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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.
Premiums for job-based medical insurance rose moderately — 4 percent in 2015 — but employers continued to shift in expenses to workers, according to a new survey.
At its heart, it’s about saving capitalism from itself.
Most have evolved toward a no-kill policy but lack the money or resources to keep every animal alive and well.
Ohio’s largest county is latest to move servers to state data center.
They can't just improve the physical environment if they want to revitalize poverty-stricken areas.
In making his decision, Gov. Paul LePage cited tensions between the Legislature and the executive branch, and said he won’t even consider naming possible replacements until January.
The Federation of Tax Administrators gave Lynn Bartolo, acting deputy director at the Board of Equalization, its Charles Mills Lifetime Achievement Award.
School-construction groups have collected enough signatures to place a $9 billion bond on the November 2016 ballot.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks died Monday at the court in Madison.
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