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The state legislature has decided to extend, yet again, the longest budget impasse in 13 years.
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission has said that requiring teachers to pay for a portion of their health care would save the district $200 million over four years.
One new law creates tougher drug possession penalties, while the other reduces them, so the increased penalties cannot take effect until lawmakers address the conflict next year.
Several states have too few residency positions for the graduates of their medical schools.
A man convicted of taking part in a notorious 1971 escape attempt from San Quentin State Prison that left a founder of the Black Guerrilla Family prison gang dead was slain Wednesday in a riot in Folsom State Prison, officials said.
Call it anticlimactic. Call it a breather between two very difficult budget debates.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane proclaimed her innocence on criminal charges Wednesday, and blamed her legal troubles on enemies trying to conceal their involvement in emails laced with "pornography, racial insensitivity, and religious bigotry."
A last-minute decision by California education leaders cost scores of students around the state -- including at least a dozen in San Francisco -- a final chance to graduate from high school and go to a four-year college this fall.
A Vermont social worker gunned down by an angry mother after she lost custody of her daughter is a reminder of the dangers local caseworkers face every day, said the union president for DCF staffers.
Ohio will vote on a constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana in November, state officials announced Wednesday.
When the Justice Department surveyed police departments nationwide in 2013, officials included for the first time a series of questions about how often officers used force.
Thousands of black plastic “shade balls” offer an elegant solution to water loss and environmental threats.
Marcus Jerry asked to cover up facial tattoos for murder trial.
In the past, changes to federal tax policy have led to a number of changes to state tax policies.
New rules allow prisoners to grow facial hair but will require more frequent ID photos. Prisoners have to pay the addition cost themselves.
Asa Hutchinson said policymakers will develop frameworks for a comprehensive K-12 computer science curriculum.
A report released Tuesday, however, indicated that states are not prepared to administer public lands within their boundaries, adding that the bills do not have widespread public support.
Out-of-pocket costs for health care will double next year for state workers, after Gov. Scott Walker signed the budget in July authorizing changes approved by the state's Group Insurance Board in May.
Oklahoma's track record of trying to restrict abortion took another hit Monday when an Oklahoma County judge threw out a law restricting medication abortions, saying it violated the state constitution.
As the Environmental Protection Agency continued to monitor 3 million gallons of mine waste released into Colorado's Animas River, residents in two states downstream decried the federal agency Tuesday, saying it failed to alert them to mustard-colored sludge headed their way.
Officer Brad Miller showed "poor judgment" when he decided to go into a car dealership showroom alone and without a plan to confront an erratic burglary suspect, Police Chief Will D. Johnson said Tuesday.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday making California the first state in the nation to ban the use of grand juries to decide whether police officers should face criminal charges when they kill people in the line of duty.
It started with in-state tuition. Then came driver's licenses, new rules designed to limit deportations and state-funded healthcare for children. And on Monday, in a gesture heavy with symbolism, came a new law to erase the word "alien" from California's labor code.
We're wasting billions on professional development, as a new study documents. What can be done about a culture of low expectations?
Today, Latinos make up more than 70 percent of the neighborhood's population. But almost every organization, committee and board is headed by African Americans.
The state would put $250 million toward the arena, with interest adding up over decades. The subsidy, approved last month with bipartisan support in Wisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature, wasn't addressed in the first presidential debate Thursday.
The more water people save, the more money utilities lose. But new pricing models could change that.
After falling in the 1990s, the number of poor people living in high-poverty areas has been growing fast.
Shell says it will allow its membership in the lobbying group American Legislative Exchange Council lapse over disagreements over climate change. The oil giant supports a carbon price, while, ALEC has worked against such measures.
States are offering special lower income tax rates on military pensions to attract retirees.
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