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Incompetence, local politics, lack of resources — all have been blamed for the foul tap water that periodically streams from the faucets of about 8,000 residents in two small border communities.
The drought is costing California about $2.7 billion this year, according to a new UC Davis study, although the statistics suggest the state's overall economy can withstand the impact.
The Alaska Legislature on Tuesday said it would sue Gov. Bill Walker to block his move last month to expand the public Medicaid health-care program without lawmakers' approval.
The National Labor Relations Board on Monday dismissed a union election petition from Northwestern University football players, halting a push to organize college athletes.
Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday he would scrap President Barack Obama's signature health care law on his first day in office and replace it with a health insurance system that relies on refundable tax credits based on age instead of household income to help individuals pay for health coverage.
While Congress remains stalled on a long-term plan for funding highways, state lawmakers and governors aren't waiting around.
A new report shows how many young people found jobs and the industries where they worked.
Tennessee may join the handful of states that charge citizens for seeking public information from the government -- a practice that opponents say hinders transparency.
The Environmental Protection Agency and a slate of state and local players have worried for decades about the poisonous waste and polluted water bequeathed to Cement Creek by the rich mining history.
The LA County jail's version of democracy, inmate councils, have changed life for inmates.
For technology to meet its potential to transform health care, many barriers must be overcome.
Beginning next year, state officials want to fold a $2 billion program for children with severe illnesses or birth defects in Medi-Cal managed care. But many families and children’s advocates are strenuously opposed.
Gov. Bruce Rauner approved a measure requiring families seeking a religious exemption to complete a certificate explaining their objection on religious grounds before kindergarten, 6th and 9th grades. That certificate also must include the signature of a doctor.
Ironically, the duties of City Commissioners Chairman Anthony Clark require him to serve on the Board of Elections, which oversees city elections.
Does he want to end the war on drugs or escalate it?
Gov. Larry Hogan's top housing official said Friday that he wants to look at loosening state lead paint poisoning laws, saying they could motivate a mother to deliberately poison her child to obtain free housing.
On the evening of April 21 in Building 21 at the Fishkill Correctional Facility, Samuel Harrell, an inmate with a history of erratic behavior linked to bipolar disorder, packed his bags and announced he was going home, though he still had several years left to serve on his drug sentence.
Arkansas and Utah are the latest states to target funding for Planned Parenthood, making five states in total trying to restrict money from the women's health group.
California lawmakers from both parties are calling for more stringent oversight of a clean jobs initiative after an Associated Press report found that a fraction of the promised jobs have been created.
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis may continue withholding marriage licenses to local couples for now, a federal judge ruled Monday.
The White House Office of Drug Policy said Monday that $2.5 million will be spent on a new initiative designed to combat the use and trafficking of heroin in 15 states, including Connecticut, by linking public health and law enforcement agencies with the goal of emphasizing treatment over punishment.
Politics is a messy business, but fierce competition can fuel innovation.
Many of the country’s 2,300 rural hospitals are struggling. Can joining with other hospitals help them survive?
The U.S. Department of Transportation began requiring in May 2014 that railroads inform states of large shipments of crude oil after a series of derailments with spills, fires, explosions and evacuations. But some railroads said the reports should be exempt from disclosure under state open records laws.
The Naval Consolidated Brig in Charleston, S.C., is the only other military base department officials are considering as they prepare to send Congress a detailed proposal to shutter the detention camp.
Taxing alcohol, tobacco and gambling isn't a good long-term revenue source. But states do it anyway.
Gov. Mike Pence announced today that he is authorizing the department to hire more family case managers, at a cost of about $7.2 million.
Detroit Public Schools will close its Office of Inspector General. Some wonder what will happen with pending investigations.
Over the last four years, about one of every four recommendations from the Auditor General was repeated from a previous audit because the problem wasn’t fully addressed.
Even in Massachusetts, where a 2012 health care cost control law requires that hospitals and doctors provide patients with the price of a test, exam or treatment within two business days of the request, it's still pretty hard to figure out how much a visit is going to cost patients.
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