new coding system in October -- a move that could hurt rural and smaller hospitals particularly hard.
Gov. Bill Walker plans to call a special session of the Alaska Legislature this year, focused on issues surrounding the development of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope.
The investments made by New Jersey’s pension funds fell short of targets and well below the double-digit gains of recent years, but it still outperformed benchmarks, state officials said Wednesday.
Kentuckians will be able to register online in time to vote in next year's presidential elections, Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes said Tuesday.
Second-grade students at Walker-Jones Education Campus this week are learning a new alphabet: The ABC’s of bike safety.
Most out-of-work Floridians will never see a jobless benefits check from the state.
Tennessee accused the Federal Communications Commission of unlawfully violating state sovereignty in an appeal filed last week, alleging that the federal government is attempting to arbitrarily rewrite state law and vest itself with new powers not granted by the Constitution.
Many challenges lie ahead. Cities and counties will need to collaborate and innovate as never before.
In the search for effective evidenced-based government, it's important to have somebody to connect the dots.
The truck driver who won the Democratic bid for Mississippi governor -- without spending a cent -- is the latest in a string of nominees for statewide office who lack any political experience.
If Republicans do win in every state this year, it could be a bad omen for Democrats in 2016.
State presidential primaries have strayed far from their original purposes. So why must taxpayers pick up the tab?
The new law, passed in reaction to a pricey buyout deal awarded to the College of DuPage president this year, prohibits boards from giving departing presidents more than one year of salary and benefits.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel floated the idea of privatizing the 311 call center, saying that bringing in an outside operator would save the city the cost of making technology upgrades at the nonemergency information center.
The candidates promise to improve the roads and traffic -- but they haven't said how they'll find money to do it.
Jerry Brown signed a measure that would create entities similar to redevelopment agencies to fund affordable housing, hazardous waste cleanup and other projects in disadvantaged communities.
Gov. Steve Bullock will hire 33 frontline staff members at child advocacy centers to reduce their caseload, as well as improve evaluations and training to improve the system.
The site provides information on quality for five common conditions or procedures: childbirth, hip and knee replacement, colon cancer screening, diabetes, and back pain. And it gives cost information — by county for 100 procedures, ranging from treating a broken ankle to cancer chemotherapy.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will hear Longmont's fracking ban case.
Acknowledging their failure to stem a surge in homelessness, Los Angeles' elected leaders on Tuesday said they would declare a "state of emergency" and devote up to $100 million to the problem. But they offered few details about where the money would come from or how it would be spent, leaving some to question the effort's chances of success.
A state judge has overturned New York City's ban on plastic foam containers, finding the nearly 30,000 tons of dirty meat trays and to-go cups now sent to landfills can be recycled in a cost-effective way, according to a decision made public Tuesday.
The super PAC backing Scott Walker was on pace to raise as much as $40 million by the end of the year and planned a series of as many as 10 advertisements in Iowa to showcase the Wisconsin governor’s record.
Outrage over a pharmaceutical company's decision to increase the price of a decades-old drug by 5,000 percent ignited debate for measures to impose anti-gouging regulations in an industry that's free to charge whatever it wants for its products.
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