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Gov. Jack Dalrymple announcing Monday that he will not run for re-election next year drew a range of reactions from local state legislators and other leaders.
A Washington wildfire grew to be the largest in state history Monday as tens of thousands of firefighters battled to get the upper hand against dozens of large blazes across the West and Northwest.
A federal appeals court on Friday revived Obama administration regulations that guarantee overtime and minimum wage protection to nearly 2 million home health care workers.
Ahead of a major new municipal reform law taking effect this week, the municipal court in Ferguson announced sweeping changes on Monday.
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign has gotten commitments from four Democratic state parties, including the one in crucial proving ground of New Hampshire, to enter into joint fundraising agreements to begin raising money now, while the nominating battle is underway.
Havana has a complex Uber-like system that might be worth imitating in U.S. cities.
Drugs, crime and the social ills long associated with urban areas have migrated to rural America, and it's having a profound effect on the economy.
The National Rifle Association, along with the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Second Amendment Foundation, filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court on Monday accusing the city of violating a state law that prohibits local municipalities from regulating firearms.
It's time for a recap and review of this philanthropic, collaborative startup that has put down roots in eight cities so far.
The San Francisco company's lobbyists are pushing lawmakers to exempt its drivers from obtaining commercial licenses before they can ferry passengers.
Republican governors in several states have announce a cutoff of Medicaid funds to the group's clinics. But it's not clear politicians have such power under federal law.
View state revenue generated by alcohol, tobacco and gambling tax collections.
In many ways, Colorado Springs and other cities have rebounded. But things aren’t as good as they seem.
The region's coastal marshes are disappearing, making it even more vulnerable to storms like Katrina. Municipalities want to make the state’s biggest industry pay for the damage.
Less than 62 percent of Ohio children 19 to 35 months old have all the vaccines recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Can the state's new day-care and preschool vaccine law make a difference?
As early as the spring of 2016 the city may have 350 bicycles at 35 stations in the downtown area.
Nearly half of all adults in the city lack the basic skills necessary to obtain good jobs.
As Florida legislators dissolved their two-week redistricting session Friday without agreement on a congressional map, they acknowledged they were ready to repeat something they had done only once before in state history -- turning over the complicated task of drawing maps to the courts.
Gov. Nikki Haley said Thursday she will fight any plans to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to a Naval brig outside Charleston.
Gov. Rick Snyder met Thursday with House and Senate leaders from both parties as they tried to pick up the pieces from another failed attempt to strike a long-term funding deal to repair Michigan's faltering roads and bridges.
Nearly two years after residents in the city of SeaTac narrowly passed a historic law bumping the minimum wage up to $15 an hour, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the law applies to workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as well.
State Labor Commissioner Mark Costello was stabbed to death Sunday night at a northwest Oklahoma City restaurant in what sources say was an attempted reconciliation gone bad with his son.
More than 2 million people with coverage on the health insurance exchanges may be missing out on subsidies that could lower their deductibles, copayments and maximum out-of-pocket spending limits, according to a new analysis by Avalere Health.
With everything increasingly connected, there is a growing awareness of new vulnerabilities.
As the use of contract and temporary workers grows and millennials move into government, the public sector will need to adapt.
More and more, transportation planners are recognizing that a new approach is needed.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage has become so unpopular with lawmakers that many Democrats and Republicans have united against him. What does that mean for the next three years?
The challenges that the nation's capital faces to provide accessible and affordable transportation for people with disabilities reflect a nationwide struggle to live up to the ADA's promise.
Hillview, Kentucky, population 8,000, found a way to put itself on the map.
The U.S. may not be the next Greece, but it must face up to some hard decisions.
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