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The civics law signed recently by Gov. Bruce Rauner creates the most prescriptive state graduation requirement on the books in Illinois,
The city is in the midst of crafting a broader program that could offer income-based bills and debt forgiveness. Some worry that it will come at a cost: higher rates for the rest of Philadelphians.
Massachusetts spent $632 million more on health care last year than it aimed to.
When Tina Marshall got laid off in 2014, she was confident that she’d quickly find work again. A few years earlier, she’d gone back to school to get her bachelor’s degree, so she had a recent graduation date on her resume and solid experience in her second career in manufacturing sales and operations.
The Obama administration’s controversial new clean water regulations apply in Texas after all.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed sadness and outrage Sunday in the wake of a street shooting that has left one of his staff members gravely injured.
More than a year ago, a state Supreme Court ruling spurred a full-court press by state government to find space for patients with mental illness.
Though a New York federal judge struck down a Long Island town's ban on day laborers soliciting work on public sidewalks, advocates say day laborers are still vulnerable to exploitation and that local governments are trying to find new ways to restrict their ability to find work.
The Obama administration issued a sweeping proposal Thursday to bolster civil rights protections in health care, barring medical providers and insurers from discriminating based on gender, whether in treatments or access to facilities or services.
An exceptional project from the past illustrates how beneficial measuring public-sector performance can be.
We need to institutionalize improvements in the ways police interact with their communities.
With one notable exception, all age groups are employed at rates below pre-recession levels.
Using the financing mechanism, Santa Clara County, Calif., can finally afford to try an expensive-but-proven method of reducing chronic homelessness.
Women have held less than 25 percent of all state legislative seats for years. But both parties are trying to recruit more female candidates.
U.S. District Court judge told six Rowan County, Ky., deputy clerks they could either issue marriage licenses or join Davis in jail. The one deputy who refused to comply was Davis’ 21-year-old son, Nathan.
Many states are embracing early education, but are supporting it in different ways.
Of the 254 counties in Texas, 185 have no psychiatrist. How do you persuade students to become psychiatrists, social workers and psychologists, and then be willing to work in rural areas?
Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green ruled against a woman Tuesday whose public defender tried to argue that cultivating marijuana falls under the farming-rights amendment,
The New Jersey governor has signed the GOP pledge to support the party's nominee.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation to reduce the amount of severance pay California school boards can offer departing superintendents, some of whom were collecting six-figure payouts after being fired.
Last month, Gov. Jerry Brown raised eyebrows by dodging questions about debates over legislation and joking that he stands "above the fray."
Saying that increased transparency can help ease tensions between police and the public, California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday unlocked state databases on police killings and arrests, while saying law enforcement agencies should be required to report more information about incidents involving force.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday defended the massive property tax hike he's set to propose in his new budget, even as some of the aldermen who will be asked to approve it are balking at the idea of voting for what would easily be the largest property tax increase in modern Chicago history.
Marion County Circuit Judge Vance Day, a former chairman of the Oregon Republican Party, took steps Thursday to create a legal defense fund in an apparent response to his decision not to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies.
The Federal Reserve may rethink raising interest rates for the first time since 2008. But even if it does, it wouldn't be all bad news for governments.
When gay and lesbian couples return to the Rowan County clerk's office Friday, deputies are expected to finally grant the requests for marriage licenses even though their boss remained in a Kentucky jail after she refused to issue the documents because of her religious objections.
Cities are learning that aggressively promoting ways for buildings to cut their energy use is an important growth strategy.
Wehby said she wants to focus on her practice as a pediatric neurosurgeon. She'll continue promoting her political action committee, MonicaPAC, which launched in May in hopes of supporting conservative causes and candidates in Oregon.
The refund offer comes after state lawmakers decided this year to cut the cost of college tuition. Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) payouts are based on tuition at the most expensive public university in the state, but because tuition is falling, some investors might never recover all of their initial purchase price.
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