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The business community has a reputation for being skeptical about public spending and regulations. But on some issues, they're actually government’s strongest ally.
A judge has determined that the university can go ahead with the move. A lawyer for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the group that sued to prevent the removal, has not yet decided whether the group would appeal.
The director of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said allowing the use of medical marijuana for autism might do more harm than good to mildly afflicted autistic children.
ResponsibleOhio accuses Secretary of State Jon Husted and the Ballot Board of trying to "mislead, deceive or defraud voters" in how Issue 3 is worded for the Nov. 3 ballot. The issue would legalize marijuana.
Following the Virginia shooting the former Maryland governor said he would push "sensible gun safety legislation."
In this era of partisan politics, some are bold enough to take a bipartisan path.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's first courtroom appearance as a criminal defendant was a 30-minute affair in which Paxton's lead lawyer quit for unspecified reasons, the attorney general requested that no cameras be allowed at his trial and the judge admonished everyone to limit public statements about the case.
The Nevada Health Co-Op, a consumer-owned and operated health plan created under the Affordable Care Act, is going out of business because of high costs, state officials announced Wednesday.
A judge ruled Wednesday that a hospital assessment that pays for the expansion of the state’s Medicaid program did not require a supermajority vote of the Legislature to be enacted and is therefore constitutional.
Californians are letting their lawns turn brown. They are driving dusty cars and using buckets to collect shower water. They are saving billions of gallons of water every day.
State lawmakers shelved bills Thursday to raise the minimum wage, ban oil drilling off the coast and provide work permits to agricultural laborers who are in the country illegally.
As President Barack Obama toured the Treme neighborhood of this city on Thursday, admiring the neat rows of brightly painted houses on a street battered by Hurricane Katrina, a 92-year-old woman _ a local icon _ told him she was proud of all he had done.
A federal judge in North Dakota acted late Thursday to block the Obama administration’s controversial water pollution rule, hours before it was due to take effect.
View demographic data showing representation of racial and ethnic minorities in each police department.
The region's port authority tapped the taxpayers for $22 million to build a dock for cruise ships. It's not working out so well.
It's gotten harder to get government workers the training they need. Virtual learning can help to fill the gap.
Playful bus stop designs are common overseas but relatively new to America.
New research shows that having affordable health insurance can improve people's health -- but only if a state’s health-care system actually works.
Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general sues the federal government -- and even other states -- every chance he can get. Will his legal battles change the future of American politics?
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
County CIO Rich Sanchez says data sharing and analysis are growing priorities for the nation's most populous county.
Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis told lawyers that the Supreme Court "didn't give me a lot of discretion" when it ordered him to review a map passed by lawmakers in a special session.
Davidson County Chancery Judge Claudia Bonnyman said Wednesday that 33 death row inmates didn't prove that the state's proposed one-drug method would lead to a painful and lingering death.
In a 6-0 decision, the high court ordered new hearings before New Jersey family judges to determine whether or not it was in the “best interest” for three immigrants to stay in the United States.
The state Supreme Court yesterday unsealed hundreds of pages of records connected to the looming criminal trial of state Attorney General Kathleen Kane, including pornographic emails that were sent and received by a former state prosecutor.
A new study offers the best data to date on how much the tax exemption on municipal bonds, which are often used to finance sports stadiums, saves state and local governments.
Back at the Governor's Mansion that put him on a national stage, Rick Perry on Wednesday brushed off suggestions that his second bid for the White House, dogged by financial woes, is in peril.
Time is running out for Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis to resume issuing marriage licenses in Kentucky.
Every now and then, the people must call upon the wisdom of the American judicial system to answer the urgent questions of our time.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane blames two former state prosecutors for the criminal case against her, saying they "corruptly manufactured" the investigation to cover up the fact that they had viewed pornography on state computers.
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