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The early success of a Pennsylvania program for parolees shows the potential for one form of privatization.
A handful of cities have installed solar-powered benches that can charge phones, sense heat and track traffic.
The Oregon Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability announced that a state judge faces alleged conduct violations, including one over his refusal to perform gay weddings.
Taxi companies in Tallahassee and Fort Lauderdale have sued the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in the latest attempt to curb the growth of tech companies like Uber and Lyft.
Civil District Judge Kern Reese held New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu in contempt Friday (Sept. 4), but said he would give Landrieu one week to come up with a reasonable plan to pay an outstanding judgment due to the city's firefighters before imposing a house arrest sentence.
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis emerged from the Carter County jail Tuesday afternoon flanked by Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and her attorney, who pledged that Davis would continue her stand against same-sex marriage.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's decision to pay Freddie Gray's family a $6.4 million civil settlement drew praise and criticism Tuesday, with some Baltimore leaders saying the move will help heal the city and others calling it premature.
Seattle teachers will be on strike Wednesday, the first time in 30 years they have walked out over stalled contract negotiations with the city's school district.
America has too much sprawl to put fast trains though the regions that need it most.
The popular review site is giving public employees a place to directly engage with citizens. Whether that improves services or trust remains to be seen.
Private automobiles are prohibitively expensive in Bethel, Alaska, and so is gas. Public transit is nonexistent.
New Mexico’s biggest city is supporting immigrant and indigenous populations in their business endeavors.
The Los Angeles City Council has approved a new transportation plan that will add hundreds of miles of bicycle lanes, bus-only lanes and pedestrian safety features.
A 40 percent cut to the state's Legislative Research Services comes at a time when staff says they expect research requests to increase.
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.
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